A popular music festival in Ayrshire will not go ahead this year, organisers have announced.
The Kelburn Garden Party in Fairlie, North Ayrshire, was due to take place in July, but organisers say they have come to the "inescapable conclusion" that the festival cannot go ahead as planned.
They say that, although Scotland could potentially move into Level 0 restrictions at the end of June, the festival would likely have to go ahead at reduced capacity - and wouldn't allow people to "live their best life".
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"At Kelburn we only ever want to put on the best, most magical festival we can dream up – where you can truly be yourself, forget the worries and strains of the outside world and spend a weekend with us living your best life," a statement reads. "However, it is clear under the current lockdown plan that we won’t be able to host such an event this summer, and from a public health and financial viewpoint it would be irresponsible for us to try to do so."
They say the event has been moved to July 1-4, 2022.
The statement continued: "This will allow us to fully focus on coming back stronger next year when we can put on the very best Kelburn you can imagine, with fresh ideas and surprises for a new era, where can come together to celebrate life, music and culture safely, without the shadow of the pandemic hanging over us."
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The news comes just days after bosses at TRNSMT announced a postponement of their Glasgow festival dates from July to September.
Festival bosses pushed back the three-day event in the hopes it will go ahead in 2021 but headliner Lewis Capaldi, who was due to close the festival on Sunday, September 12, has been a casualty of the rescheduling move.
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