- Call for States to reconsider later licensing hours
- Comment by Artiste Anon – bring back the castle raves
- Would you like to see the castle raves return? Take part in our poll
- What’s on? Check out our event diary
- New festival offers prizes by the bundle
JERSEY Live co-organiser Warren Le Sueur has called on the States to reconsider later licensing hours.
The DJ and events planner, who is currently putting together the final touches ahead of the return of the Folklore Festival next weekend, says that an ‘objective, open discussion’ needs to be held about the subject.
Currently, clubs in Jersey are legally obliged to close their doors at 2 am.
SATURDAY 6 JUNE
- Blue Note: Live Electric Blues, at 4 pm; The Pioneers
- The Green Rooster: Backbeat House Party
- The Inn: Megan
- Kitty OSheas: Hayley Smith
- Mayfair Hotel: Skyline
- Savoy Hotel: The LQ five-piece Latin-Jazz band
- Soleil: Northern Soul & Motown with DJ Rex
- The Star: The Watsons
FRIDAY 12 JUNE
- Best Western Royal Hotel: Bar 27: The Dice Men
- The Inn: Adam
- Kitty OSheas: This Is Not A Butchers
- Metropole Hotel: Skyline
- The Smugglers Inn: Parish 13
- The Star: The Little Big Band
SATURDAY 13 JUNE
- Blue Note: Live Electric Blues, at 4 pm
- The Green Rooster: Backbeat House Party
- The Inn: Megan
- Kitty OSheas: Gleasmor
- Mayfair Hotel: Skyline
- Soleil: Northern Soul & Motown with DJ Rex
- The Star: WTF
Exceptions can be made for special events.
Later licensing hours have been discussed in the past, and the issue was the subject of a petition led by DJ Hannah Jacques which attracted thousands of signatures.
However, despite Islanders’ calls, the then Home Affairs Minister, Ian Le Marquand, said that there were no plans to extend opening hours beyond 2 am.
Mr Le Sueur says that decisions in the past have been based on ‘subjective’ assumptions and he is calling on Islanders, including the Home Affairs Department, which is now headed by Deputy Kristina Moore, to come together to talk about opening hours.
‘I am definitely in the camp of looking to modernise licensing hours and having an open discussion with licensing, local authorities and venue owners,’ he said.
‘I think it was only last week that there was a survey in the UK which showed that their 24-hour drinking licence has actually reduced the amount of alcohol consumption.
‘I think it would be something that Home Affairs would have to look at, because the police would have to work longer hours.
‘But would it benefit or be detrimental to the venues? That needs to be researched.’
Meanwhile, Folklore Festival, which debuted in 2012 but was later dropped due to poor ticket sales, is due to return next week with hundreds of Islanders expected to turn out at Val de la Mare.
Mr Le Sueur said he was excited about the return and added that events like this were important for the Island.
‘There need to be events like this because they create goodwill among the community,’ he said. ‘They give Islanders something to focus on and look forward to.
‘Without these kind of events, people have less to feel good about and it’s a lot more work and no play.
‘We have spread the festival out.
‘Without sounding clichéd, it is a fun-filled action-packed weekend now, and people are not just paying their money just to see the music acts.’
The headliners for the event include English rock-band James and Glastonbury-born four-piece Reef.
Islanders Nerina Pallot and Lloyd Yates and his band will also be performing.
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WE live in an Island which is home to some awesome party locations.
The natural history of Jersey has left us with some iconic places that just beg to be used by party-planners wanting to give a special feel to their event.
I spoke to friends recently who have rented such places as Seymour Tower and the Don Hilton in St Ouen’s Bay, and they have had a great time now the sun has finally put his hat on.
But there is one location above all others that I hear mentioned the most – one location that is so special that despite there not being a single public music event there in around ten years, it lives on in the hearts of many Jersey ravers. Elizabeth Castle.
The legendary parties that used to take place on the castle lawn, cut off twice a day by the tide, are now part of Island folklore.
It’s got me thinking of how great a resurrection of these events would be.
After snooping around and asking my many anonymous sources, I quickly realised just what an undertaking putting on an event at such a location entails.
Here are three of the problems: Number one: drunk people and the sea. Number two: drunk people and boats. Number three: drunk people and castles.
But I hope that some promoter will rise to the challenge of staging another event at Elizabeth Castle.
With the Bailiff granting permissions for ever more adventurous events, could we be just around the corner from seeing the next Elizabeth Castle rave?
As former United States President John F Kennedy said before man first walked on the moon: ‘Not because it is easy, but because it is hard’.
New festival offers prizes by the bundle
MUSIC lovers are being given the chance to win a bundle of prizes, including Apple products and tickets to Jersey’s newest festival, following a partnership deal with electrical store iQ.
The organisers behind Reasons Festival, which will debut on 11 July at Coronation Park, have announced the Apple-product reseller as their official partner.
In celebration of the deal, Islanders are being offered the chance to win an iQ/Reasons prize bundle this month through a photography competition on Instagram.
Islanders can take pictures and videos which capture a ‘perfect combination’ of two things and upload them to Instagram using the hashtag #reasons2iQ while tagging @iQJersey and @ReasonsUK.
Instagrammers can then vote for their favourite by liking the picture or video. The image with the most votes will win a ticket for Reasons Festival, while judges from iQ and Reasons will select the winner of the bundle. The final date for entries is 30 June.
The prize bundles includes two festival tickets, iPhone 6, Solo2 Beats headphones, a Reasons T-shirt and other memorabilia.
The organisers are also hosting a Digital Creativity Workshop which offers people an insight into using technology to be creative, professionally or as a hobby. The free event, on Thursday 18 June, is already fully booked.
Tim Evans, director of iQ, said: ‘The whole ethos of this new festival sits perfectly with iQ and our customers. We are really looking forward to bringing this partnership to life and we have a host of offers, events and surprises. This will be a brilliant event.’
l For more information and the line-up for Reasons Festival, visit reasonsfestival.com
