This is one of the great acts that I missed over the weekend at the Hub Festival. Don't get me wrong I did go but you could not see anything of the hip hop dancers as the sight lines were so poor. Everything was so poor about this festival apart from the weather.

 

No signage for the free buses in town meant you had to guess where they were and where they were going, with one woman sruggling to get her baby buggy onto the bus as they were all stepped double deckers - great access - not.

 

 

When you arrived you were practically mugged by the security people into throwing away water meant for the children and once inside the security was forcing you in directions you didn't want to go so that you weren't walking against the non existent crowds. Even when you did conform to they strict edicts of passageways you would arrive at your destination to find that you couldn't see anything anyway as the layout of the performance areas meant that the audience were restricted to a 20ft line and if you couldn't see over the first line of the audience then you couldn't see a thing. To be fair you could get a great view of the graffiti which was great.

 

Wellington Dock was an awfull post industrial landscape with nowhere to sit and relax unlike last years event which was held at the grassy surrondings of Otterspool prom in Aigburth, with its natural amphitheatres the sight lines were great and you didn't miss a moment. There also seemed to be so much more going on, with one field for graffiti and one for Bikes and another for skateboarding. It was just so much better.

 

So let's hope Liverpool City Council take heed and move it back to a more relaxing environment.      

 

Pictures from Hub 09