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11th May 2016

Irish language music festival postponed despite public plea to #savetherave

JOE

Tá go leor daoine croíbhriste.

 An Irish language festival which was due to take place in Dublin this summer has been cancelled due to a lack of ticket sales and other contributing factors.

Earlier this week, the team behind Raveloid released a video explaining that they needed to sell another 500 tickets in order for the gig to go ahead.

A post from Raveloid’s official page explained that the event has been postponed “due to a number of production factors.”

“The goodwill shown to Ravelóid among the general public, especially over the last few weeks, both nationally and internationally, has proven that there is a strong demand for a contemporary Irish language music festival.  The Board will be working in the coming months on an alternative date.”

People have expressed their disappointed at the news via Twitter.

https://twitter.com/AnGhaeilgeAbu/status/730407141140500482

Here’s hoping that the festival will be back on the cards in 2017.

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