The plug has been pulled on Surrey鈥檚 big FVDED in the Park music festival this summer.

鈥淔or the near future, FVDED will be on pause as we plan what鈥檚 next,鈥� event organizers .

Refunds for the 2023 music festival at Holland Park 鈥渁re being automatically processed,鈥� they promised.

The decision to cancel 鈥渨as not made lightly, but given the difficulties we鈥檙e currently facing, it was deemed the best course of action for this year.鈥�

Those 鈥渄ifficulties鈥� are not detailed, but several other B.C. music festivals have been cancelled or postponed due to rising production costs in the concert industry.

Starting in 2015, tens of thousands of ticketholders have flocked to the two-day FVDED festival, launched by the Vancouver-based Blueprint and Live Nation Canada concert companies. The Now-Leader has sought an interview about the festival cancellation.

Over the years FVDED has featured some big-name dance and hip-hop artists including The Weeknd, Deadmau5, The Chainsmokers, Travis Scott, ILLENIUM and others.

Every year, some Holland Park-area residents aren鈥檛 thrilled with the loud music and thousands of mostly young concert-goers that flock to the site.

, included Kentucky-raised rapper Jack Harlow and Bellingham-area electronic duo ODESZA, DJ Snake, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and dozens of other electronic, dance and hip-hop artists. This year鈥檚 dates at Holland Park were June 23-24.

鈥� RELATED, from 2022: .

after a couple years of COVID-caused cancellations. In 2021, , but those plans were scrubbed due to the pandemic. .

鈥淭here鈥檚 a reason why FVDED in the Park has become one of the most popular music festivals in Western Canada, and why 50,000 fans flock to attend the two-day event each year,鈥� Blueprint founder, Alvaro Prol, said last year.

In Thursday鈥檚 Facebook post, festival organizers said they鈥檝e been fortunate to host some of the world鈥檚 biggest artists and have 鈥渞eceived tremendous support from the local community. The Blueprint team is grateful for the opportunity to work alongside incredibly talented individuals in the industry and to create unforgettable experiences and memories at Holland Park.

鈥淲e could not be more thankful for all the amazing experiences and memories we shared together at Holland Park,鈥� the post continues. 鈥淏lueprint lives to serve our community and you can guarantee we鈥檒l come back with new ideas and concepts for our beautiful city and province.鈥�

Those with questions are directed to an email address, info@fvdedinthepark.com.

tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com
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