Unlicensed ‘front garden’ traders selling beer, cider and bottles of water to those attending the Parklife festival were closed down by enforcement officers, councillors have heard.
Bury Council have revealed details of a licensing enforcement operation undertaken over three days last month when a huge home town show by New Order took place at Heaton Park on Friday, September 10 followed by Parklife on the Saturday and Sunday.
Around 80,000 people per day attended the festival, to see performances over eight stages by acts such as Dave, Skepta and Burna Boy.
Some enterprising neighbours applied for street vending licences to sell refreshments from their front gardens and driveways to the multitudes of revellers arriving at the park.
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