Jabberwocky Festival Cancelled 72 Hours Before Event

Jabberwocky Festival was set to launch its inaugural event this year in London. However, less than 72 hours before the shows were to begin, All Tomorrows Parties, one of the festival's organizers, announced its cancelation due to poor ticket sales. The festival's lineup had included Neutral Milk Hotel, James Blake, Panda Bear, Darkside, Caribou, Kurt Vile, and more.

"We have put everything into promoting Jabberwocky, and despite healthy ticket sales; all our efforts could not take those sales to the point that we needed to finally stage the event," said ATP organizer Barry Hogan. "Over the past month and all the way up until this moment we have tried every possible course of action to follow through in delivering Jabberwocky to you, but the position we unfortunately find ourselves in as a result of a succession of events that have lost money in an increasingly aggressive festival market, means we are no longer able to do so."

Hogan continued, "In the past ATP has weathered losses such as this and gone on with the show, taking huge direct financial blows as an independent company. But on this occasion, with an event of this scale and the high production costs that come with it - if we had gone ahead; it would have 100% been the end of ATP. We do not take this decision lightly and it was the hardest we've ever had to make. All other ATP Presents shows will go ahead as planned, including ATP Iceland with our local partners there in 2015."

Unfortunately, some of the festival-goers and bands were already in or in-transit to London. It is possible that there will be make-up shows around the city, though nothing has been confirmed. Refunds will be available to all ticketholders at their point of purchase.