Shapinsay Show cancelled for 2021
May 18, 2021 at 7:30 am
The Shapinsay Agricultural Show back in 2014. (Tom O’Brien)
The 2021 Shapinsay Show will sadly not go ahead this year, due to uncertainty over the state of COVID-19 restrictions come August.
This is the fourth of the six agricultural shows in the county that have made this choice this year.
A spokeswoman for the Shapinsay Agricultural Association said: “After lots of discussions, we have decided to cancel our show this year again.
“It has not been an easy decision, but we feel that there is still so much uncertainty as to how things will be in August.
East Mainland Show cancelled for 2021
May 6, 2021 at 7:30 am
The East Mainland Agricultural Show back in 2014
The committee of the East Mainland Agricultural Show has today announced that their 2021 show will not go ahead, pursuant to continued pandemic uncertainty.
A spokeswoman from the committee said: “After much thought and consideration, unfortunately, due to the continuing unknowns around COVID-19 and its restrictions, it has been decided to cancel our show for this year.
“Hopefully we will be bigger & better next year.”
It marks the third agricultural show to be called off for 2021, after both County and Dounby shows made a joint announcement that they would not go ahead, back in February this year.