Newcastle's This is Tomorrow festival cancelled
A spokesperson for This Is Tomorrow said: “We have taken a business decision to not run the festival in 2022 and will return on the weekend of May 26-28 in 2023.
With an oversaturated market, the ongoing economic crisis and rising costs, 2022 is the wrong year for the festival to expand further following a successful sell-out year in 2021.
The recent discussion and restrictions placed on the licence for Exhibition Park are challenging, but this is not the reason we are choosing to have a year off. Last year's event was moved back in the calendar because of Covid and the site set-up was constrained by other events happening in the city at that time. Next year we will be back to the May bank holiday which will help minimise any disturbance.
We are working on some noise modelling which will provide a framework for our noise management plan. We will work with the council, the Freemen, local residents and other stakeholders in advance of next year's event to minimise any disturbance for residents and maximise the experience for festival fans in the North East.
The handful of early bird ticket buyers have already been refunded or are in the process of being refunded. We look forward to an great festival in 2023 for the local people who attend and work on the event.