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THE PUMP IS OFF :-(

It is with an incredibly heavy heart we have to announce that we are cancelling Pumplands 2008.

In the past few months there have been a couple of incidents near the Pumplands site which have made the local authorities wary. Loud house parties and other festivals applying for a licence in the area have caused the police and council to change their decision on our licence.

The stipulations they have placed upon us are that the decibel levels should be "inaudible to local residents after 11pm" and that the sound systems be turned off at 1am.

With these terms on the licence we feel that we could not have the Pump that either you as family & friends or us as organisers both want and deserve.  Not only do we feel that turning the sound off at 1am is going to be very difficult but the landowner was also told that "if theses times and dates were exceeded, he would be prosecuted and the maximum fine is £20,000 and 6 months inside". With threats like this we don't feel that proceeding with the event would be fair on him, his business or his family.

Pumplands is a hobby for us as sadly we all have day jobs, and so finding the time to get a new site & licence would create a substantial financial risk to us as well as potentially disappointing you further.

And so the Pump has been deflated….

If you have already purchased tickets then please contact the person who sold you them and your money will be returned in full. All those who requested tickets in the last few days and have not had replies then we are sorry…we have not been overly happy this weekend.

If you feel you still have unanswered questions please don't hesitate to get in touch. The Pump will be back, please email us if you'd like to be put on our mailing list.

We are incredibly sorry to those who wanted to work, rave and perform...we have put a large amount of time and love into this project and believe us when we say that we're FUCKING GUTTED about this outcome. 

Keep the Pump alive at other festivals this year and we shall see you soon.
Much love
Team Pump
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