And suddenly the pickups came out. What happened last night at Welcome to The Village? – Frieze – LC.nl

In the Grootegast tent, the Sven Hammond group plays at 23:00. And at Welcome to The Village, they know: the stricter noise standard comes into effect. The daily standard of about 100 dba goes into the night standard of about 76 dba.

The municipality and the festival are working with two standards this weekend. A day standard, up to 23:00, and a night standard from 23:00 to 3:00 pm.

But immediately at 23:00 hours, officials of the municipality of Leeuwarden note that the noise does not decline. There are still outliers at 100 dba measured. A serious overrun, according to the municipality. "That's what our environmental department employees also told the organization," says municipal spokesman Rob Leemhuis. "The organization has done everything to lower the standard."

However, the group continues to play in volume, noted the officials, who give a second warning to the organization of the festival and impose an order to cease and abstain. to pose. If such a penalty is eventually imposed, it is at least 5,000 euros and no more than 25,000 euros. "The act refused to adjust the volume," says Leemhuis.

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"We Do not Understand"

Pander and Artistic Director Sjoerd Bootsma can do nothing but silence the act. The pickups are off, Bootsma tells the hundreds of visitors that it's over now. "It's still too strong, we do not understand it," he says. ,, We must stop the municipality. During the day, it is different, tomorrow we start again. Please, support us, we are doing our best to make it a big festival. Come back please. "

According to eyewitnesses, the music had been very sweet all evening.The beat with the rhythm drowned out pretty much the group's music, is the image that they draw." On social networks , residents of Cammighaburen neighborhood say that they have not heard anything and are surprised by the action of the municipality. A number of complaints have been received from municipalities about the festival, says Leemhuis

This weekend has a different standard

The night standard will only start at 1:00 this weekend, instead of 23:00. ,, This has no consequence for the acts provided for It may just continue, "explains Leemhuis. For DJs who run after, a solution must be found, says Leemhuis. The municipality and Welcome to the Village are still discussing it.

Pander hopes that the festival will continue normally. "Because, as it is fierce, the festival is always silent, nor in the felsichheidprobleem.And as soon as we can say, then intelligent solutions are revealed," she said about the consultation with the municipality.