MIK22 Festival in Southwark Park
Hot on the heels of the Fryent Country Park application for a summer festival, which was withdrawn, another application been received for Northwick Park.
The MIK (made in Korea) 2025 with an attendance of up to 15,000 would be held in summer 2025 with a 'to be confirmed' date of June 7th-8th (although the application details Friday-Sunday). A section of the park would be required for 10 days prior to the Festival and 5 days following for preparation and dismantling. It would be surrounded by metal fencing.
The licence would cover 11am-10.30pm for plays, films, live music, record music. dance and workshops. Friday to Sunday. A licence to sell alcohol would run from 11am - 10pm Friday to Sunday.
MUSIC FROM LIVE BANDS WILL BE AMPLIFIED ON ALL STAGES WHICH COULD INCLUDE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR STAGESNon-standard Times
SOUND CHECKING MAY TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 09:00 - 18:00 MONDAY TO SUNDAY.
The organisers describe the event:
MIK 2025 is the second year (the first was 2022 in Southwark Park) of Magic Sound’s outdoor festival experience, showcasing international talent born out of the Korean Pop movement (K-Pop), now a globally recognised music genre.
The intention is for MIK to take place over a weekend (2 days). Whilst dates are pending at the time of writing, the speculative dates will be the 7 – 8 June 2025, with approximately 10 days prior for construction and 5 days following for derig.
Entertainment will consist of a single concert stage showcasing Korean Pop and Chinese Pop acts of international recognition, with amplified loud and recorded music. There will also be sale of alcohol as well as amenities such as food concessions and merchandise at the event. The event site will be fully enclosed in steel shield fencing to ensure access is controlled to ticket holders only via a single public entrance. A further production entrance will be identified for authorised, accredited personnel.
The London Borough of Brent (LBB), and specifically Northwick Park, have been chosen by the organisers due to the borough’s diverse population and access to public transport, walking and cycling facilities. MIK 2025 will provide a youth-led boost to Brent’s local economy.
The promoters and curators are Magic Sound (MS), who have produced a number of shows at indoor institutions such as the O2 and Wembley Arena, as well as MIK 2022 in Southwark.
MS have appointed TEU to produce MIK, overseeing operational planning and delivery of the event in the advance, live and postmortem phases of the event. TEU is staffed and managed by a team of experienced and qualified professionals with a proven track record of running safe events. Carefully selected contractors and individuals will be charged with running various aspects of the event on each day and will be answerable to a single Event Manager. The Event Manager, Site Manager, Security Manager and nominated Safety Manager will work as the Event Operations Team (EOT), consulting each other on various aspects of the show and liaising with heads of department, emergency service and LBB
The proposed premises sits within Northwick Park, a large public greenspace situated between Harrow and Kenton, with Watford Road to the west and Norval Road to the south. Northwick Park Hospital sits to the west of the site alongside the University of Westminster, Harrow campus. Train lines run north and east. The park is laid to grass with sports pitches and an access road leads to a car park at the centre with a foot path leading on to Northwick Park station. This road and footpath is known as the Capital Ring. The proposed licensable area is centred at approximately: OS Grid Ref: TQ 17029 87551 Latitude: 51u00b034'29"N Longitude: 0u00b018'45"W
The MIK 2022 in Southwark Park went ahead despite protests but a repeat in 2023 was cancelled after the organisers failed to sell enough tickets in the face of rising costs. See LINK
The ful application with supporting documents can be seen on the Brent website and comments can be made with a deadline of January 14th 2025. SEE LINK
