VAULT Festival announces cancellation

This year’s VAULT Festival has been cancelled, as revealed in a statement online earlier today (4 January).

The programme would have contained over 600 shows, including theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret and live performances. 

Andy George and Adam Gray, who run the London-based VAULT Festival, said: ‘It is with broken hearts that we make this statement.’

The statement reads: ‘VAULT Creative Arts have made the gut-wrenching decision to cancel the 2022 VAULT Festival. Since the emergence of the Omicron variant, the team have been exploring options to allow them to deliver the tenth-anniversary festival safely and successfully but all of these were found to put staff and artists at risk.’

‘This proactive decision has been made in order to prioritise and protect the safety, wellbeing and mental health of the festival's staff, artists and audiences. This festival would have featured 100s of shows from the UK's brightest and boldest independent artists and the team's utmost concern is for those they work with, minimising stress, uncertainty and financial vulnerability.’

‘With the majority of shows running for one week or less, the implications of isolation for those performers who contract Covid-19 would mean the runs become instantly untenable. VAULT Creative Arts are in touch with all staff, artists and collaborators and are working hard to provide continued support.’

All existing ticket holders are being contacted by email. 

To read the full statement visit vaultfestival.com/vault-festival-2022-announces-cancellation/