Well if you remember last year there was a couple of festival cancellations which was not surprising given the financial climate and ticket sales hwoever this one seems to be something beyond that.
It would be all guess work and hearsay to try figure out but the statement found on Cold Pro festivals website seems to angle towards possibly issues with procuring the land or licence from the local councils. The festival was meant to showcase acts like Imelda May, Peter Hook, Jamie XX, Heathers and lots lots more but unfortunately none of these will be in Clare this year.
The real reason will be hard to tell in reality but here is the statement from their website.
This morning, due to factors outside of the organizers control, Cold Pro festival has been forced to postpone our collective celebration of surf, sounds and soul until a later date.
Events that have transpired during the last 72 hours have made it impossible for the festival to go ahead as planned on the June bank holiday weekend.
The ‘Powers that be’ have unfortunately and sadly decided that County Clare and indeed Ireland will have to wait much longer for a festival like this to be able to function as we envision it.
All of us at Cold Pro festival have put our hearts and souls into creating an independent event run by the people for the people, and we would like to sincerely apologize to every person that has come on board or was as excited as us, and thank all that were aspiring to help out or come and party with us.
We are aiming to come back stronger than ever to run the festival in 2012, possibly in a different part of Ireland, but still with the same ideals and creative vision as the driving force behind it.
All ticket holders will be refunded in full ASAP via ticketmaster.
All the best
Cold Pro