Olympics cultural festival put on ice

Financial difficulties said to be behind decision to refund tickets for local Scipmylo festival in Hackney, which was to have run alongside the 2012 Olympic gamesA major comedy and cultural festival due to run alongside the Olympics has been put on hold.Organisers of the first Scipmylo festival – Olympics backwards – have stopped selling tickets for the event, which was to include performances by Alan Davies, Dylan Moran and Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Existing ticketholders have been is...

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