THOUSANDS of ticket holders have been left in the dark over the location of a music event originally planned for North Hinksey.

There was uproar in the village last week when people found out an eight-hour drum and base music event, with a 3,000 capacity, was planned for the end of April.

Residents had been told just two weeks before it was to take place, despite organisers Eleven 11 Events applying for a licence back in March.

Following the backlash, Vale of White Horse District Council confirmed organisers would be no longer running 'This is May Day' on Saturday, April 30, at the Oxford Rugby Club as first planned.

A spokesman for Vale said: "It is no longer going ahead at the rugby club.

"But we don't have any further information at the moment in terms of a new location, so subsequently we don't know if it's been licensed."

But the county could still be graced by planned artists including, Stormzy, Snakehips and Cirque du Soul.

Tickets are still on sale on the event's site at just over £30 each and a post yesterday on its Facebook page said a new location would be "revealed in the next 48 hours".

The news has left thousands of festival goers in the lurch as they wait to see if they will be able to get to the new location or get a refund if they cannot.

The Oxford Mail received reports the event could be held in Cornbury in West Oxfordshire.

But a spokesperson for West Oxfordshire District Council yesterday confirmed no licence application had been made to hold it.

Despite numerous attempts to contact organisers Eleven 11 Events, it has failed to respond to queries over where the new location of the event will be or whether people will be able to get their money back following the change of venue.

Oxfordshire county councillor Janet Godden said she was pleased the event was no longer happening in the North Hinksey.

She said: "Of course I am delighted this is no longer going ahead, as I know there were a lot of concerns with regards to traffic, and what would happen once the event finished and thousands of people were trying to get home.

"I just don’t think it was well thought out.

"If they had informed villagers when they were first applying for their licence all these issues could have been ironed out."