‘We eat and drink risk’: higher costs bring curtain down on more UK music festivals

<p>Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimistic</p><p>Hosting Scotland’s first Womad festival seemed like an easy sell for Glasgow, the country’s gig capital and self-proclaimed <a href="https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/glasgow-to-host-scotlands-first-ever-womad-festival-in-2026">“dynamic global hub for music lovers”</a>.</p><p>However, last week the internationally renowned event celebrating performance from around the world, successfully staged in 30 countries since being co-founded by former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel in 1982, was cancelled due to low ticket sales.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/13/uk-music-festivals-higher-costs-secret-garden-party-womad-glasgow">Continue reading...</a>

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