Demand for Wicksteed comedy night tickets CRASHES the website

Thousands of people buying tickets to Wicksteed Park's comedy night have overwhelmed the website.

In a post on Facebook, Wicksteed Park said: "Due to the overwhelming response from you all, the servers have just experienced some delays!"

Priority access tickets went on sale at 9am this morning (Thursday) and Wicskteed Park said 6,000 people had signed up for priority access.

Comedy in the Park is due to take place in the new Wicksteed Open Air Theatre in June 2021 and will feature John Bishop, James Acaster, Rob Beckett, Al Murray the pub landlord, Judi Love and Tom Davis.

Wicksteed Park said it anticipates tickets will sell out but any remaining tickets will go on sale tomorrow (Friday) morning at 9am.

In a post from yesterday, Wicksteed Park said: "We can already see the sign ups flooding in and the stir this event is causing - don't miss out, sign up for priority access today!"

Due to the website crash this morning, Wicksteed Park said those who signed up for priority access would have links re-emailed to them once the website was back up and running.

Several successful purchasers have said the site is back up and running.

Did you manage to get your tickets or will you be trying in the general release tomorrow?

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