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Høstsabbat 2020 Off; 2021 Dates Announced

I don’t know. I felt like I had to post something here. Fests being canceled isn’t even really news at this point, but I’ll admit I was holding out some tiny measure of hope for Høstsabbat. Even if I couldn’t go, I was hoping it would happen, just so I could know it was happening. Something was happening. Well, there you go.

I’ve been in touch with the folks behind the scenes, and you should believe them when they say they really tried to make this work. They did. I don’t know what next year will bring, but hopefully it brings this back, and Greenleaf with it. Ha.

But hey, you want to know how I really feel about it? I’m bummed. But you know what else? Høstsabbat gave me hope for months. Months of hope, in 2020. As shows and fests and plans were getting canceled left and right, as the world seemed to be falling apart — turns out, nope, just the US — and everything was going to shit, Høstsabbat gave me hope. I can’t even tell you the number of times I’ve said “Well I’m holding out hope for Oslo in October” since March. Couldn’t even guess at the number, but it’s a lot. So thank you, Høstsabbat. Thank you for giving me that hope for as long as you could give it. I find it not only reassuring that I could still feel hope given the surrounding plague and dismay, but that much easier to continue to feel hope for better things to come in 2021. Thank you for reminding me to hope and look forward to the next thing.

I hope to continue to do so:

hostsabbat (Photo by Per Krokstad)

Dear followers of Høstsabbat,

These last months have been a nightmare considering the planning of this years’ Høstsabbat festival. Countries and cities have been turning green and red over night, the capacity limit has been up for discussion and a lot of the other ever-changing restrictions has been difficult to work with along the way. The uncertainties have been never ending.

Despite all of this, we tried to put our heads together and come up with a Covid friendly version of this year’s edition, still paying justice to our visions. The crew at Kulturkirken JAKOB has been nothing short of amazing, helping out in all ways possible, trying to make Høstsabbat 2020 happen. As all of you can imagine, having any bands from abroad would mean too many x-factors to move forward with. Our last chance was to have an all-Norwegian festival, but all in all it was too many changes and too many restrictions to make Høstsabbat what it is.

Our final conclusion is therefore to postpone the festival as a whole, hoping as many of this year’s bands can make their way to Oslo next year in October 2021.

This decision is heartbreaking, and not an easy one to make. But in the end, we think this is the best and right thing to do. We hope you understand why we waited this long to bring forward the news. We really tried to make it work. This fall will leave a black hole, compared to what was expected, and how things should have been. On the upside we are planning some really cool, covid-safe happenings in Oslo throughout this Autumn and Spring. Keep your eyes peeled!

TICKETS
We hope as many as possible want to extend this year’s ticket to Høstsabbat 2021 for the same price. In that case, you just keep your ticket and Ticketmaster will change it automatically. You can also get a refund for your ticket by following the link in the end of this text. The refund sheet must be filled in within 2 months to get a refund.

We promise to do whatever it takes to make Høstsabbat 2021 the best one so far, and a special one for all of us. Save the dates next year, Friday and Saturday 1st to 2nd of October.

Until next time, we love you all!

Doom out,
Høstsabbat

REFUND link: https://bit.ly/refund-HS

Photo: Per Georg Krokstad

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