An electronic music festival due to take place this weekend has been cancelled after organisers concluded they could not deliver the event as intended.
Up-There had been scheduled for Saturday 5 September, but its organisers announced on social media that it would “no longer be going ahead”.
The festival was launched at the Royal Jersey Showground last year by the team behind Out-There Festival at Val de la Mare.
Explaining this year’s cancellation, organisers said: “We built Up-There with a vision to deliver an uncompromising, full two-stage experience centred around exciting new music.
“After reviewing the final shape of the event and what we can realistically deliver this weekend, we don’t believe we can deliver Up-There in the way it was intended.”
Organisers said they had taken the “difficult decision” to cancel rather than stage a scaled-back festival which did not live up to their original plans.
They added: “We know how disappointing this is, particularly for those of you who bought tickets early and backed the concept from day one. For that, we are truly sorry.”
All ticket-holders will receive an automatic full refund through ticketing platform FIXR and will be contacted directly with confirmation. Customers do not need to get in touch to request their money back.
The team thanked everyone who had bought a ticket, shared a post or otherwise supported the festival.
“We appreciate every single one of you,” they added.
The cancellation comes after this year’s Out-There Festival was scaled back from its usual two-day weekend format to a standalone one-day event.
