{"id":158546,"date":"2020-03-17T17:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2020-spar-kirkwood-wildsfees-held-over-to-2021\/"},"modified":"2020-03-17T17:46:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:46:58","slug":"2020-spar-kirkwood-wildsfees-held-over-to-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/2020-spar-kirkwood-wildsfees-held-over-to-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees held over to 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

2020 SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees held over to 2021<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Kirkwood, March 17: The directors and management of the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees have after careful consideration decided not to stage the 2020 event in June due to global CORONA-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cRest assured, we have already set the dates and plans in place for 2021, when the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees will be held between June 25 and June 27,\u201d says festival director Jenni Honsbein.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision was not taken lightly,\u201d says Wildsfees board chairperson Paul Marais.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though the planned event fell out of the ban on public gatherings announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, it was decided that staging the 2020 Wildsfees would place too many people at risk, including the thousands of workers in the Sundays River Valley who will be picking what promises to be one of our best citrus crops ever,\u201d says Wildsfees board chairperson Paul Marais.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision has the support and understanding of our sponsors, most of which have committed to the 2021 festival,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs naming sponsor of the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees, we fully support the decision to cancel the 2020 edition of the festival,\u201d says Alan Stapleton: Purchasing Manager: Non-Foods. Sponsorships and Events SPAR Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the importance of the event to the Kirkwood community, the risk involved to all stakeholders, whether they be performers, stallholders, service providers or the festival-going public is just too high and we commend the management on their commitment to ensure a win-win scenario for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us all stay positive under the current circumstances, knowing that this will pass, and the 2021 SPAR Kirkwood Festival will be even, bigger and better than ever,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

According to Marais the community-owned festival has built up sufficient reserves to tide it through just such a challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to do this because as a not-for-profit company our focus is on sustainability and the interests of the Sundays River community rather than making money,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Recognising that most of the artists who were booked for the festival will be facing a challenging year, the Wildsfees management will allow them to keep the deposits which have already been banked on condition that they sign a new contract for 2021.<\/p>\n

Similarly, stallholders who have already paid their deposits will be given the option of having their deposit returned minus VAT, or for the Wildsfees to retain their place for 2021 at the same fee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis way everybody wins. We trust that the accommodation establishments in the Sundays River Valley and Addo area will also see the big picture and either return the deposits of the people who have already booked, or will transfer the dates to next year,\u201d says Marais.<\/p>\n

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