I knew this was likely but I am still sad

April 16, 2020

Last night when I had intended to be blogging I was shopping. I was buying my Wacken 2020 merchandise. I had been putting it off as the only shirt I really loved wasn’t one for the year, but yesterday Germany stopped all large gatherings uuntil the end of August. Wacken is early August. We assumed they were contacting the band’s and traders and that very soon they would tell us. I wanted to be sure I supportednthem while I could. It was horrible having to call 30 students and say no. I wouldn’t want to be calling hundreds of bands and traders, knowing the huge financial impact I was going to have on them. After ruining all those people’s day you gtpet to start onnthe hundreds you employ each year. Shudder, no I don’t envy those running big events. Wacken is a music festival, but it’s not so differnt for the quiltnshow organisers. They all know they are likely to have to postpone or cancel, least I sincerely hope they have realised, but they can’t do anything. If they decide to cancel or postpone before they are forced to then they have a lot of liabilities. If you choose to stop a gathering, however wise that may be, you have to pay costs as though you just changed your mind. If you wait for the governments,  you may still have costs and have to leave it later. Either way it’s horrible. I hope everyone impacted by wacken being stopped will survive it and be there in 2021. Until then I grabbed a list of the bands and will have a listen. Maybe I will find some new ones I like and can buy a CD or two. I am also wondering if I can have a Wacken themed birthday. We have a field, I can get a bbq, I have pork belly. We have no shortage of music, I have Jack and coke, I think I just need to get German pork run and I should be good to go. Just think, this is the one year I can get Wacken to coincide with my birthday so I am going to make the most of it. My take on Wacken ice cream won’t be quite right, I have honey and ginger but close enough I think. Sorry I won’t go as far as emulating the flight, but I might find some tape to put W.O.A on the car. Silly, yes almost certainly, but we have to play the cards we are dealt.

My best wishes to the Wacken organisers, and all others in their position. The stress must be horrible. I hope all will have the support and understanding of their customers/fans. Fingers crossed my shirts will arrive in time for my home Wacken. The other upside is I did want my puppy to be a year old before I was away. I had accepted that with him appearing sooner than expected that wouldn’t be possible. Well now it is.