A West End music festival has been cancelled after plans to hold the event in Kelvingrove Park were rejected by Glasgow City Council.

As exclusively reported by the Evening Times last week, council bosses refused organisers of the West End Fiesta permission to use the public park for a second year, due to the impact it would have on local residents.

Organisers have now said that the festival will not be going ahead for 2019, despite dates being confirmed and tickets going on sale.

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A statement by the festival organisers explained: "It's with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of Fiesta Festival for 2019.

"While we had full intention of going ahead with this wonderful event on 29th & 30th June, the current political climate surrounding festivals and live music in Kelvingrove Park & Kelvingrove Bandstand has made this event taking place harder than ever before.

"We worked closely with Glasgow City Council on securing our advertised date for Kelvingrove Park in 2019, however due to intervention from local residents and councillors we have been unsuccessful. 

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"We did consider other sites and other Scottish council venues for 2019 but suitable options were extremely limited

"We are truly devastated to have to cancel this year’s event as we had exciting things planned with our biggest line up to date well under way.

It added: "We appreciate that inner city music events in built-up areas come with its challenges. In 2018 we worked closely with Scotland’s leading acoustic consultant and Glasgow City Council’s noise team to mitigate these challenges and implement their recommendations for 2019.

"Following feedback from last years event, we had a robust operating plan in place to reduce the size of the site and minimize the disruption to local residents and the closure of Kelvingrove Park for 2019 on non-show days. Unfortunately, we did not get an opportunity to share these plans.

"Overall, we experienced incredible highs and had a massive learning from 2018 after receiving mostly positive feedback from both attendees and local authorities.

"From the very beginning, our goal with The Fiesta was to create a family friendly festival in the heart of our Unesco City of Music that we would want to attend ourselves, that had a fantastic variety of world class artists and showcase local talent. We feel that we succeeded in achieving this goal in many ways.

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"Rather than ending on a low, we ask that you think back to all the ‘Good Times’ you experienced at the Fiesta at Kelvingrove Park while we work with Glasgow City Council to identify a new site for 2020."

The first year of the festival saw the likes of Earth, Wind and Fire, Chic and Nile Rodgers and The Pointer Sisters take to the stage.

However, the event encountered teething problems with ticketholders complaining about lengthy queues for food and drink and bad sound quality.

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council, said: "An application for this event was received but permission to use the park was never confirmed in this instance.

"Applications for permission to use our parks are always looked at on their own individual merits and that will continue to be the case.

"We always seek to strike an appropriate balance between the cultural value events bring to the city and the impact events can have on residents who live close to where they are held."