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Big Green Gathering's ticket refund policy hits dud note

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Nov 07, 2009

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About 20,000 people paid up to £125 each, but the Big Green Gathering was cancelled at the last minute. Months later some are still waiting for their money

People who booked tickets for a leading green festival cancelled in July are growing worried they will not be refunded, even though some handed over their cash almost a year ago, Guardian Money can reveal.

Up to 20,000 people were expected at this year's Big Green Gathering, a five-day festival in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, described as "a celebration of our natural world and our place within it", which was set to kick off on 29 July. But only days before the gates were due to open, the event was cancelled.

There has been much debate in green circles about how and why the festival was scrapped – in August, the Guardian carried an article by George Monbiot that explored some of the theories

The directors claim they had no option but to voluntarily surrender the event licence after being "stitched up" by the police and council officials.

But whatever the reason, some of those who shelled out for tickets are un

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