The organiser of Heritage Live, a series of events taking place at Englefield Estate, the Audley End Estate, and the Sandringham Estate, has announced the cancellation of all Heritage Live events.

In a statement, the organising team said: “We’re devastated to report the heartbreaking news that we have no choice but to cancel this summer’s Heritage Live festivals.

“We’d been working desperately hard behind the scenes to conclude an investment and equity package to ease the burden of an extraordinarily tough year, but this last beacon of hope has fallen through at the 11th hour, making it impossible to go ahead.”

The statement continued: “As one of the few remaining British independent promoters, it’s become almost impossible to compete in what has become an increasingly saturated festival market.

“The might of huge multi-nationals has had the adverse effect of driving up supplier, artist, and staffing costs and whilst it’s still just about manageable during a normal year, the cost- of-living crisis combined with general financial uncertainty, has resulted in several shows having far lower than average ticket sales, making it impossible to survive in such a competitive industry, with so many rising costs.

“It would therefore be irresponsible and wrong of us to proceed without the certainty that we’d be able to meet all of our supplier, artist and crew costs.”

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