With a line up bigger than two double decker buses (Wiley, Skepta, Stormzy, Novelist and more of our favourites) Outbreak Festival was looking set to be a straight motive for grime lovers this Bank Holiday weekend. Unfortunately the police didn’t agree, with news breaking earlier today that the festival, which was due to be held in Donnington Park, Leicestershire, has been has been shut down by police not even a week before the event.
Outbreak made this official statement on their website:
“It is with great sadness & due to circumstances beyond our control we must announce the postponement of this year’s Outbreak Summer Festival which was due to be held at Donnington Park over this weekend, May 23/24, to a new date in the summer… We have put every effort into delivering the festival but due to being made aware of certain information received regarding potential danger to public safety during the event the decision was taken today to act immediately, rather than postponing the Festival at too short notice…We will look to come back bigger and stronger from this & we apologise it has taken until now to let you know, but we have been exhausting every option to ensure the safety of each & every Outbreaker wasn’t in doubt!..Once again we apologise for this outcome and hope you will still visit our events in the future… Team Outbreak 🙁 x”
If you bought tickets, stay sad momentarily but don’t panic. Outbreak have said all ticket holders are entitled to a refund for the full face value of their ticket from the point of purchase, but your ticket will be valid for their next event and you will be given exclusive Outbreak Membership that entitles you to free super VIP upgrades at future Outbreak events. Check with your ticket seller for updates.