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a new species of festival...
LYMPNE WILD ANIMAL PARK
19th-21st June 2009
It is with great sadness to report that thisyear competition from other local festivals, they wereplace.’s Red List LIVE festival will not be taking no longer in a position to be able to run the festivalto their original plans.
The move has done nothing to revive the hopes that
the Port L
The decision was made early so as to cause as few
festival sp
ympne site can be successfully used as a problems as possible for all parties.
However, all the organisers behind Red List LIVE
ace, following on from Zoo8 last year.
are in agreement that due to increased
We hope to see the festival make its debut in 2010.
The Official Press Release:
expansion to become a camping festival.
current economic climate.
the “unaccept
Red List LIVE makes decision based upon
able risk” of holding event in
W
Red List LIVE will still programme a series of
bigger
ith Red List LIVE unable to compete with such
, more well-known brands, it will look at
smaller event
festival next year as p
s this summer before returning as a
art of a five year project.
in the South East through 2009 with some of the
holding a series of smaller one-off events and gigs
bands scheduled to play the festival.
Directors of Red List LIVE - a multi-event
conceived as a fundraising initiative for endangered
s project Red List LIVE festival director Eddie Hill says:
animals - have been forced to postpone plans for an hard call, however we are confident that we have
“We are very upset at having to make such a
Animal Park in Kent this Summer
inaugural festival to be held at Port L
.
ympne Wild done what is right for the cause. Foremost in our
mind was the greater problems it could have
A
created had we made the decision further down the
charit
Primary consideration is the obligation to the line.
Red List LIVE was due to donate a sum of money
able aims the festival was set-up to support.
from the event to
impression and we’re determined Red list LIVE’
“You only get one chance at making a good first
committed to conservation through captive
The Aspinall Foundation which is festival will be the best in the South East.
s
breeding, education and reintroduction.
Red List LIVE would like to thank everyone that has
supported the festival and the cause, and to
apologise that we have had to postpone until next
before final act
The decision has been made at an early stage, year.”
site work undert
s were booked, promotion began and
current troubled and uncert
aken, as a pragmatic response to
ain financial conditions. the Red List LIVE brand to continue, and we hope
have purchased festival ticket
“We will be making full refunds to those who
s, but fully intend for
S
to see everyone shortly at one of our soon-to-be-
to have a greater imp
pecifically, established local festivals are expected announced events.”
previously envisaged, p
act on Red List LIVE than
Farm’s capacity increase and anticip
articularly with nearby Hop
ated
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