- The current health requirements would limit the festival's agenda to holding concerts with social distance, which is incompatible with the essence of the festival., they pointed out from the production in a statement.
“The Rototom Sunsplash edition of 2022 it will be spectacular. Unforgettable. But we have to wait. This year we will not be able to meet as we would have liked.”. With these words the director of the international Reggae festival Rototom Sunsplash, Filippo Giunta, confirmed the cancellation of the edition of 2021 planned since 16 al 22 of August, and announced its reprogramming for the following year.
The current health crisis scenario entails a series of measures today “that contradict the spirit and essence of the festival.”. Rototom Sunsplash is a meeting place, exchange of experiences, of miscegenation, of coexistence. And maintaining this idiosyncrasy is incompatible with social distance, among other measures that the current context requires due to a health issue.”, Giunta stated.
The decision was adopted after a meeting held with the tourism authorities of Benicassim, Spain, whom the management of Rototom Sunsplash had summoned in an attempt to find a formula to save this edition of the Reggae macro event with all the health guarantees. The objective was to open a path towards holding events of a certain size in the coming months..
“We greatly appreciate the gesture and interest in finding a solution”, indicated from production. But nevertheless, They point out that at this time and due to the risk of outbreaks, The organization of appointments of this type is limited to the strictly musical level. (only concerts), without parallel gastronomic and cultural programming, with limited capacity, social distance, mask and camping area with bubble groups and without common areas.
“We understand your concerns and responsibility regarding health issues and we know that it is really difficult to make decisions of this magnitude., but even putting all the effort on our part, such as carrying out antigen tests at entrances, capacity reduction or changes in logistics, Rototom atmosphere is not guaranteed”, published in a statement on their website.
“Rototom Sunsplash is much more than music. has changed country, location, but he has always been faithful to his spirit. When this essence is put at risk and the only thing left is to do concerts, We are clear that it is not what we want. It would also be misleading the public., who has bought a ticket for an event with certain characteristics and now we transform it into something different. "It wouldn't be right.", Giunta asserted.
People who have purchased their ticket for this edition will receive an e-mail in the coming days with all the details and will have a period of two weeks to decide whether to request a refund or keep their ticket for the next edition.. For more information, visit the festival website www.rototom.com.
“We have more than a year ahead of us to add a spectacular program to what we already have and begin to shape a huge and very special edition.”. An edition in which, one more time, we can recreate our atmosphere. Return to miscegenation, to coexistence and create a meeting space, family, around reggae”, concluded its director, Filippo Giunta.
It is worth remembering that the last version that was held of this great festival that in the last ten years has been held in Benicassim, Spain, it was in 2019 since in 2020 It also had to cancel as a result of the covid pandemic that has the entire music industry worldwide still paralyzed..
