Solihull councillors heard residents’ noise complaints over an annual music festival that attracts big name acts. The popular Solihull Summer Fest at Tudor Grange Park has become an annual fixture which enjoyed its seventh year in 2023. Among the acts that have played the event over the years have been Blue, Human League, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Billy Ocean.
Solihull Summer Fest has been covered by two premises licences including the selling of alcohol: one for a Thursday event ‘The Night at the Proms’ and a second for a ‘Film Night’ on Friday and ‘Family Music’ on Saturday and Sunday. Solihull Council officers held discussions with license holders the Original Entertainment Company Limited which led to an application to consolidate the two licences into one to “reduce unnecessary paperwork”. The application recently went before Solihull Council’s Licensing Act Panel for a decision - but members heard it had been objected to by some residents living nearby.
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