The ‘Didsbury Craft Beer Festival’ was set to be held at Didsbury Sports Ground on the late May bank holiday
Fears that too many people would turn up to a beer festival where Hacienda legend Graeme Park was set to DJ led to its cancellation.
“Nothing is set in stone for us,” he added at the licensing meeting. “If that means changing the acts or leaving this festival, that’s what we are happy to do.” But their biggest fear was over ‘the calibre of the events’ acts’. “It is likely to generate a lot of interest from music lovers which will lead to more than 499 at the event which would lead to calls to GMP,” PC Alan Isherwood said.
Clive Smith addressed many of the points raised by GMP and the council, including highlighting a self-imposed 60dBa limit on noise levels and pointing speakers towards the River Mersey to minimise noise issues, staging marshals on Ford Lane to direct traffic and discourage public urination, and appealing to the ‘40s and 50s demographic’ in an effort to quell anti-social behaviour.
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