MUSIC fans may face the sound of silence after it emerged that Upton Folk Festival may not go ahead in May.

The festival has been held on the first May Bank Holiday weekend for the last 14 years.

However, a message posted on the festival's website reads: "Due to administrative problems we are unable to commit to holding the Festival yet this year - we hope to have a decision by the very latest at the end of January."

Organisers would not comment further but hope to make more information available shortly.