Vince Power has been talking up the two festivals he promoted at Hop Farm in Kent this weekend, The Mighty Boosh Festival and The Hop Farm Festival. Despite the fairly negative review of the former that we ran on Tuesday, he reckons a good time was had by all, despite unexpected sun burning everyone on Saturday and expected rain drenching everyone on Sunday.
Power told CMU: "I'm delighted with the outcome of the Hop Farm events. Both festivals were a great success and we have received extremely positive feedback. As inaugural festivals we recognise the need for certain things to be improved on and will ensure that the festivals are better next year".
One of those things that needs to be improved on were problems getting people out of the car park after The Hop Farm Festival, which seemingly took a total of three hours and seven minutes. Operations Director for The Complete Kent Festival Ltd, Dick Tee, also revealed that some staff members had been assaulted by angry people stuck on the site. He said: "We did experience some unpleasant scenes in the car parks and several members of staff were assaulted. We are disappointed if the car park egress caused frustration for our guests and had a detrimental effect on anyone's enjoyment of what has been widely acclaimed as a hugely successful event and take complaints very seriously. We will, of course, be looking to learn, build and improve our systems and operations in the future".