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With less than five weeks to go until the event was due to happen, organisers have blamed a lack of clear regulations on large scale events and the prevalence of the Indian variant for having to call it off.
The two-day special edition of the festival was due to take place over the weekend of June 26 and 27 - a week after the government planned to remove all restrictions on social contact.
Promising to be a 'fun packed family festival', it was set to include stage shows, arena demonstrations, live music, monster truck shows, a