AN Aberystwyth music festival will not go ahead this year.

Organisers of the Big Tribute Festival had hoped they would be able to hold the August bank holiday event at Lovesgrove this year, but have this afternoon confirmed they have had to postpone.

In a statement, organisers of the festival which brings tribute acts from all over the world together for one weekend, said: “We’ve held off making this decision for as long as we can but sadly we have no choice but to postpone the Big Tribute Festival for a second year.

“The latest Welsh Government update tells us that restrictions won’t be eased any further until mid-July at the earliest, almost a month before we are supposed to open the gates.

“Clearly this has now become an impossible timescale to work to for an event of this size, especially when there is no indication of whether restrictions will even be lifted sufficiently by then.

“Whilst we’ve done everything we can to try and make the event happen this year, the uncertainty and speculation as to what may happen mean we need to make the heartbreaking yet sensible call to postpone the event until August Bank Holiday weekend 2022.

“Without any available insurance (private or government backed), if we carried on regardless at this stage and social distancing measures remain in place then it would be disastrous for the festival. It simply wouldn’t recover.”

More information on ticketing can be found below or on the Big Tribute website.