Festival Town Sidmouth: on hold

“Although no one knows for sure how long the current lock down will last, we would encourage you to rearrange your event to a later date…”

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Germany is slowly easing its lockdown – but with caution:

Merkel warns against lifting Germany’s lockdown too quickly | theguardian.com

And part of this cautious approach has been to call off the world’s largest beer festival:

Cancelled Oktoberfest removes Bavaria’s froth | ft.com

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There are doubts that the world’s largest cycling event will happen at all this year:

‘Not the end of the world’ if Tour de France is cancelled, says French minister | cyclingnews.com

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However, there is still determination to go ahead with the smaller UK version – although this news is from Monday 20th April:

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Devon leg of Tour of Britain still on

Devon leg of Tour of Britain still on | radioexe.co.uk

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As for East Devon, the date for events being allowed is ‘at least the end of June’:

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Event organisers in Sidmouth hoping to reorganise events which have been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent UK lock down may have to wait a little longer after the district council extended its events ban.

East Devon District Council is extending the cancellation of all permissions to hire land until at least the end of June 2020. A spokesperson for East Devon District Council said: “Although no one knows for sure how long the current lock down will last, we would encourage you to rearrange your event to a later date…”

Event ban on council land in Sidmouth extended | sidmouth.nub.news

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However, several events both before and after that time point have already been cancelled in Sidmouth, with the latest info available at:

visitsidmouth.co.uk

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visitsidmouth.co.uk