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Bankruptcy Forces Organizers Of Pemberton Music Festival To Cancel Event

The Canadian Press, 19 May, 2017 11:51 AM
    VANCOUVER — The Pemberton Music Festival in British Columbia has filed for bankruptcy and this year's event has been cancelled.
     
    Those who have already bought tickets to the event that was scheduled to start July 13 may also be out of luck when it comes to getting a quick refund.
     
    A statement posted on the festival website says because the partnership that organizes the festival is in bankruptcy, it has no ability to provide refunds.
     
    It says ticket holders can file a claim as an unsecured creditor, but estimates that process would take several weeks to resolve itself.
     
    Financial services firm Ernst & Young Inc. was appointed as a trustee to oversee the process. A statement on its website said ticket sales did not meet expectations this year and a weak Canadian dollar caused troubles for the festival as many of its entertainment costs had to be paid in American dollars.
     
    The statement also noted the festival had trouble attracting talent for this year's festival because of a limited number of artists who were touring in 2017.
     
    Tens of thousands of people took in last year's event.  The festival was first held in 2008, but took a five year hiatus between 2009 and 2013. The event suffered significant losses in each of the previous three years
     
    A festival in Ontario is now extending a warm welcome – and free concert passes – to music lovers left on the hook after the cancellation of the upcoming Pemberton Music Festival.
     
    WayHome Music and Arts, being held July 28 to 30th in Medonte, Ontario, is being headlined by Frank Ocean, Imagine Dragons, Solange and Tegan and Sara.
     
    Organizers say Pemberton ticket holders can redeem their WayHome ticket by sending in a copy of their cancelled pass. The offer is valid until June 30.
     
    WayHome said the offer is to help their “WayHomies in the West.”
     

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