So, the original poster, having assured us that:

"I can only say that this is naturally all in hand and is currently being dealt with by our team of experienced events managers and co-ordinators. We do have experts in every field."

...has now disappeared leaving behind total confusion. Whatever fields their experts are currently stomping about in, it doesn't seem to be the one where the festival is going to be held. An event that has started as a total PR disaster looks like being as big a washout as last year's. The words "brewery", "pissup", "organise" and "couldn't" spring to mind.