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Sunday July 6th could see record crowds
attend Wigan Borough’s one day rock and pop extravaganza.
The Haigh Festival – now in its 7th year, is expecting more than the
7,000 live music lovers that attended the 2007 event. Making next
Sunday’s event the largest single music event to be held in the Borough
since May 1998 when Wigan’s own Verve played their ‘Homecoming’ gig at
Haigh in front of 33,000 fans.
‘It will be a very busy and nervous week next week’, says festival
organiser – Chris Wyatt. ‘It will all be worth while given how we expect
to put on a great show’.
Preparing for such numbers has meant that Chris and his organising team
from Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, Wigan Council and the Wigan Music
Collective have worked around the clock. “It is a logistical challenge.
We need to ensure that over 50 musicians are prepared. There are stage
builders, sound and lighting technicians to organise. There needs to be
catering and toilets brought to site. Parking and grounds management.
And of critical importance is policing and crowd safety’, explains
Chris.
For those attending the event, the advise of the organisers is:
• The Haigh Festival will take place in front of Haigh Hall. The event
starts at 12.00 noon and will finish at 8.00pm. Admission is free.
• Parking is limited. The Haigh Stables Car Park will be closed to the
public. Stewards will direct cars to overspill car parks on the day.
• Alcohol will not be permitted to be brought onto the park. Alcohol can
be purchased within the festival compound to 18s and over.
The full line up for Haigh Festival 2008, funded by Wigan Borough
Partnership is:
12.00 Noon Joyce
12.45pm Murmurs of Tension
1.30pm John Player Specials
2.15pm The Geoffs
3.00pm Ideal Crash
3.45pm Laura White
4.30pm The Kicks
5.15pm Acrid Fear
6.00pm Filthy Souls
6.45pm The Loungs
7.30pm Moco
Chris said. ‘It should be a fantastic day – a great celebration of the
talent that exists in the Borough and the surrounding areas. And we want
everybody to have a great time but importantly, in a safe and secure
environment’.
For more information on Haigh 08 visit
http://www.wlct.org/haigh08 or call the Haigh Hall
Information Centre on 01942 832895
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NOTES TO EDITORS: For further information on this press release please
contact Keith L Bergman (Wigan Tourism Unit), on 01942 486951 (mobile:
07958 461421) or at
k.bergman@wlct.org Alternatively contact Phil Green, Public
Relations Officer for Wigan Council on 01942 827369.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES: WLCT Arts and Festivals are happy to arrange photo
opportunities and provide access to performers and to the events
themselves. Access to some events will require Press Passes. Passes are
available by contacting Keith L Bergman.
Festival Fever 2008. Is organised by Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust,
Arts and Festivals Unit with the support of Arts Council England.
Festival Fever brings together a season of events for Wigan Borough.
Including: Haigh Festival (6th July). Wigan International Jazz Festival
(11th – 19th July). Hot on the Square (23rd – 25th July). WOE Festival
(Sunday 3rd August). Wigan Food and Drink Festival. (3rd – 13th
October). For further information:
www.wlct.org/festivalfever
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