In a statement, a festival organiser said: “It is with immense sadness and regret that we have to announce this year’s festival cannot go ahead. "Beverley Folk Festival is a non-profit-making organisation, run by a dedicated team of volunteers. Unfortunately, we have recently discovered we have lost our primary source of funding, so we simply do not have the money to pay for the infrastructure of the performers.”

They continued: “We know there will be a lot of people who are as disappointed as we are, but we you will understand that under the circumstances in which we find ourselves, it is not possible to run the event.”

Now, after directors have placed it into a state of creditors’ voluntary liquidation, festival-goers are urged to talk to their card issuer for refunds. “We know there will be a lot of people who are as disappointed as we are, but we you will understand that under the circumstances in which we find ourselves, it is not possible to run the event.”

This year was meant to be the 35th Beverley Folk Festival, which was planned to go ahead from Friday, June 15 to Sunday, June 17, at Beverley Racecourse. The confirmed acts included Turin Brakes, The Lucy Ward Band, and more than 80 others, with weekend tickets costing up to £130 per person. "The directors have instructed a firm of licensed insolvency practitioners to assist them with this process and if you are owed money or have bought a ticket in advance then they will be in touch with you shortly." They said the company had been placed into a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, adding: "Unfortunately the company is unable to refund those people who have bought tickets in advance of the festival.
Beverley Folk Festival in England collapses into administration.