Many festivals are facing a second year of delays or cancellations, but Latitude remains hopeful it may be able to go ahead on July 22 – 25 🤞
Organisers of Latitude Festival have revealed they are still hopeful that the event will go ahead, beginning three days after lockdown is due to lift in the UK.delayed the total lifting of restrictions for four weeks, from June 21 until July 19 following an increase in coronavirus cases, largely due to the Delta variant, first identified in India.
Organisers released a statement reading: ‘We’ve been eagerly awaiting the Prime Minister’s statement as much as anyone else this evening, and, whilst the lifting of the final restrictions is delayed, we don’t think it means the end of our hopes for Latitude this year.’ ‘If you’ll allow us just a little more time, we’re going to spend the next few days looking at the information and speaking to the relevant government departments to work out what it means for the festival.
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