Platform music festival rescheduled over licence
The festival has attracted crowds in Glasgow over the last ten years
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An electronic music festival in Glasgow will not take place next month, with organisers blaming the council for failing to authorise a licence in time for the event.
Platform Festival, stylised as PLTFRM FSTVL, was due to take place under a railway bridge in Tradeston on 29 and 30 June.
The open-air rave, which was celebrating its 10th anniversary in the city, was due to feature house and techno music acts including Bailey Ibbs, Chlär and Blasha & Allatt.
However, a Glasgow City Council spokesperson said it did not receive an application for a public entertainment licence until 10 May and it takes 12 weeks to process an application.
Organisers said they would now hold the event in September instead.
The move comes just weeks after another electronic festival was called off in Glasgow due to low ticket sales and rising costs.
Organisers of the Riverside Festival, external said they were unable to host the event at the Riverside Museum over the 25-26 May bank holiday weekend.
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A spokesperson for Platform 18 said they were "extremely devastated" to cancel the June festival.
Tickets can either be refunded or kept for the rescheduled dates in September.
The spokesperson said: "Unfortunately last week we were informed that due to limited resources at Glasgow City Council and local authorities, they can't authorise the final part of our licence in time although we have followed the same procedures for the last 11 years and even provided more documentation this time around.
"We have also had MPs fighting our corner to authorise this in time.
"To find this out is frustrating, soul destroying and now comes at a huge logistical and financial loss."
An after-party, called PLTFRM BY NIGHT, will go ahead at The Ferry and Sub Club on the original June dates.
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Scottish DJ Frazi.er, who features on the line-up, responded to the news on social media saying: "So much work has went into this to help grow and keep the music scene alive in Scotland to get landed this right at the final stages of the festival."
A spokesman for the council said it did not receive the application for a temporary public entertainment licence until 10 May, seven weeks before the event.
He said: “We are very clear that applications for temporary public entertainment licences should be lodged no later than three months in advance of a proposed event to allow enough time for the required public safety checks to be undertaken.
“The three month timescale has been in place for many years and we advised the promoter their application could not be accepted as there was insufficient time for it to be processed.
“Any further applications from this event organiser will be dealt with in the appropriate manner.”