Guelph’s annual Hillside Summer Festival will not be taking place this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It was officially rescheduled for July 2021 as tickets that were already purchased for this year’s show will still be accepted. “To say we are crushed by this news is an understatement,” organizers stated in a post on Hillside’s website.
Large public gatherings in Ontario have been restricted since March 29 and it doesn’t appear the province has any plans to lift those restrictions for quite some time.
Travel restrictions have also prevented organizers from booking artists who live outside of Canada and the festival’s location, the Guelph Lake Conservation Area, has been closed indefinitely since March 23.