Beyond the Pale festival, which is due to take place in Co Wicklow next weekend, is going ahead thanks to the financial help from “a very highly-regarded operator”, organisers have said.
After doubts arose on Saturday about its fate, a statement was released that night in which organisers said: “it’s unbelievably tough out there for independent festivals, venues, promoters, artists ... we all know that. Today we very nearly stumbled, ngl [not going to lie]. But the festival gods smiled upon us, and the fate of Beyond the Pale is secure for 2025, and for many years to come.
“Thanks for bearing with us today, thanks for all the messages and gestures of support ... and see you at Glendalough next week.”
On Sunday, a new statement was released further clarifying the festival had paused operations in light of “an essential piece of expected finance that would have helped us through the period” falling through.
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“A festival needs significant cashflow over the festival month. It’s a huge challenge for all festivals in their first few years, and this week, an essential piece of expected finance that would have helped us through the period fell through,” said organisers.
“Whilst we had not made any announcement we were cancelling, we did have to pause the work that was happening on site.”
The organisers shared that “online chatter” circulating over the weekend “led to us being approached by a very highly-regarded operator who sympathised with the struggles of putting on events as an independent operator, and offered to help.”
A report from The Currency on Saturday said a decision had been made to cancel the festival and the company Cupola Events Ltd run by Declan Forde would be liquidated “effective immediately”.
However, a spokeswoman for the festival said on Saturday afternoon that the festival was not cancelled. This was followed up by the statement on Saturday night confirming that there had been some financial difficulties but stating the event would go ahead.
The music festival, scheduled for June 13th to 15th at Glendalough Estate, features a line-up including Jon Hopkins, Róisín Murphy, TV On The Radio, Broken Social Scene, Marc Rebillet and Boney M.
