A MUSIC festival which has taken place in Barry since 2013 has been cancelled for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The GlastonBARRY Tribute Festival - a live music festival featuring some of the world's best tribute acts – takes place annually in Romilly Park, in Barry.

The three-day festival, organised by Mack Events, first took place in the Memo Arts Centre in September 2013 where it had 600 guests.

But in 2017 more than 4000 people per day attended the sell-out event which continues to grow.

In a statement on the Mack Events website, released on Monday, May 4, Matt Blumberg and Ross Mackintosh said: “We have been closely monitoring the situation surrounding the covid-19 outbreak and the guidance issued by the Government.

“We apologise for the delay in making a final announcement, but have been holding out for as long as possible, sincerely hoping that the situation may improve and exploring ways that our events could safely take place as scheduled at the end of July or possibly later in the summer.

“Sadly, with the event now just 12 weeks away and government guidelines suggesting that no large outdoor events should be taking place for the foreseeable future, we have regrettably decided that both GlastonBARRY festival and GlastonBARRY Juniors will have to be postponed as we do not feel there is an option to proceed as normal and safely deliver the event in 2020.

GlastonBARRY Juniors will be rescheduled for Friday July 23, 2021, and the GlastonBARRY festival will take place from Saturday, July 24 and Sunday July 25, 2021.

They said: “We know that this announcement will cause a lot of disappointment, which we share and completely understand, GlastonBARRY Tribute Festival and GlastonBARRY Juniors are all about welcoming people from near and far to the beautiful town of Barry for a friendly, fun filled weekend of live music.

“We look forward to doing that again in the future, but for now the priority must be the health and safety of our customers, event staff, volunteers and the wider public.”

All tickets purchased will carry over to the new event and will remain valid.

If you have ordered your tickets online you do not need to do anything.

Details remain on the system and new tickets will be posted out automatically in the future.

Physical tickets remain valid for the rescheduled events.

They added: “These are unprecedented and unforeseen circumstances and we would greatly appreciate your support and understanding at these difficult times.

“We will do our utmost to make the festival in 2021 the biggest and best festival to date.

“As a thank you for your support we will also be adding one of our most popular headline acts to the GlastonBARRY bill for the rescheduled event.

“Further announcements on the revised festival will follow in the coming weeks.

“We hope you are all able to keep safe and healthy at these strange times and our thoughts remain with those directly affected by covid-19 and the family and friends of those who have sadly passed away.”