Dear Festivalists,
these past 18 months have truly been the most exhausting in the history of the AStA Summer Festival. The double cancellation in 2020 and 2021 was not only hard to bear from an organizational perspective, but also from a student perspective our hearts are still bleeding in the AStA.
Many of us and you are still holding tickets that we bought late in 2019 or early in 2020 full of anticipation for an ecstatic campus party – maybe even the first of its kind in the course of our studies.
And then this: a pandemic that not only represents a disruption with serious consequences in all of our daily lives, but was also an unparalleled caesura for the university as well as the AStA Summer Festival.
With this statement we especially address those of you who have had to wait for almost two years and have been guarding your tickets full of hope for more colorful and better times.
You had to endure a lot of uncertainty. Now we want to finally get this out of the way.
Will my ticket still be valid for the next AStA Summer Festival – no matter if in 2022 or later?
No. Since we will be organizing the next festival together with a new agency, a clean cut is the most practical solution from an organizational and financial perspective at this point in time. All of you who still hold one or more tickets can have them refunded. Until now, this refund has always been done by the previous agency, but from now on, we as AStA will take over the rights and obligations regarding the tickets for the summer festivals 2020 and 2021 that have been sold and not returned so far. For this purpose, we want to organize a larger refund event on the lawn in front of the G lecture hall on 16.11.2021 and on 23.11.2021 from 10 am – 4 pm respectively. Please book yourself an appointment for this here.
Is it still possible to donate the ticket like in summer 2020?
There are no plans for a donation campaign like in summer 2020. However, if you decide to waive your right to a refund, the AStA would be extremely grateful. You can perhaps imagine that the now completed legal settlement was also financially draining. However, since we do not want to pass on this financial burden to you, we will refund all tickets where this is requested, as this is your right.
What if I lost my ticket or can’t find it again?
Unfortunately, we can only refund tickets that we can subsequently validate. Without the ticket we can not refund the price.
Kind regards and thank you for patience & understanding!
Your AStA