[Tealeaf]

So when did the ground rules on lottery funding change? I always believed that lottery grants were available for investment purposes only and that any project had to display both long-term sustainability and matching direct or local funding? How can a saturday afternoon singalong in the park, led by a bunch of third-rate flunkys, match this criteria?

Have this festival by all means, but don't expect us taxpayers & lottery users to pay for it. It should not be difficult to take the risk, organise the do, charge admission & make a profit out of it. Most other festivals appear to do so, otherwise they would not reaccur. But please - if you do go ahead, keep the volume down....some of us prefer a quiet saturday afternoon instead of having to listen to that rubbish being blasted all across town.