New one-day Lancaster music festival cancelled due to financial hardship after months of postponement

A new one-day music festival in Lancaster has been cancelled after initially postponing the event date.

Boundary Beats was set to take place at Lancaster Cricket and Sports Club on Saturday 19th September (delayed from Saturday 23rd May), with rapper Tinchy Stryder advertised as being the event’s headliner.

Pitchside Presents, the Lancaster-based event promoters of Boundary Beats, has recently been in touch with ticketholders to say the event has been cancelled.

The messaged sent by the promoters read: “Hi everyone. We’re really sorry to have to share this news, but unfortunately we have made the difficult decision to cancel the festival. We know many of you were looking forward to the event and we’re genuinely sorry for the disappointment this will cause.

“We want to thank everyone who has supported us, bought tickets, shared our posts and helped us build the festival, unfortunately the licensing issue and refunds thereafter have just made this unviable. All tickets are now being processed for a full refund.

“Refunds are being handled through Stripe, our payment provider. Once the refunds have been processed from our side, the timing of when the money reaches your account is unfortunately controlled by Stripe and your payment provider.

“We’re working through the refunds as quickly as we can and will keep everything moving from our end. Please bear with us while this process is completed. You don’t need to do anything if you purchased your ticket online – your refund will be processed automatically.

“We’re incredibly disappointed that we won’t be able to bring this event to you but we really appreciate your patience and understanding.

“Thank you again for your support.”

However, there is currently no official update on the Boundary Beats website, or through Boundary Beats social media accounts, on the event’s cancellation – nothing has been posted on social media accounts since it was announced in May that the festival would be rescheduled for September.

This led to many ticketholders spending recent weeks questioning whether the event was still going ahead.

When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for Boundary Beats told The Lancaster Tab: “Unfortunately, we have had to cancel Lancaster Boundary Beats. This was not a decision we took lightly and was ultimately a financial decision following the postponement of the event.

“The event had originally been planned for an earlier date and, following the postponement and up to just before the announcement, a significant number of ticket holders requested refunds. Once we had assessed the updated financial position and the costs involved in delivering the event on the revised date, it became clear that we could no longer make the event financially viable, so we made the decision to cancel rather than proceed with an event that would not be sustainable or postpone again.

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“The cancellation was communicated directly to all ticket holders by email as soon as the decision was made. We are currently processing full refunds for all tickets purchased. Refunds are being processed through Stripe, our payment provider, and the timing of when the funds reach individual customers’ accounts is therefore dependent on Stripe and the customer’s payment provider.

A Lancaster City Council spokesperson said: “The council’s Licensing Service has been in contact with representatives of the proposed event at various points during 2026 regarding a potential premises licence application.

“Event organisers were able to submit an application at any stage, which would then have been considered through the statutory licensing process, including the required consultation period.

“However, no application was submitted to the council and, as a result, no licensing decision has been made in relation to the event.”

Boundary Beats replied: “In relation to the licensing position, we had been in discussions with Lancaster City Council and the licensing process had been started. Due to timing issues on the premises license and plans we had to postpone this as it would not have been done in time.

“Had we proceeded with the revised event, the anticipated attendance was within the numbers that could have been accommodated under a Temporary Event Notice, subject to the normal licensing requirements and approvals. Lancaster City Council’s own guidance confirms that a TEN can cover an event involving no more than 499 people at any one time.

Lancaster Cricket and Sports Club has been contacted for comment.

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