No street music for Brecon Jazz
It's been confirmed that there'll be no street music at this year's Brecon Jazz Festival.
Organisers have taken the decision for reasons of public safety, according to a report on BBC Radio Wales.
The festival faced the possibility of a £20,000 bill from Dyfed Powys Police to close the streets to traffic for the event from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 August.
Last year, for the first time in the event's 22 year history, the force charged the festival £10,000, said to be half the actual cost of policing the festival.
The programme of street music has already been scaled down in recent years, partly due to road improvements in Wellington Square restricting the scope for temporary staging.
However, free music will be provided on the nearby Watton Field in what Brecon festival organisers say is a trial measure to be reviewed after this year's event.
For more on this story, see the BBC News website.
Click here to listen to festival director Jim Smith and musician Derek Lawton talking about the changes on BBC Radio Wales.
Organisers have taken the decision for reasons of public safety, according to a report on BBC Radio Wales.
The festival faced the possibility of a £20,000 bill from Dyfed Powys Police to close the streets to traffic for the event from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 August.
Last year, for the first time in the event's 22 year history, the force charged the festival £10,000, said to be half the actual cost of policing the festival.
The programme of street music has already been scaled down in recent years, partly due to road improvements in Wellington Square restricting the scope for temporary staging.
However, free music will be provided on the nearby Watton Field in what Brecon festival organisers say is a trial measure to be reviewed after this year's event.
For more on this story, see the BBC News website.
Click here to listen to festival director Jim Smith and musician Derek Lawton talking about the changes on BBC Radio Wales.
posted by Andy Roberts @ 7:41 am
1 Comments:
At 8:40 pm ,
Anonymous said...
its only once a year so whats wrong with putting brecon on the map its just goes to show what brecon is coming to,dont tell me that local bussiness that weekend dont make a profit.so come on lets have the music back on the streets like we had the first few years it started
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