Review: Zoo8
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F or something that was so highly billed as a to everyone how the festival could run, but major event for the south east and one instead brought nothing but more headaches that would put Kent firmly in the spotlight with the closure of the Tap ‘N’ Tin tent due to
for live music, it seemed that the festival health and safety officials deeming the
organisers struggled to cope under the structure unsafe. Some of the acts due to play
pressure of ‘teething problems’ encountered in there were moved in between scheduled acts
the first year of Zoo thousand. on the other stages, but none of this was
From the very start, ticket holders were announced leaving everyone to wander
getting frustrated as heavy queues formed due aimlessly trying to figure out who was playing
to the lack of organisation around the entrance and when.
of the site. Unfortunately that had paled into I appreciate organising an event of this
insignificance by the end of the weekend, and scale amidst unexpected problems must be a
not in a positive way! Further problems very hard task, but I felt that the public who
plagued the event with the actual venue site made the effort to support the festival were
and music not opening until gone 5 o’clock in the ones let down by being kept in the dark
the evening; a delay of over three hours. This, throughout.
together with breakdowns in communication Ricardo Monty, one of the directors of
over pay caused acts to cancel or simply not the festival has said; “I'm happy with the way
show and force many scheduling changes it went. I think ticket holders were happy...”. I
which, whilst disruptive enough in themselves, admire his positive attitude, and I sincerely
were made far worse by a lack of hope that Zoo9 will be a vast improvement on
announcements being made on site, leaving the previous year, however from hearing the
attendees thumbing through their (purchased) opinions first hand on site over the weekend, I
guides with disdain. am more than a little apprehensive about the
Saturday brought about a new day, the future of this event.
chance to get things back on track and prove
The Gig Guide | September/October | p29
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