BC's Shambhala Music Festival Postpones 2020 Edition

All 2020 tickets and lodging will be valid for a future festival date

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Apr 21, 2020

BC's long-running Shambhala Music Festival is the latest event to postpone its 2020 edition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Today, festival organizers revealed the event's 23rd edition has been postponed to July 2021. Shambhala was set to take place July 24 to 27 at longtime venue Salmo River Ranch.

Shambhala organizers have also announced that all 2020 tickets and lodging packages will be valid for a future date across the following three years (2021, 2022 or 2023). 

"Shambhala is not only a music festival, but it's also a yearly reunion with our Farmily and a time to return home to ourselves. It's a place where we can freely express ourselves without reservations, and to lose that this year is devastating; however, your health and safety are what are most important,"  Shambhala founder Jimmy Bundschuh said in a statement. "It has always been about the people on the dancefloor, and we know once we are all reunited again, it will be a Shambhala to remember."

Shambhala's 2020 edition was set to feature Black Tiger Sex Machine, Bob MosesClaptoneDJ PremierEkali, Marc Rebillet, MasegoRezzRichie HawtinRL Grime, TychoReggie Watts and John Tejada's Wajatta, What So NotTigaChannel Tres, Cut Chemist & Chali 2Na, DjrumLeikeli47, Mungo's Hi Fi, Sinjin Hawke & Zora JonesSkratch BastidSkream and many more.

Learn more about Shambhala with Exclaim!'s Canadian Music Festival Profiles, and follow our list of music and film events affected by coronavirus.

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