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Yahoo
24-06-2025
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Low ticket sales sees community festival cancelled
A community music festival - which helped raise money for charity - has been cancelled this year due to low ticket sales. Fieldview Festival, which described itself as Wiltshire's biggest little music festival, was due to be held over four days from 31 July in Little Somerford, near Malmesbury. Earlier this month organisers warned that the festival would not run if they did not sell enough tickets. Organisers have said said they are "heartbroken" and anyone who did buy tickets will get a full refund. Beginning in 2007, Fieldview was held 14 times altogether. As a non-profit, the festival said it had donated £47,000 to local charities and projects over the years. Dan Cameron, one of the organisers, told the BBC: "We didn't want to think the worst but when you look at the numbers, it's not adding up form the beginning. "It's a shame. The energy that went into creating another great weekend went down the drain." More news stories for Wiltshire Listen to the latest news for Wiltshire He said it showed how many events run on a "shoestring" and how "fine the margins are". The festival said: "It's devastating. Fieldview has always been more than a festival. We've shared 14 Fieldviews together built on love, a community, and friendship. That's something we'll always be proud of." Mr Cameron added: "It was about having as much fun and as much creativity as possible. "We crammed in what we could. We did pretty well for the times that we did it." Follow BBC Wiltshire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Lack of ticket sales threatens music festival High costs leaving festivals 'struggling to survive'
BBC News
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Fieldview Festival cancelled due to lack of ticket sales
A community music festival - which helped raise money for charity - has been cancelled this year due to low ticket Festival, which described itself as Wiltshire's biggest little music festival, was due to be held over four days from 31 July in Little Somerford, near this month organisers warned that the festival would not run if they did not sell enough tickets. Organisers have said said they are "heartbroken" and anyone who did buy tickets will get a full refund. Beginning in 2007, Fieldview was held 14 times a non-profit, the festival said it had donated £47,000 to local charities and projects over the Cameron, one of the organisers, told the BBC: "We didn't want to think the worst but when you look at the numbers, it's not adding up form the beginning."It's a shame. The energy that went into creating another great weekend went down the drain." He said it showed how many events run on a "shoestring" and how "fine the margins are".The festival said: "It's devastating. Fieldview has always been more than a festival. We've shared 14 Fieldviews together built on love, a community, and friendship. That's something we'll always be proud of."Mr Cameron added: "It was about having as much fun and as much creativity as possible. "We crammed in what we could. We did pretty well for the times that we did it."
BBC News
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Lack of ticket sales threatens Wiltshire music festival
A well-loved community music festival has said it will have to abandon plans for this year's event if they do not sell more tickets Festival, which describes itself as Wiltshire's biggest little music festival, is due to be held over four days from 31 July in Little Somerford, near organiser Dan Cameron has warned that if they are unable to sell an additional 150 tickets in the next week, the festival will have to be non-profit festival, first held in 2007, had already announced K.O.G and the Ishmael Ensemble as its headliners for this year's event. Mr Cameron said that breaking-even for this year's festival had proved to be particularly difficult."The event relies on ticket sales, the bar sales help us get it over the line, and considering the management side of it is done by volunteers, it's still a tough, tough hill to climb."Last year we came back with an 1,000 capacity event which was really fantastic. It was a different setup, but going for quality and great music and great food.""We're just trying to repeat the same thing this year, which has proven to be quite a challenge." At its peak before the pandemic, the festival played host to 3,500 people, with up to eight Cameron praised the local community, but said that, like other small festivals, the event was fighting both the economic climate and the busy summer events landscape.
