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Bid made to bring back Kenwood concerts

20 December 2007

Concert promoter IMG has submitted its planning and licence applications to Camden Council on the behalf of English Heritage®.

The plans propose that eight concerts a year take place on the Pasture Ground within the Kenwood Estate in London, with an 8 000-people limit on audience numbers.

Proposals suggest that one weekend during the nine-and-a-half-week programme would be set aside as a respite weekend when no concerts would take place, to reduce noise levels for local residents.

Rebecca Kane, English Heritage's Visitor Operations Director for London, said: ‘We really hope that we can bring back the concerts to Kenwood in 2008. Prior to their cancellation earlier this year they had been running for 55 years, giving a huge amount of pleasure to hundreds of thousands of people.

‘Not only were the concerts a real highlight in the London calendar but they also provided crucial income for Kenwood House and its estate, which is open free of charge all year round.’

The concert programme was cancelled in 2007 because the number of concerts had been reduced from 10 to 8 in 2006, and as a result they lost money.

Music lovers who attend the concerts can also take the time to visit Kenwood House, which boasts an art collection featuring the late masters Rembrandt, Turner, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Vermeer.

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