KITCHENER --
Like many annual events, the in-person activities of Guelph’s popular Hillside Festival have been cancelled for the second year in a row due to COVID-19.
The three-day festival was set to take place in late July at Guelph Lake Island, but will instead be pushed back once again to next summer.
In a statement, festival organizers say that, due to the current stay-at-home order, they anticipate some form of restrictions to public gatherings for the rest of the summer.
Tickets already purchased will be valid for next year or can be returned for a refund.
"Ticket sales subsidize absolutely everything, said Marie Zimmerman, Hillside Festival executive director. "You have these massive holes in your budget and you want to do this, but you don't know how."