Independent music festival 2000trees, originally scheduled to take place on 7th to 9th of July this year, has been postponed to 2022 due to the lack of “any COVID cancellation insurance for the live events industry”. The new dates of 6th to 10th of July has been officially announced, with the reassurance that 2021 tickets will automatically be valid for 2022.
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— 2000trees Festival (@2000trees) April 26, 2021
2000trees stated on their website that the main reason behind this cancellation was the “lack of government backed cancellation insurance”. They wrote: “The obvious concern is that there may still be delays or changes to the COVID restrictions at the last minute. Without this vital COVID cancellation insurance, going ahead with this year’s event would simply be a huge financial risk, potentially jeopardising our long-term survival. So we were left with no other choice than to pull the plug before it was too late.”
However, on the bright side, 2000trees have announced that many of the bands from the original lineup is set to play next year, across 6 stages, including Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, The Amazons and Dinosaur Pile Up. The full list can be viewed here. The organisers have also shared that they have an exciting additional headliner, which they will reveal in due course.
2000trees is an alternative, electronic, punk music festival that has been taking place in Upcote Farm in Gloucestershire every year since 2007 with the exception of 2020. The festival was set up by its founders as a “direct reaction to all the monster corporate festivals” and as they wanted to “create something smaller, more beautiful & more fun than the mega fests”.
Whilst 2000trees will join many festivals that have been cancelled this summer such as Download and Glastonbury, other music festivals around the UK have announced that they will go ahead, including Reading and Leeds, Wireless and Latitude.
