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A truly unique event that fuses the adrenaline rush of a ski holiday with the madcap thrills of a top-notch comedy festival. Truly outrageous comedians that normally play arenas around the world descend upon the tiny chocolate box surroundings of Mayrhofen, Austria, one of Europe’s most beautiful ski resorts, for 5 nights to play intimate sets that have the air of entertaining in their front room. Whether you’re a veteran Altituder or new to the mountains, you are guaranteed an amazing week of live shows, intimate performances and slope experiences like no other.

Over the past decade we’ve had some of the best comedians in the world, including Eddie Izzard, John Bishop, Bill Bailey, Jimmy Carr, Tim Minchin, Micky Flanagan, Sean Lock, Jim Jefferies, Jo Brand, Al Murray, Michael Winslow, Nina Conti, Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Katherine Ryan just to name a few.

For more details about the festival and shows go to www.altitudefestival.com

What the Comedians say...

'GO!' Jimmy Carr

'Altitude is awesome!' Tim Minchin

'Cannot wait for next year.' Rufus Hound

What the press say...

‘There can be few nicer places to watch comedy than at the Altitude festival‘ Daily Telegraph

‘It is not often you get to see an O2 Arena-filling act in a 100-capacity bar, so this was the kind of thing that made the festival special.’ Evening Standard

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that BST Hyde Park will not take place in July 2021.

We are however happy to share that Duran Duran and Pearl Jam will go ahead in July 2022.

Pearl Jam will take place on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th July 2022. Friday 8th will feature special guests Pixies, whilst Saturday 9th July will welcome a new guest artist to be announced - as well as full supporting lineups.

Duran Duran will take place on Sunday 10th July 2022 and will be rejoined by their incredible guest - Nile Rodgers & CHIC, with further acts to be confirmed soon.

All tickets remain valid for the scheduled 2022 dates. You will be directly contacted by the ticket agent you purchased from with full details, including refund information if you are no longer able to attend the rescheduled dates. If you have not been contacted about a refund by your ticket agent by Friday 30th April, please get in touch with them directly.

Following our review of the most recent government advice, the latest timeline means that we are unable to deliver with certainty the quality BST Hyde Park is known for in the time available. By making this decision at this stage we allow artists, crew, fans and everyone that comes together to help create these shows to plan accordingly.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the NHS and all the incredible organisations and individuals who have been working tirelessly in these past twelve months to keep the country safe. Your efforts are enormously appreciated.

Team BST x

Click here for show images with Jim Jefferies, Katherine Ryan, Glenn Wool and Andrew Maxwell as host.

Do something different with your family this summer and climb aboard our ship of fun as Camp Bestival Sets Sail. Enjoy ocean-sized entertainment at Lulworth Castle, Dorset with music from Simple Minds, Rick Astley, Clean Bandit, Orbital, Basement Jaxx (DJ), Sara Cox presents Just Can’t Get Enough 80, Shed Seven, Tokio Myers, Declan McKenna, dodie, The Skatalites, Jaguar Skills and many more. Don’t miss out on family fun from Mr Tumble, Dick and Dom, Mister Maker & the Shapes, Dinosaur World Live, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, ZSL London Zoo: Gruesome Nature Live! and many more.

Enjoy delicious food and drink from River Cottage, the Feast Collective, DJ BBQ and his BBQ Zoo, Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen, Rob & Josie’s Gin Festival and lots more, and treat yourself to creature comforts with boutique camping from yurts and tipis to gypsy caravans and backstage hospitality, all at a castle campsite by the sea.

This year GetComedy brings you Dom Joly, Felicity Ward, Glenn Wool, Comedy Club 4 Kids, Kidocracy and so much more...

We have booked the comedy at Camp Bestival for the past 12 years

Dear festival family,

We are so sorry.

Last Monday saw the delay of the so-called ‘Freedom Day’. As Kendal Calling sits outside of this delay we would still be in a strong position to proceed. But Monday also saw a less publicised delay; the release of the long-awaited research from the Event Research Programme (ERP) and with it, crucially, the publication of safety guidance on how we run events.

Without this safety guidance, there are numerous aspects of the festival we cannot plan, and which could lay us wide open to last minute unforeseen regulations or requirements which could scupper an already built festival. Capacity or density restrictions, track and trace protocol, testing regime, covid certification – a host of unknown actions required yet potentially requested too late to be implemented. 

We wish that we were able to bring you better news however it breaks our hearts to tell you that our fifteenth birthday celebrations are postponed once again. Postponing in 2020 was sad but understandable. Postponing in 2021 is heart-breaking. Infuriating. 

Our understanding is that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are keen to publish the ERP findings and guidance, but that it now does not fit around No.10’s communications plan. This is insulting to our entire industry, who have been awaiting the results of a pilot event that took place almost 2 months ago to inform our approach to staging events safely this summer.

Yet there was still hope. Last week we were invited to apply to join the next round of the Event Research Programme, which would manage us past this lack of guidance. This was our last chance, however on Saturday night we heard back that another camping festival was chosen. We have not been told the reasons why or exactly what the criteria was by the Government.

Over the last day we have had the grim undertaking of informing hundreds of talented and dedicated individuals that, yet again, we are unable to offer them the work they badly need. 

This has been a frankly devastating 16 months for our industry. If calls for a government-backed insurance scheme had been heeded – as recommended by the DCMS, emulating successful schemes now up and running in other countries – we could have potentially continued to plan and invest in the coming weeks. We take this opportunity to urge the government to re-appraise its approach and to listen to the recommendations of its own reports, as the continued lack of leadership hampers the recovery of our live event industry. 

Please believe me when I say that we tried our best. Despite Kendal Calling having been denied any aid from the Cultural Recovery Fund, Restart Grant or the Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund we have worked harder than ever with a clear goal in mind – to experience the joy and love that the fields we know so well are famous for. I think we speak for us all when I say – we needed this. 

Going two summers without a festival is devastating to all of us; we need the support of our audience now more than ever and retaining your tickets would go the longest way in helping us during this period.

Any tickets will automatically roll over to next year’s festival which will take place from 28th – 31st July 2022.

We know not everyone will be able to make the new dates, or simply may prefer a refund, in which case they will be made available. Information will shortly follow on this.

With a love which only grows stronger the longer we are apart,

Andy, Ben and the KC family x 

Get Comedy are proud bookers of the weekend comedy at the Madness House of Fun Weekender. This year boasts a line-up of comedically talented Madness fans, including Mick Ferry, Jayde Adams, Rich Wilson, Mandy Knight, Markus Birdman and as always Kevin McCarthy MC

A cycling and music festival taking place during the weekend of September 17 – 20, 2021.

And while it’s understandably billed as a ‘three-day celebration of life on two wheels,’ there’s plenty more going on than just bike-riding and music, including comedy shows, feasting, wellness programmes, talks and workshops.

There are five cycle routes found across the site, including ones for beginners, disabled riders and children, as well as those for the more seasoned cyclists at the picturesque Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, which is just a 45-minute drive from Manchester and half an hour in the car from Chester.

Overlooking more than 50 acres of ornamental gardens and 670 acres of parkland, the castle was built in the early 1800s with turrets added to it in 1817.

There’s so much to pack into your weekend that you’ll never be short of things to do.

The cycling perks also include the ‘Velutopia’ route, comprising 14km of closed roads with plenty of surprises along the way, while there’s a fantastic on-site indoor cycling centre for the bicycle aficionados who are desperate to to test out the latest models and accessories, as well as the chance to experience virtual racing.

Elsewhere, the Getahead-curated wellness programme offers you the chance to relax and be pampered, while thanks to The Great Village Feast, food also takes centre stage – the award-winning restaurant Volta will help produce the banquets at the festival where, you can enjoy long-table communal feasts.

Music comes from the likes of Sister Sledge, Everything Everything, The Bootleg Beatles, and live orchestra thanks to Disco Classical and many more, while Jason Manford, Andrew Maxwell and Marcus Brigstocke are just some of the names providing the comedy at the festival.

On top of all that, you’ve also got a late-night jazz café, brass bands, film screenings, cabaret, karaoke, meditation, yoga, boozy brunches, wine tasting and so much more. It’s a truly unique experience with something for everyone, no matter how keen a cyclist you are.

It’s also worth pointing out that, in these ‘unprecedented’ times, this is the first ‘flexi-distanced’ festival, meaning that measures are in places to run the event socially-distanced or not, depending on what the restrictions are (if any by then) in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic at the time of the event.

Howdy Shindiggers,

To meet our licence conditions, we have to submit all our final plans in February to have an event in May. Currently mass gatherings (and dancing!) aren’t allowed by Public Health England. So we can’t finalise our plans when we haven’t been told by the Government what will happen in the next few months and in what capacity events might, if at all, be allowed to go ahead this year. So all we can do now is postpone the festival.

Also waiting till 2022 is the safest option for everybody. We are confident that in 16 months time we can all be together again, dance and hang out without fear or the need for social distancing.

Finally, we really need you all to hold onto your tickets and invite all your friends to get theirs as well. It means we can continue planning the next event. If you haven’t got a ticket we hope you can now buy with confidence for next year. If you can’t make the new dates you will have the option to get a refund or transfer your tickets to a future date. We ask all ticket holders, if you can, please hold onto them. Here are your options:

1. Move your tickets over to the 2022 event on May 26-29th 2022

2. Donate your ticket to Shindig Festival to support the event.

If you do nothing your tickets will automatically rollover to the 2022 event in 2 weeks on March 4th.

Or you can request a refund of the face value of your tickets. As a small independent event, it would mean the world to us if everyone kept hold of their tickets and came next May. If you would like to request a refund, please contact your ticket agent Ticketsellers on info@ticketsellers.co.uk or TicketLine on customerservices@ticketline.co.uk. You must confirm your choice by March 4th 2021.

It’s not all doom and gloom… after the success of our previous live streams we will do something special for you all over the May Bank Holiday. We also have a plans for a possible limited capacity event later in the year, if we are allowed. All current ticket holders will get first refusal for that event.

We truly thank you for your patience in these unpredictable times. It has been a crazy rollercoaster owning a festival during a pandemic. We do feel like all we can do is hold on for the ride. By deciding to wait, we can now get back to planning and producing the event you have come to love and enjoy without any compromises.

Thank you for the continued support.

Shindig HQ xx

Hello Truckers

We are absolutely devastated to confirm that Truck Festival will not be able to take place again this year.

We’ve explored every possible avenue to make Truck happen this year. However, with the delay to the roadmap and without the necessary assurances and guidance from the Government, it’s become too risky for us to put the event on and deliver it to the high standard that you know, love and greatly deserve.

It’s the news that many expected but few wanted. However, we’re pleased to confirm Truck Festival will take place 22nd-24th July 2022.

We are all craving those 3 days in a field, with great music surrounded by friends old and new. Two years has been a long time to wait, but we can wholeheartedly promise to deliver a 25th birthday party Hill Farm has never seen before, with a line up to match.

The good news is we’re happy to confirm that tickets, upgrades and glamping for this year’s festival will automatically be rolled over to 2022. So next year’s festival is secured and no further action is required!

If unfortunately you’re not able to join us in 2022, you’ll be able to claim a face value refund on all tickets, upgrades and glamping packages. We’re working closely with our ticketing partners and they will be in touch with instructions on the next steps within 7 days.

Thank you again for your continued support, it really does help the festival keep going year after year and Truck would be absolutely nothing without you guys

Rest assured we eagerly await the opportunity to safely produce what will certainly be the most memorable Truck in our 25-year history. We miss you all enormously, and cannot wait to reunite in the fields to create a party we’ll never forget.

For now, keep safe, keep healthy and look after each other.

Much Love

Truck HQ x

Dear Y Not Customers,

It breaks our hearts to tell you that we have no choice but to delay this year’s Y Not Festival until 2022.

It has been the hardest decision to make and we were hoping that by this summer we would be in a position to celebrate with you all but, unfortunately, that isn’t the case. We have now been placed in an extremely awkward position. We are yet to receive the government’s guidance from their pilot schemes and the lack of a government backed insurance package, amidst rising Covid cases both locally and nationally makes us unable to fully commit to the next stages of planning needed for this year’s event without greatly risking the future of the event.

Behind the scenes, we have been doing everything possible to make this year’s festival a reality. We have persevered as long as we could and looked at all of our options, including putting ourselves in the running to be part of a government sponsored Event Research Programme. Unfortunately, we were not selected for this. We know how desperately you all need a music festival this year and we feel exactly the same, which is why we have pushed to the absolute limit in order to explore every possibility of going ahead.

This week, we would usually start building our festival site and whilst all the planning is done and we are good to go, we now find ourselves in a position where we are unable to commit to the build of the site, as we have no solid guarantee of it being allowed to take place. Despite positive government rhetoric, there is still little information we can rely on. With further delays being a possibility and no guarantees from the government, everything we have built over the last 15 years could be lost if we carry on this year. Given that cases are rising again, and with the support of our Safety Advisory Group, we have determined that the risks are too great to commit and continue with Y Not Festival 2021.

We are an independent music festival and we are making this decision for the long-term survival of our beloved festival, so we can continue to be able to bring amazing music to the beautiful Peak District. We are devastated to be in this position once again and it is a hard pill to swallow, particularly when we were so close to selling out.

We are happy to confirm that all tickets, upgrades and glamping will automatically be rolled over to 2022 which will take place from 28th – 31st July. We understand not all of you will be able to make next year’s event or may just prefer a refund. We are working hard with our ticket partners and refunds will be made available to all customers with information on how to arrange this becoming available in the next few days.

Thank you for your support as always and we will see you next year!

Y Not x

STILL TO BE CONFIRMED FOR 2021