The cancellation comes shortly after it was revealed that hundreds of acts and venues from the Leicester Comedy Festival had not been paid.
Michael Harris-Wakelam, chief executive of Big Difference, said organisers were committed to paying comedians but were waiting on the money themselves and were speaking to banks about bridging loans to get artists paid sooner.
“We’re having to look at alternative sources of finance to bridge that gap, but that takes time,” he said.
“We’re prioritising those artists right now – to the detriment of some of our other planned activities.”
