Low ticket sales sees community festival cancelled

The festival has been running since 2007, with surplus funds being donated to local and international charities

A community music festival - which helped raise money for charity - has been cancelled this year due to low ticket sales.

Fieldview Festival, which described itself as Wiltshire's biggest little music festival, was due to be held over four days from 31 July in Little Somerford, near Malmesbury.

Earlier this month organisers warned that the festival would not run if they did not sell enough tickets.

Organisers have said said they are "heartbroken" and anyone who did buy tickets will get a full refund.

Beginning in 2007, Fieldview was held 14 times altogether.

As a non-profit, the festival said it had donated £47,000 to local charities and projects over the years.

Dan Cameron, one of the organisers, told the BBC: "We didn't want to think the worst but when you look at the numbers, it's not adding up form the beginning.

"It's a shame. The energy that went into creating another great weekend went down the drain."

He said it showed how many events run on a "shoestring" and how "fine the margins are".

The festival said: "It's devastating. Fieldview has always been more than a festival. We've shared 14 Fieldviews together built on love, a community, and friendship. That's something we'll always be proud of."

Mr Cameron added: "It was about having as much fun and as much creativity as possible.

"We crammed in what we could. We did pretty well for the times that we did it."