Hopes Splendour will return for five-year run

Splendour was cancelled in 2024 due to delays over the tendering process

The future of Nottingham's Splendour music festival looks set to be secured for the next five years after the 2024 event was cancelled.

Delays over finalising a new long-term contract led to the plug being pulled on this year's festival.

Held in the grounds of Wollaton Hall and Deer Park since 2008, it regularly attracts more than 25,000 concert-goers.

Previous acts at the event, which is aimed at families, have included Jake Bugg, Dizzee Rascal and UB40.

'High-profile event'

A report to a Nottingham City Council committee on 11 June says the authority and the company that runs the event - DHP Family - were now “largely in agreement” over a contract to stage Splendour from 2025-2029.

Lawyers have been instructed to draw up a deal that could also see the maximum number of people allowed at the two-day event increase.

In January, Nottingham-based promoter DHP Family cancelled the 2024 festival because of on-going wrangling over the terms of a contract to run it.

A statement on the festival's X page read: "We are disappointed to have to announce [the festival] will be taking a break in 2024.

"Delivering a high-profile event like Splendour requires more than a year’s worth of planning, and these delays mean we have not been left with enough time to put on the festival.

"But rest assured, we are working hard to bring Splendour back to Nottingham in 2025."

Held in the grounds of Wollaton Hall, Splendour regularly attracts more than 25,000 concert-goers

Nottingham City Council, which owns Wollaton Hall, had previously introduced a new tender process for the event.

Councillors will next week be asked to allow officers to sign off a new deal to finalise the festival for 2025-2029.

A report says it is estimated Splendour will generate a turnover of nearly £12m during that period.

Nottingham City Council, which declared itself effectively bankrupt last year, estimates it invested £2m into the event over the years.

DHP Family and Nottingham City Council both declined to comment further.

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