Kent’s Black Deer Festival cancels for 2025

"We have explored all avenues to try to make it work next summer, but right now it just isn't feasible," say promoters

Black Deer Festival © Caitlin Mogridge

Organisers of the UK’s Black Deer Festival have cancelled next year’s edition due to the challenging landscape – but have vowed to return in 2026.

The team behind the Americana-themed independent event, which has been held in Elridge Park, Kent, since 2018, blame both financial and operational issues, highlighting “unpredictable” ticket sales and rising production costs over the past couple of years.

“Regretfully, due to the widely reported pressures on the festival industry, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone…

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