Upton Music Festival

Upton 2006 CANCELLED

After two weeks of trying to contact the Police Licensing Department, my contact there has just returned from holiday.

I have now received a reply to my letters and phone calls, and to cut a long story short, I have been told that I am required to have the SIA Registered Trained Staff both on the doors of all venues and supervising the interior. While every effort is being made to train a group of volunteers to cover such events in the future, their licenses will not come through until after the Festival. Therefore, it is with much regret and apologies that I am taking the decision to cancel Upton Music Festival 2006. To hire in outside staff will cost in excess of £17,000 which far exceeds the £12,000 the festival would make for charity, if every ticket were to be sold.

All bands will be notified over the next couple of days of this, and I hope to be able to still put on a couple of gigs over that weekend, this year.

Fund Raising Events are still going ahead

The 3 planned fund raising events will still go ahead see the events page for more details.

Upton 2007 Will go ahead on July 6th, 7th and 8th

As by the second weekend in July 2007 we will have a group of SIA trained, registered and licenced Door and Security Staff, plans for the 2007 Upton Music Festival will start early. I will be discussing and involving a number of local groups in the planning of the proposed 2007 Festival with the idea of tying it in with a Town Fair, Scouting Event, a Beer Festival and other community based events, to make 2007 a year to remember.