May Heydays Hopefuls,
In view of the general situation – the government telling over 70s to stay at home for the next 3 months, event organisers including folk dance clubs cancelling events nationwide and our foreign callers being stopped from coming into the country (or getting back home) - the committee has decided that we cannot run May Heydays in 2020. We will therefore postpone it until next year.
As previously stated, you can have your ticket money held over for 2021 or apply for a refund, to tickets@mayheydays.org.uk. Those who booked for camping could, if they wish, elect for a refund just of the camping money (unless they paid via the agency).
Please note that we cannot make cheque payments so your refund request will be processed by a bank transfer.
Whilst we do have the bank info from payments received by cheque, to be on the safe side please confirm them to us. If you paid by bank transfer direct to May Heydays we will also need you to let us have the full relevant re-payment details (account name, sort code, account number).
You may do this, for example, by a single email to tickets@mayheydays.org.uk, by split of info in two or more emails, or by phone to Monty Crook on 01308 423 442.
For the limited number who booked via WeGotTickets, you will also have the option to hold your money over to next year. Any refund requested will be paid by the agency. We will give more info on this when we have confirmed the details.
Please give us a couple of weeks to consult with everyone who may have incurred costs on our behalf. Most of our suppliers/performers/De Montfort school will not charge us anything at all, so the total of incurred costs we will need to recover will be quite minor in the great scheme of things. Once we know what our total cost is for 2020, we will apportion this cost to all ticket holders (except, for those paying via WeGotTickets, where we will not be able to make any such retention).
We will have a full bank holiday festival next year (unless the government decides to delay VE Day celebrations for a year!) - for which we have lined up Geoff Cubitt, Colin Hume and Kalia Kliban as our main callers and a wide variety of bands: Contrasaurus, ECDB, Knotted Chord, Jon Berger & friends, Keeping Thyme, Momentum, Portland Drive and the Derby duo of Doug Eunson and Sarah Matthews. We have not yet booked an International dance teacher but will do so in due course.
So, something to look forward to at the end of this tunnel!
Note that the ticket prices for next year will be somewhat higher than for this year's shortened festival, and there will be a small extra amount to pay for those who do not request a refund this year.
We are very sorry to be the bearer of such disappointing (but probably not unexpected) news, especially as we have all invested many hours in getting it off the ground, and, of course, we were looking forward to the weekend as much as you.
It was not to be.
We extend our best wishes for good health during the coming difficult months.
The May Heydays Committee
Tel 01308 423 442