Sir Lenny Henry on UK festivals.

Just read my post, I didn’t intend it to seem so harsh, hope you get my drift.

There are many music events round the U.K. particularly London where the participants are mainly Afro-Caribbean due to the genre of music.

People go to a festival/gig if they are interested in the artistes appearing and you do not have to put your ethnicity on the booking/ballot application.

I think he was making the point that a certain demographic were attracted to attending festivals, and that's all. I don't think he was suggesting discrimination.

The tickets are through a ballot.

Yes open to anyone..
But try and get Glastonbury tickets when they open up Good luck. X5 of us all tried last time not even a sniff .

Glastonbury has always been very white middle class, as are most other high profile festivals ( Reading for example )
It’s the music yes. Music festivals have traditionally been quite ‘hippy’ ‘Rock’ so it’s a question of taste.

I agree with you. Tickets are available to anyone who can manage to get them. I understand they go very quickly. I’m fairly sure that the automated system does not discriminate on the side of any group of people.

Festivals are open to anyone who wants to attend and buy tickets. As far as I am aware there is no discriminatory questions ie ethnicity when booking. Yes I think he is looking for a problem that isn’t there.