A Cumbrian festival set to be headlined by Katie Hopkins is taking shape in a field.
Around 10 bell tents and a larger tent have been spotted at the location in West Cumbria, which promises to feature other prominent figures in the so-called ‘alternative truth’ movement.
It is due to start on Friday and run for three days.
It is not known what else will appear there, but the festival website promises workshops, food vendors, stalls and children’s entertainment.
Organisers – only identified as Nic and Kev, of Buxton Free Hub on the event’s website – managed to bypass licensing rules for it earlier this year by claiming it was a private event.
Organisers of a festival due to be held in West Cumbria later this year have bypassed licensing rules by claiming it is a private event on private land.
When it was first advertised, people could just buy tickets straight from the festival’s website – starting at £99 for adult weekend camping. That changed to people being asked to make a fixed donation to its private members’ club.
Covid conspiracist and ex-footballer Matt Le Tissier is also lined up to speak at the event and billed as the first festival of its kind, organisers say it will offer ‘uplifting talks and inspiring solutions’.
Other speakers include other Covid-19 conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers, a man who wants to be appointed leader of the United Kingdom and a New World Order activist.
Bell tents were available to hire for £220 and have been erected by a West Cumbrian firm. They sleep up to four people.
Cumbria Crack has contacted the organisers.
