Organisers of the Lytham Festival have said that, understandably, there has been a lot of interest regarding the recent application for a variation to the premises license for this year’s shows. A Spokesperson for the Festival wishes to answer those queries which will give the license application some further context.
- The current license permits 19,999 people into the festival site. To have just one more person on site, the next bracket of license is 20,000 – 29,999.
- For the 2023 festival it is intended to have up to 24,500 attendees on 2 nights of the festival. In order to achieve this the backstage infrastructure has been relocated and the VIP Lounge marquee has been removed. Following a review of 2023 with the local authority Safety Advisory Group (SAG) overall site capacity will be reviewed.
- Organisers of Lytham Festival are subject to sign off of the event by the Safety Advisory Group. This group, chaired by the local authority consists of emergency services, health & safety officials, environmental health, building control, licensing and many other professional bodies. Each event, regardless of the license or permissions in place has to be agreed and signed off by this group. This process is in place to ensure the safety of everyone both working on and attending the event. The process is entirely separate from the organisers of the event and the group has the jurisdiction to stop the event if they had cause for concern about the health, safety and well-being of anyone attending or anyone working on the event.
- Following the event, each year, the organisers reinstate the green with seeding, soiling and making good any damage. This cost is met entirely by the organisers.
The festival is successful because of the support from the local community and businesses. We realise that with additional capacity, challenges may arise and we are happy to discuss these, as we always have done, with local residents.
Despite the applications for the Festival license being submitted by Live Nation, organisers Daniel Cuffe & Peter Taylor (Cuffe & Taylor) are still very much in day to day charge of the festival and personally responsible for its success.
Any feedback or requests for a chat can be sent to residents@lythamfestival.com – this is of course separate to anyone wishing to make representations to the licensing committee (in support or objection) to the current application.
4 Responses
Remember when the festival on Lytham Green was enjoyed by all. You only had to pay if you wanted the privilege of actual seats in front of the stage.
You could picnic on the green (which by the way is basically common land to be enjoyed by all) and have a pleasant afternoon in the sun listening to music.
Then it became this ever growing corporate event, with the sole task of making being a money making machine for the greedy organisers, and for those who can actually afford the tickets to feel somewhat special.
Lytham ain’t the quaint that it used to be.
Remember when the festival on Lytham Green was enjoyed by all. You only had to pay if you wanted the privilege of actual seats in front of the stage.
You could picnic on the green (which by the way is basically common land to be enjoyed by all) and have a pleasant afternoon in the sun listening to music.
Then it became this ever growing corporate event, with the sole task of being a money making machine for the greedy organisers, and for those who can actually afford the tickets to feel somewhat special.
Lytham ain’t the quaint that it used to be.
The organisers are a bunch of grasping greedy bastards.
I’ve lived here for monkeys years and have seen absolutely zero benefit for the residents from this highly lucrative enterprise.
A few business owners make a fortune from it but there’s no visible impact for residents.
Quite the opposite in fact, the circus is a bloody nuisance.
What about the traffic it will be a total disaster.