NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
2025
24 May - Those who object to music events shutting off parks are branded nimbys. But this time, I'm on their side - The Guardian
24 May - 'I honestly don't know what's going to happen next': Brockwell Park festival row ignites debate over public space - The Guardian
22 May - Brockwell Park festivals to go ahead this summer - BBC
19 May - These London festivals will go ahead despite High Court drama - Independent
16 May - Campaigner wins court case that could lead to festival ban in London park - The Guardian
15 May - Residents take council to court over Brockwell Park festivals as grass turns to 'mud bath' - ITV
12 May - Londoners launch legal challenge to protect park ahead of major music festivals - Mirror
8 May - Battle of Brockwell Park looms as residents rage over festivals - The Times
22 April - Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into 'prison camp' - Independent
22 April - Mark Rylance blasts Labour council over star-studded festivals that campaigners say are turning loved local park into 'a prison camp' - Daily Mail
22 April - Labour council turning park into 'prison camp', says Sir Mark Rylance - Daily Telegraph
22 April - Oscar winner's fight over festivals that turn park into 'prison camp' - The Times
2018
19 April - Field Day festival set to go ahead after organisers, council and locals do battle- The Guardian.
REGIONAL & SPECIALIST PRESS
2025
23 May - A Mighty Fudge: Hoopla approved, just don't ask how- LondonCentric
19 May - Brockwell Live confirm Wide Awake, Field Day, The Mighty Hoopla and more will go ahead despite losing court case - NME
19 May - Campaigners win legal battle over imminent Brockwell Park gig series - Rolling Stone
19 May - Brockwell Park festival organisers say that events will go ahead this summer despite High Court ruling - TimeOut
19 May - ?Festivals at Brockwell Park to go ahead as planned despite High Court ruling - Mixmag
16 May - Mighty Hoopla and Field Day: Victory for anti-festival campaigners - LondonCentric
15 May - Midland, Spray, Roza Terenzi and more cancel Field Day sets amid KKR boycott - Resident Adviser
7 May - Campaigners stage 'No Walls' protest at Brockwell Park as High Court legal battle approaches - Evening Standard
7 May - "Five gays with a laptop" vs Mark Rylance: The Battle For Brockwell Park - LondonCentric
28 April -Oscar-winning actor joins fight against Brockwell permitted development festivals - The Planner
26 April - Brockwell park faces six weeks of disruption as Lambeth Council is set to approve extended event infrastructure - Brixton Buzz
25 April - A Legal Challenge Has Been Launched Against Festivals in Brockwell Park | London News at a Glance- London on the Inside
25 April - Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for turning London park into 'prison camp' - Bishops Storford Independent
24 April - Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for 'destroying' London park and turning it into 'prison camp' - My London
23 April - Brockwell Park locals crowdfund legal action against festivals including Field Day - Access All Areas
22 April - Locals crowdfund legal action against Mighty Hoopla, Wide Awake, Field Day and other "unlawful" festivals in London's Brockwell Park - NME
22 April - Oscar winner Mark Rylance hits out at music festivals for turning London park into 'prison camp' - LBC
22 April - Crowdfunder aims to stop "unsustainable" events taking place at Brockwell Park - standoutmagazine.co.uk
22 April - Campaigners launch ?31k legal challenge to stop festivals like Mighty Hoopla going ahead in Brockwell Park- The Standard
22 April - Huge UK festival under threat over environmental concerns as campaigners raise ?31,000 - Metro UK
17 April - The ?30,000 legal challenge to Mighty Hoopla and Field Day festival - londoncentric.media.
17 April - What does Lambeth Council, Brockwell Park festivals, a Global Private Equity firm and the funding of genocide of Gaza have in common? - brixtonbuzz.com.
17 April - Protect Brockwell Park launch website: protectbrockwellpark.org.
31 March - Hundreds of residents campaign council to protect Brockwell Park - swlondoner.co.uk
18 March - Daytimers withdraw from Lost Village and Mighty Hoopla slots over Superstruct acquisition by private equity firm KKR - mixmag.net
2018
23 April - Lambeth Council says Field Day and Mighty Hoopla decision was unlawful - wandsworthguardian.co.uk
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2025
21 May - Lambeth Council set to Defy High Court and Continue to Ignore Concerned
Residents Over Brockwell Park Festivals [PDF]
16 May - PBP Wins Judicial Review - final [PDF]
BBC News SouthEast, 25Apr25
BBC Radio London
Are festivals "permanently damaging" Brockwell Park?
BBC London's Riz Lateef heard from residents and spoke to the groups co-founder Jen Hawkins.
