First held with a single stage in 2004 by founder Alex Trenchard and expanding to a two day festival in 2006, the festival was postponed in 2023 and due to make a return in 2026.
According to the BBC the organisers have said: “Due to significant financial losses sustained in 2022 and 2023, we were unable to run the festival in 2024 and 2025.
“For the last 18 months we have engaged with a number of potential investors to continue the festival, including one party for the last 13 months.
“With huge regret, additional investment has not been secured and we are left with no other option than to put the company into the control of the liquidators.
“We are hugely grateful for all the support that so many people have given to the festival over the years, which helped build Standon Calling into what it became since its inception in 2006”.
The festival had been granted a license in September to hold an event in 2026 with no camping or late-night raves. Artists and vendors had voiced complaints from missed payments from the 2023 events.
