Dear Wilko fans – here is the news many of you have probably been expecting: the dates rescheduled to February 2021 have had to be postponed again, due to the current public health situation, to February 2022.
Thurs 3 Feb 2022 – Portsmouth Theatre Royal (rescheduled from 4 Feb 2021) Fri 4 Feb 2022 – Swindon Wyvern Theatre (rescheduled from 5 Feb 2021) Sat 5 Feb 2022 – Peterborough Cresset (rescheduled from 6 Feb 2021)
Thurs 10 Feb 2022 – New Brighton Floral Pavilion (rescheduled from 25 Feb 2021) Fri 11 Feb 2022 – Bury St Edmunds Apex (rescheduled from 26 Feb 2021) Sat 12 Feb 2022 – Bexhill DLP (rescheduled from 27 Feb 2021)
Thurs 17 Feb 2022 – Whitley Bay Playhouse (rescheduled from 11 Feb 2021) Fri 18 Feb 2022 – Glasgow St Lukes (rescheduled from 10 Feb 2021) Sat 19 Feb 2022 – Manchester RNCM (rescheduled from 12 Feb 2021)
Thurs 24 Feb 2022 – Cheltenham Town Hall (rescheduled from 21 Feb 2021) Fri 25 Feb 2022 – Birmingham Town Hall (rescheduled from 19 Feb 2021) Sat 26 Feb 2022 – Nottingham Albert Hall (rescheduled from 20 feb 2021)
Please see Live Dates for further details. Customers unable to attend the rescheduled dates should contact their original point of purchase for a refund.
We appreciate your patience – be assured it is as frustrating for us as it is for you, but we all have to do the right thing, follow the guidance and keep each other safe.
This coming Sunday (October 25th) Wilko will be chatting to Cerys Matthews on her ‘Slow Sunday’ show on BBC Radio 6 Music. Don’t miss it! Show starts at 10am.
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Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Northern Kin Festival has been postponed from May to the August Bank Holiday weekend of 28-30, with Wilko Johnson appearing on 30th at 21.45.
Here is the statement from Northern Kin:
‘In light of the most recent Government announcements in relation to the Coronavirus epidemic and to follow on from our message last week, posted on Facebook and our website, we have taken the decision to postpone Northern Kin Festival until a rescheduled date of the August Bank Holiday Weekend of 28th to 30th August 2020.
‘This is not a decision we have taken lightly, but we have to prioritise everyone’s health and safety and at this time we feel many people would choose not to attend anyway in May. The Government’s advice that the vulnerable and over 70’s should self-isolate from this Friday for 12 weeks, falls directly in the time that Northern Kin would have been held and this will exclude many people from coming who want to attend.
‘We have chosen the next Bank Holiday Weekend as it is nearly 6 months away, to give everyone a chance to come along, and means that the festival will still run for the current equivalent number of days as the original dates, with a Bank Holiday Monday to follow.
‘Final line-up confirmation will follow in the next few days but we can already confirm now that the majority of bands and artists have already confirmed that they are able to appear and have rallied in support and worked their diaries around the new dates, in order to still be able to play, and we must thank them for their support.
‘As a small team of live music lovers we have, for the last 8 years, always sought to bring festivals that not only have fantastic live music but are great value, and at this difficult time we ask you to support us by keeping your tickets, to use on the revised dates. Like all smaller festivals we need your support and choosing to cancel and ask for a refund and then possibly booking again later, not only means paying a booking fee twice, but a large number of cancellation requests could put the festival’s future at risk and force its closure.
‘We would politely ask you to please retain your ticket and come along in August on the Bank Holiday Weekend as your tickets will be valid and if, at that time, you are ill, self-isolating, or unable to make that weekend, simply email us at info@northernkinfestival.co.uk to confirm and we will send you official confirmation that the tickets can then be used at our 2021 festival. By keeping all festival tickets valid, so you can attend in August or at next year’s event, we can ensure that Northern Kin will be here for the long-term, year after year, and give us all something to look forward to.
‘These are unprecedented times and like all small businesses we are now faced with huge challenges that no one could have foreseen, but with your support we can get through this and still have a great weekend, albeit in 24 weeks time.
