Indiependence Music and Arts Festival will not be returning to Mitchelstown in Co. Cork, organisers have announced.
After 15 years hosting the popular festival there, organisers have revealed they’re looking for a new home.
In a statement posted on social media, they said: “We are sad to announce that the fifteen year relationship between Indiependence and Mitchelstown is at an end and INDIE will not return to Mitchelstown in 2021.”
“This is a situation we hoped would never arise but we have been left with no other option. We have taken the decision to protect the ticket holder funds and ensure that everyone is refunded in time for Christmas.”
We are devastated to have to announce this but unfortunately we find ourselves with no other choice. pic.twitter.com/j0CBBOTvUl
— INDIE (@Indie_pendence) October 29, 2020
They continued: “We have had fourteen INDIE Festivals in Mitchelstown starting with three in the square way back in 2006. We have seen the best of Irish and International talent come to our town over the years; we sang, we danced and at times we cried.”
“This is not a decision made lightly, it is with a heavy heart that we see no other option. This is not the end of Indiependence, we are looking to the future, to something new — unfortunately, we cannot do that in Mitchelstown in the foreseeable future.”
“We’d like to thank everyone locally who has helped us over the years, the local businesses, Cork County Council, Mitchelstown Fire Brigade, Mitchelstown GardaÃ, David Casey, Pa Hanrahan and everyone else involved including all the local volunteers, too many to mention.”
Full refund details will be available from Indiependencefestival.com in the coming days.
