Refunds issued after Willy Wonka event in Glasgow closes down

Ticket holders were promised chocolate fountains and a fun day out for the kids.

Author: Callum McQuadePublished 26th Feb 2024

Refunds are being handed out to families who turned up to a Willy Wonka event in Glasgow at the weekend before it was shut down.

It was put on by House of Illuminati and ticket holders were promised chocolate fountains and a "full experience".

Pictures on social media show an empty warehouse with a few displays and limeade poured into plastic cups.





A post on Facebook by organiser House of Illuminati read: "Unfortunately, last minute we were let down in many areas of our event and tried our best to continue on and push through and now realise we probably should have cancelled first thing this morning instead.

"We fully apologise for what has happened and will be giving full refunds to each and every person that purchased tickets.

"We planned a fabulous event and it just did not take shape as planned and for that we are truly sorry."

Parent Stuart Sinclair wrote on social media: "What an absolute shambles of an event.

"Took 2 minutes to get through to then see a queue of people surrounding the guy running it complaining."

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