GÄVLE, Sweden (CelebrityAccess) — Just weeks after the conclusion of the 2023 edition of the Gefle Metal Festival, event organizers announced that the Swedish metal event will not be returning for 2024.
The cancellation of the 2024 edition was announced in a post shared on the festival’s website:
It has now been seven weeks since we met at Gefle Metal Festival. Since then, we have done lots of thinking and analyzed extensively. Unfortunately, we have come to the decision that there will be no Gefle Metal Festival in 2024.
Gefle Metal Festival has never been about making any significant profits. It has been a festival driven by passion – because we truly love this. At the same time, the finances have to add up, and the truth is that – even though we are proud of each and every year of the Gefle Metal Festival – it has been challenging to make ends meet every year,” the post continued, adding, As you know, 2023 was a very special year. For a long time, neither you nor we knew if there would even be a festival. Then FKP Scorpio stepped in and ensured that this year’s festival could still take place so that you could enjoy the festival you had already purchased tickets for. For that, we are grateful.
But as we look ahead, we see that we need to focus on other things. We have many great shows in the pipeline, and we want to be able to dedicate all of our energy to them. Therefore, we are putting Gefle Metal Festival on hold. There will be no festival in 2024. What the future holds after 2024, only time will tell.
The festival, which debuted in 2014, takes place annually at Gävle, in central Sweden. The lineup for 2023 included Amon Amarth, Auro Noir, Decapitated, Dethrone, Antimere, Dark Angel, and Crystal Viper, among others.
