Keswick Show has been cancelled for 2024.
It was due to take place on Monday, August 26, but organisers said they were forced to make the difficult decision to call it off for this year.
They said: “It is with sincere regret and sadness that we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel this year’s show.
“We have explored every possible option to continue but sadly the weather has been extremely unkind to us.
“We have a responsibility to our generous landowners who allow us the use of the field and to our traders whom we would not be able to guarantee the safety of their vehicles or property.
“Our free car parking field is waterlogged, the marquees blew down and we got them put back up but sadly we are beaten with more rain to come.
“Section secretaries will be in touch over the next 24 hours with all exhibitors and traders regarding choice of refund or holding over until 2025. Please bear with us.”
However, the Barrow Fell Race will still go ahead from the showfield at 2pm.
They added: “As a committee we are devastated as so much hard work and preparation goes into producing the show.”
Yesterday, organisers were hopeful that the show would still go ahead, but had cancelled the horse section.
