EACH FEST cancelled

It is with great regret that East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has had to cancel EACH FEST.

The line-up was to feature Bjorn Again, Supreme Queen, The Rolling Stones Now and The 2FBS Band, and they were to play at Huntingdon Racecourse on Saturday, 25 August. To now, though, only 310 tickets had been sold.

Sam Loveday, EACH Director of Income Generation: “Due to disappointing ticket sales, we are very sad to say we have taken the decision to cancel EACH FEST on 25 August. We can only apologise for any inconvenience this causes, as we now contact those who have purchased tickets. Refunds are being provided.

“Cancelling an event is never something we want to do, but in this case, we feel it is in the best interests of EACH and those who have bought tickets.

“Doing so a month in advance, for such a large event, mitigates the financial implications on the charity and hopefully minimises inconvenience for those who have supported the event. With such small numbers, we don’t feel EACH FEST would be the great experience we or festivalgoers would hope for.

“We need to generate over £6 million a year from fundraising so are constantly trying to come up with new events that engage our existing supporters and attract new ones. Unfortunately, despite all our best efforts, EACH FEST appears not to have been as popular as we had hoped.

“However, we do still have a packed itinerary of exciting family events the public can continue to support, including our open air cinema events across Cambridgeshire over the next six weeks. We also have the fun, colourful and highly popular Ely Colour Dash on 11 August and would urge everyone to visit www.each.org.uk/events to get involved.

“We apologise again for any inconvenience this has caused.”