Wembley and Kingsbury road closures on Sunday September 13th for 'Run to the Beat'

A number of residents were caught unawares by road closures for the Run to The Beat event in Wembley and Kingsbury last year. The event combines a 10k run with various music stages along the route It takes place this year on Sunday September 13th. Sunday traffic is often high in Brent on Sundays due to families visiting each other

I have posted an information PDF in the side panel.

South Kilburn SKirmishes over Festival, Music and Developers

South Kilburn Festival this afternoon (Tweeted by @SKTrust)

Following rapidly on the news that Brent Council had withdrawn the music licence for the South Kilburn Festival  at 5pm on Friday - no explanation yet, came this message from the Canterbury Works campaign:

Dear friend,

We write to you today with some bad news.  We are aware that some of you already know, however for those that do not it is with great disappointment that we have to tell you that the scheduled campaign event on Saturday will not be going ahead.

We had planned to have a stall at the South Kilburn Trust Community Festival, however after discussions with South Kilburn Trust they have decided it is inappropriate for us to be in attendance for the two following reasons:

1.       The event is a family fun day and this is what their park licence request is for and, in their view, our stall does not sit within that remit

2.       The Trust wants to ensure that the residents are presented with the facts, and the pros and cons of the different options and do not feel it is appropriate for us to be there to say our side without, we would presume, Brent Council being there to say their side

Some of you have already been in touch to express your outrage and anger but we must respect the decision of South Kilburn Trust. We had already got the balloons and t-shirts ready for the stall and we will put them to good use!  Watch this space regarding our big community event in September.

Thank you,

Anna

Canterbury Works Campaign Team

One residents' leader commented: 'Titanic battle between property developers and SK Trust, with residents caught in the crossfire'

See HERE for background

Meanwhile the fall-out from the Council's decision to revoke the music licence rumbled on via Twitter during the day:

The live music had been moved to the OK Club and this plaintive plea was tweeted this afternoon:

Perhaps things will become clearer on Monday when the South Kilburn Trust and Brent Council explain what exactly was going on.

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Run to the Beat - road closures, 15,000 runners, Live DJs & much more on Sunday in Wembley

Many roads will be closed in Wembley on Sunday Details but there will be much on offer for Wembley residents who enjoy music when Run to the Beat arrives in town:

Sure Run to the Beat is London’s most unique music running event and this year we’re hosting an epic 10k at Wembley Park.

After six years hosting London’s music half marathon and helping 96,000 runners to achieve their goal, we want to give 10k runners the chance to experience the unique music filled run.

Live DJ’s will be pumping out motivational tunes all around the route, leading you to the finish where our headline act will be waiting for you to join the party. The atmosphere on the day will be like nothing you have ever experienced at a running event before.

Taking place on the 14th September 2014, 15,000 runners will make their way around a brand new 10k course starting and finishing at Wembley Park, home to the legendary Wembley Stadium and arena, that now offers great food, great shopping and great events.

It may not be the best day to choose to take the kids to change their library books.