The team over at Booze Cruise Festival have made the difficult decision to pull the plug on the upcoming Booze Cruise Festival V in Hamburg, which was to start this coming weekend. The decision was made due to an uptick in COVID cases throughout Europe, as well as the recent discovery of the, potentially highly-contagious Omicron variant.
The organizers have begin the refund process for tickets, and discuss their application for cultural funds to help cover lost expenses, and more.
You can read the entirety of their statement in embedded Facebook post below:
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