Organisers say that full refunds, to the card they were purchased on, will be made in the next few days, these will include booking fees. You will get back 100% of the money you paid and you do not have to contact the festival. Those few who have bought through agencies will be contacted with procedures.

Many thanks to everyone for their support of Blissfields.

Blissfields ask that fans of the event stick with them over the coming months while preparations are made for Blissfields 2009.

“We are devastated to be in this position and could not have foreseen it”, say organizers Paul and Mel Bliss, “With such low sales not only are the financial burdens for ourselves incredibly high but we would not have been able to put on an event with the atmosphere and passion that festival goers expect. This would have been disappointing for those attending and left us with an insurmountable problem in staging an event for next year.”

Blissfields has always been family-friendly and run by people who care about putting on a great event without major financial or commercial backing. For many reasons as below, this year has proven to be very difficult to make happen.

The economy is so obviously hurting most people and even those still going to festivals may well have cut down on the number they are attending; anecdotal evidence whilst talking to people would seem to indicate this. One major festival cancelling this year already has cited this as the major cause, and we understand there may be more.

The weather has not helped and we understand how it can be difficult to plan a weekend when it might mean spending it in the pouring rain. Images of last year’s washed-out events and some already this year, do not help.

This year in particular, there may just be too much choice and those who love festivals have nine major events on the same weekend as us in the south of England alone.

Once again the festival would like to offer their sincere apologies to all...

Best wishes and we hope you are able to have a great weekend at one of the other amazing festivals that are going on this summer.

Paul and Mel Bliss, and all at Blissfields.