Woodstock 50 joins 2019’s festival graveyard

The late Woodstock 50 has become the most recent festival cancellation of 2019, joining the likes of DMF, Roxodus, Jisan Rock and, most memorably, Vestiville

Woodstock 1969
Woodstock 50 was intended to be a 50th-anniversary celebration of the original 1969 event © Shelly Rusten/Woodstock Ventures

To the surprise of very few, Woodstock 50 is officially no more (for real this time, unlike that fake cancellation in April).

With 16 days to go – and after losing its primary financier, two production partners, two venues and its entire line-up – organisers yesterday (31 July) finally pulled the plug on the troubled anniversary festival, which had yet to put a single ticket on sale.

“We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to put on the festival…

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