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THE INDIEPENDENCE Music & Arts Festival in Co Cork won’t go ahead next year as it is “taking a break”.
The weekend festival in Mitchelstown in Co Cork started in 2006 and typically takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
A statement from the festival noted its small beginnings in “the town square” in 2006 and remarked that “since then, we’ve seen it all, rain, sunshine and hurricanes.”
The statement added: “We’ve had some wonderful times and some really difficult ones and now we need a little break to recoup and relook and hopefully come back stronger”.
While Indiependence won’t take place next year, the festival organisers said this “break in 2024 is with a view to seeing you again in 2025”.
The festival also thanked “everyone who has helped and supported us over the years”, adding: “We are more grateful than words can explain.”
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Insurance is probably the biggest problem hosting the event. As there is suing culture in Ireland that many insurance providers are backing out of when it comes to public liability.
@Luka Roche: I wonder was that the festival the fine gael senator stuck something up the an^s of a sleeping man?
We have to talk about the huge stick going to be applied in the aftermath of the Riots. The Public Should have a say…NOT only on this but about the Hate Speech laws coming down the line. IT Concerns us all. Time We had our say.
That’s a surprise
@Mayo seem to be the football equivalent of Waterfo: I guess it’s insurance….my youngest lad did LC this year……. concert was the big ticket event for the summer— ‘indie’ is a coming-of-age kinda thing for the young uns. It looked / sounded like a right craic. He was in ‘bad shape’ by the Monday but had a blast…….pity its being suspended
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