Unfortunately, the fourth Rockfield Country Music Festival which was to take place over the weekend of Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June 2013 has been cancelled.

Statement from the Rockfield Country Music Festival website below:

Organiser, Norman Crockett, who lost a leg after being mowed down by a hit and run drink driver in his youth, went into hospital earlier in February for a hip replacement operation. Norman's hip had deteriorated after decades of walking with a false limb. Complications resulted in Norman needing three operations and then getting an infection. He is still being administered daily with an anti-biotic drip at his home in Monmouth to prevent the infection from causing his remaining good leg to be amputated.

60-year old Mr Crockett is due to go back into hospital for x-rays and another operation at the beginning of May whereupon he will be out of action for a further 12 weeks - right over the dateswhen the 2013 Festival was to be held.

With the huge amount of work which Norman does for the festival, it was decided to cancel the event until 2014.

"It breaks my heart to have to cancel the Festival," Mr Crockett said, "and I have been inundated with phone calls from disappointed country music fans who were looking forward to the event."

Artists and bands taking part in the 2013 schedule will be invited to take part in 2014, which will run from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th June 2014.

Anyone who has sent payment for the 2013 Festival will have their payments refunded and cheques returned in the next few days.

The organisers thank you for your consideration in this difficult time and look forward to seeing you all in 2014.

We at Festivals For All would like to wish Norman a swift recovery