Download Festival 2020 cancelled

By Neil Greenway | Published: Thu 26th Mar 2020

<s>Download Festival</s> - .. 2020 - cancelled — Photo credit: Neil Greenway

Download Festival - CANCELLED 2020

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2020
Donington Park, Donington, Derbyshire, DE74 2RP, England MAP
£225 for 3 days incl. camping; £200 without

Daily capacity: 111,000

Download Festival, which was due to take place over the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2020, at Donington Park, Derbyshire has been cancelled.

The organiser's statement says:-

Download Festival will no longer be taking place this year.

We’ve been closely monitoring this unprecedented situation and it’s become clear that it just isn’t possible for the 2020 festival to go ahead. This decision hasn’t been taken lightly and we’re beyond disappointed, we extend our heartfelt apologies to all of you – we really did try to make this work.

Please rest assured we will be back next year. Now, more than ever, we need the Download spirit to thrive and offer support to those that need it most. We’ll do our best to put together an amazing line up for you in 2021 and can’t wait to see you all then. Thank you, as ever, for your continued support.

We are working closely with our ticketing partners now and they will be in touch very soon to process your refund, or, if you prefer, you can retain your ticket and carry it over to next year. Look out for an e-mail from your ticketing agent very soon and please only contact them if you have not been contacted after 5 days as they are very busy at this time.

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