2000trees Festival postponed to 2022
2000trees Festival have sadly postponed this year’s festival to 2022.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which saw 2020’s event shelved as the live music industry and festival season shutting down completely, and the continued uncertainty surrounding international travel, 2000trees Festival have sadly postponed to 2022.
The new dates for the festival will be from July 7th-9th 2022. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here. Some of the band confirmed to return in 2022 include JIMMY EAT WORLD, THRICE, THE AMAZONS, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, KNOCKED LOOSE, LONELY THE BRAVE, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, ANTI-FLAG and more. The third headliner and over 100 more bands across six stages will be announced over the coming months.
In a statement about postponing to 2022, the festival organisers say, “over the last two weeks, it has become clear that, due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, bands based outside of the UK will not be able to travel to 2000trees in 2021. We’ve had confirmation that around 20 of the biggest bands from our line up will not be coming to Upcote Farm this summer. This list, which is growing every week, includes our headliners JIMMY EAT WORLD and THRICE, plus KNOCKED LOOSE, YOUNG GUNS, THE GET UP KIDS, LAURA JANE GRACE, ANTI-FLAG and STRAY FROM THE PATH.
As a result, we have been forced to take the absolutely heartbreaking decision to postpone 2000trees to July 6 – 10, 2022. Up until a week ago we were still furiously working behind the scenes to try make the festival happen. We really wanted (and needed) a party just as much as you this year. But after losing these bands, it’s clear that we are unable to give you the award-winning Trees experience that you know and love this year.
Bands dropping out is one thing, but to make matters worse, the UK government have repeatedly refused to provide any COVID cancellation insurance for the live events industry. Hundreds of festivals have been asking for months for a government backed insurance policy allowing us to confidently host events this year. We were hopeful that this insurance would be in place by now. Although they’ve provided a similar scheme for film and TV, the government have completely let the live music industry down by refusing to back a simple insurance policy.
This would have cost them next to nothing, unless the roadmap dates are changed (or we are put into another lockdown), and it’s the single most effective thing they could have done to get festivals back up and running this summer. Many independent festivals have already postponed because of this and we know of many other events that will shortly be announcing their postponement.
The obvious concern is that there may still be delays or changes to the COVID restrictions at the last minute. Without this vital COVID cancellation insurance, going ahead with this year’s event would simply be a huge financial risk, potentially jeopardising our long-term survival. So we were left with no other choice than to pull the plug before it was too late. There is some good news within all this, however. Next year’s planned event is “very nearly sold out” already, with the following bands confirmed for the line-up: JIMMY EAT WORLD, THRICE, THE AMAZONS, DINOSAUR PILE UP, KNOCKED LOOSE, THE GET UP KIDS, DREAM STATE, LAURA JANE GRACE, ANTI-FLAG, LONELY THE BRAVE, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, DEEZ NUTS, NO DEVOTION and DRAGGED UDNER.”
For more information on the festival like their official page on Facebook.
