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Resident Website Information – Finsbury Park 2024

Welcome to the resident information page for Festival Republic events at Finsbury Park 2024. We are happy to be back and we look forward to hearing from you and keeping you up to date with our plans for this year’s events!

 

Residents Letter

Please see here.

RESIDENT TICKETS

THE APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENT TICKETS 2024 HAS NOW PASSED. WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED. PLEASE NOTE – IF SELECTED, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVE YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE RECEIVING YOUR TICKETS.

 

2024 Event details

We will be on-site at the park from 26 June – 19 July

DATE EVENT GATES OPEN MUSIC ENDS
Wednesday 26 June First day of show build N/A N/A
Friday 5 July The Wolfe Tones 13:30 22:30
Saturday 6 July Michael Bibi 12:00 22:30
Sunday 7 July Hozier 13:00 21:30
Friday 12 Jul Wireless 13:30 22:30
Saturday 13 July Wireless 11:00 22:30
Sunday 14 July Wireless 11:00 21:30
Friday 19 July Break Ends N/A N/A

BUILD / BREAK INFORMATION

We will be on-site at the park from 26 June – 19 July.

SOUND CHECKS

Sound checks will take place on each of the event days prior to opening and also on Thursday 4 July and Thursday 11 July. Sound checks will not be at maximum event levels and although they may last a maximum of 90 minutes within a pre agreed 3 hour period, tests will be carried out in short intervals.

ACCESS

Outside of our main site, local park users will still have access to the rest of the park. All other park facilities will remain open and be available for use by the local community.

The carriageway between Endymion Road Gate and Finsbury Park Gate is used as the main production route for the events. However, during the build and break, access will be facilitated for park users to ensure as little disruption as possible. A cycle path and a walking route will be created and this year we will have a dedicated cycle path manager to ensure local access is never impeded by contractors working across different areas of the park.

This access route will be closed the day prior to, and the day after, the event days to allow us time to reinstate the fencing and ensure the route is safe for park goers.

The route between Hornsey Tavern Gate and Furtherfield Gallery will be closed the day prior to the live event days and re-open the day after. Should either of these routes require to be closed for safety reasons outside of these times, signs will be erected and security positioned to inform the public of the reasons why.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Seven Sisters Road
SSR will be closed to traffic for a 90 minute period following the event to facilitate the safe egress of customers to the train station.

Stroud Green Road
Stroud Green Road will be closed from approx. 21:00 on Friday and Saturday and 20:00 Sunday to facilitate the safe egress of customers to the train station.

These road closures are there to ensure the safe egress of public leaving the park.

The roads will be closed at all junctions joining Seven Sisters Rd between Fonthill Road & GreenLanes covering;

  • Hackney – Portland Rise, Brand Close, Alexandra Grove, Queens Drive, Wilberforce Road, Finsbury Park Road, Blackstock Road,
  • Somerfield Road, junction with Blackstock Road will be residents access only.
  • Islington – Rock Street, Isledon Road, Fonthill Road.
  • The roads will be closed at all junctions joining Stroud Green Road between Seven Sisters Road and Tollington Park / Upper Tollington Park covering;
  • Islington – Wells Terrace, Morris Place andLennox Road.
  • Haringey – Perth Road

The roads will be closed at all junctions joining Stroud Green Road between Seven Sisters Road and Tollington Park / Upper Tollington Park covering;

  • Islington – Wells Terrace, Morris Place andLennox Road.
  • Haringey – Perth Road

LOCAL BOROUGH RESTRICTIONS

Hackney

Brownswood Ward will be resident (and guests of residents) access only on live event days. This is achieved via a combination of existing emergency barriers in the local streets and staffed traffic management positions. Emergency barriers which prevent access are installed on the following streets: Finsbury Park Road / Brownswood Rd, Wilberforce Road / Brownswood Rd, Queens Drive / Somerfield Rd, Queens Drive / Gloucester Drive, Princess Crescent / Gloucester Drive, Portland Rise / Seven Sisters Rd, Alexandrea Grove / Seven Sisters Road, Wilberforce Rd / Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park Rd / Seven Sisters Rd.

Traffic Management positions will be used in key locations to bolster this and in areas where access is still permitted: Somerfield Rd / Blackstock Rd, Alexandera Grove / Green Lanes, Portland Rise / Green Lanes, Queens Drive / Seven Sisters Rd.

Islington

The area of Islington between Rock Street and Gillespie Road will be resident (and guests of residents) access only on live event days. This is achieved via a combination of existing LTNs in the local streets and staffed traffic management positions.

Traffic Management positions will be used in key locations to bolster this and in areas where access is still permitted: Rock St / St Thomas’s Rd, Rock St / Prah Rd, Blackstock Rd / Ambler, Blackstock Rd / Monsell Rd, Blackstock Rd / Chatterton Rd, Gillespie Rd / Plimsoll, Gillespie Rd / Ambler, Gillespie Rd / St Thomas’s Rd.

Ingress road closures
Islington Road Closures & Diversions

PARKING RESTRICTIONS  

Parking restrictions will be in place to protect residents spaces. These restrictions will be discussed with the local boroughs and residents in advance and publicised here prior to the events in an easily digestable format.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

We anticipate that there will be minimal impact on public transport throughout the day due to phased arrivals although the stations may be slightly busier than normal. Finsbury Park Station and Manor House Station will be much busier on Friday and Saturdays between approx. 21:00 – 00:00. On Sundays we anticipate peak time to be 20:00 – 23:00. We would advise people allow more time when travelling at these times. All necessary provisions will be made to facilitate access for locals.

To aid the safe egress of guests, Station Place will be closed to buses and taxis from 21:00 on Friday and Saturday and 20:00 on Sunday. Bus diversions will be in place for all local routes and will be publicised here nearer the event.

If you are planning to get the tube during peak times we advise using the City North Entrance at Finsbury Park Station to avoid congestion and event footfall.

NOISE

We are working with one of the UK’s leading acoustic consultants, Vanguardia, who draft and monitor our noise management plan (NMP).

VIBRATIONS

Festival Republic have commissioned an independent Vibration Study for 2024 aiming to examine the link between crowd motion and building movement at properties around Finsbury Park with a longer term aim to potentially mitigate building movement. We aim to measure the motion directly under the crowd and simultaneously in surrounding buildings.

To understanding how a building will react to ground motion requires a profound understanding of the properties of the building, the soil and the crowd motion. This understanding should enable us to develop an analytical model of vibration within a building (and the surrounding ground), using software specifically designed for vibration in buildings and soil.

PYROTECHNICS

Strobe lighting – pyrotechnics, lasers, smoke machines, strobe lighting/special effects may take place during some performances.

There will be stage effects expected for the following dates and times:

Anticipated Timings*

Friday 12th July:
22:00 – 22:15

Saturday 13th July:
22:00 – 22:30

*Timings subject to change

SECURITY

There will be ample security directly outside the event and in the surrounding areas. You will see both a stationery and roaming presence in the roads immediately adjacent to the festival site. There will also be response teams available to respond to any calls made to the community hotline.

CONTACT DETAILS

If you would like to contact the team during the events, including noise issues, please call our dedicated hotline on: 0208 080 1459

For 2024 we have 3 hotline handsets so if one is engaged it will redirect to the others. You should always be able to get through. In the event that you can’t, please contact us via email: [email protected]

The line will be operational as below:

Build: 08:00 – 20:00 from Wednesday 26th June – Thursday 4th July & Monday 8th July – Thursday 11th July

Show Days: 08:00 – 02:00 (5th, 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th and 14th July)

Break: 08:00 – 20:00 Monday 15th July – Friday 19th July

Kindest regards

The Finsbury Park Team