Hertfordshire’s Rhythms of the World Festival will not go ahead this year as organisers seek a brand new venue for a 2014 return.

The charity festival has been held at Hitchin Priory since 2008 but following extremely wet weather last year, the then-owners of the venue, Chartridge Conference Company, decided the event could no longer be held there.  

Trustees of the charity were informed of this decision in September 2012 and have been seeking an alternative venue ever since.