It’s the last year for Camp A Low Hum. The New Zealand music festival has thrown in the towel, announcing on Wednesday that the upcoming 2014 three-day event will be its last.

Founder Ian Jorgensen said that the festival will conclude after the February 2014 event, adding that he did not want the event to just “fade away.”

He told New Zealand Herald, “I don’t want the event to end for reasons beyond my control and want to go out on a high note rather than on a bummer.

“Camp was never meant to be a permanent thing, but I think people got used to it being a regular fixture somehow and forgot that it was just me throwing a party, not a ‘music festival.’”

CALH began in 2007, and is attended by around 1500 people every year. The last event will be held from February 7 to 9 Wainuiomata in Wellington.

And because it’s the last one, Jorgensen said that he has squeezed more acts to participate in the event, including “around 10 ‘international’ acts, 25 acts from Australia, and what will end up being around 50 bands from NZ.”

“This is going to be three of the most amazing days of music and that is not even counting the ‘renegade’ bill which is already shaping up to be seriously awesome with some amazing acts who have played previous camps and awesome acts from overseas and more,” he said in the press release. “I would expect another 50 or so bands to play ‘renegade’ sets over the weekend.”

There are still tickets available but it is expected that they will be sold out soon.

Those who have attended past events but aren’t able to attend in February because of financial reasons, they can email mealowhum@gmail.com to be considered for an instalment payment plan.

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