Organisers of the Oxford Balloon Festival have confirmed the annual event has been cancelled.

The festival was set to land on Cutteslowe Park on August 19 and 20. The annual event had a line up of fireworks, tribute cats, a circus workshop, food and drink, plus balloon pilots form across the world.

However, the event has been cancelled and tickets will be refunded.

READ ALSO: In Pictures: Women's Tour 2022 in Oxford

In an announcement on Facebook on Saturday the organisers said: “We are really sorry to say that the Oxford Balloon Festival will not be going ahead this year.

Due to circumstances outside of our control, we are not able to run the event this year.

Anyone who has bought tickets will get a refund through Skiddle.”

Read more from this author

This story was written by Rebecca Whittaker, she joined the team in 2019 as a multimedia reporter.

Rebecca covers education and news in Abingdon and Wantage.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Rebecca.Whittaker@newquest.co.uk or calling 07824524333

Follow her on Twitter @RebecWhitt

A message from our Editor

Thank you for reading this story and supporting the Oxford Mail.

If you like what we do please consider getting a subscription for the Oxford Mail and in return we’ll give you unrestricted access with less adverts across our website from the latest news, investigations, features, and sport.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok for more. 

You can also join the conversation in our Facebook groups: stay ahead of traffic alerts here, keep up to date with the latest from court here, share your favourite memories of Oxford here, get your daily dose of celebrity news here and take some time out with news that will make you smile. 

If you’ve got a story for our reporters, send us your news here. You can also list an event for free here.