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Beach Break team on their festival in five days achievement
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 26 June 2009
The people behind student music festival Beach Break Live have commented on this year’s event, which took place last weekend.
The event was a huge success by all accounts, which is a particular achievement given promoters were forced to move the festival across the country at the last minute after planning permission for its original site in Cornwall was rejected with just a week to go in a controversial and unprecedented move by a local planning committee, who moved against the advice of the Cornish authorities and the planning officer.
As previously reported, organisers quickly secured an alternative location in Kent, at Port Lympe Safari Park, meaning the 10,000 ticket holders were still able to enjoy the party, headlined by Dizzee Rascal and Ladyhawke.
Commenting on the event, and the challenge of building a festival site from scratch with five days notice, Beach Break Live co-founder Celia Norowzian told CMU: “I still can’t quite believe the event happened. It has literally been the most emotionally and physically challenging weeks of our lives. On Monday the 8th, just seven days before ticket holders were set to arrive we had exhausted all possibilities and were facing the end of Beach Break Live. In a last surge of hope and energy we found ourselves driving through the night 325 miles across the country to Kent. By Tuesday afternoon the event was back on… we just had the small hurdle of building it in only five days! It was totally insane. We can’t thank the crew, artists and ticket holders enough for the over whelming support and extra effort from everyone. What this journey created was by far the best atmosphere we’ve ever had at Beach Break and a real feeling of something special. Thanks for keeping the faith!”
Bearing in mind the name of the event, organisers even built a temporary beach in the safari park to ensure revellers had a true beach experience.
