The popular Citadel Festival which is celebrating annually in London for five years has announced the show won’t available anymore.
Catfish & The Bottlemen, Rag N’ Bone Man Bear’s Den, Matt Corby, DMA’s, Honeyblood, Dream Wife, The Coronas, Fontaines Dc and Pleasant Fires performed this year in the show.
After five years of the annual bash the organizers posted a statement on Twitter on November 13 that the Gunnersbury-based one-day event is no more.
“After five incredible years of Citadel, the time has come for the sun to set on the ultimate summer Sunday. We want to say a massive thank you to every single one of you who has ever attended the festival, and to every artist, performer, speaker and volunteer who we have worked with to create some truly unforgettable moments. See you in another universe. The Citadel team.”
Singer Rakel Mjoll criticized organizers for their lack of womxn performers during the bash.
She wrote: “We had one hell of a good time – what a crowd & the whole festival staff were amazing & so welcoming…but walking into the backstage when we arrived and literally not seeing one womxn in site (spotted a few later) and then looking at the line up to see who’s playing…think I counted 5 music acts that had a womxn artist in them out of 25 acts. None as headliners. That’s like 20% of the line up that includes a womxn as a member.”
The festival started first in 2015 and featured the likes of Bombay Bicycle Membership and Ben Howard. In later years, Foals and Tame Impala additionally headlined the occasion.
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After Five Years the Old Citadel Festival has been Cancelled
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