Wickerman Festival scrapped for good

The popular Scottish event, which lost nearly £200,000 last year amid rising costs, will not return, its organisers say in a statement

Tom Odell on the main stage at Wickerman 2015 © Wickerman Festival

Despite saying in January Wickerman Festival would “be back bigger and stronger in 2017”, its directors have announced the event will not be held again.

“After much thought and consideration Patsy Gilroy and Jennie Camm have decided that the Wickerman Festival will not be continuing,” reads a statement. “Since its creation by Jamie Gilroy, founding director, the festival has provided us all with an eclectic mix of memories. It’s these that we wish people to look back on and remember. Thank…

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