Brum Fest organisers have axed a bid to sell booze on the back of a raft of complaints.

Birmingham Youth Empowerment Project CIC, putting on the two-day music show at Summerfield Park, Winson Green, during the first weekend of August, originally applied to supply alcohol in a tent manned by four security guards up to 9.30pm on the Sunday and Saturday.

But it prompted around 200 objections to the proposal which was due to be determined by a Birmingham City Council licensing sub committee on Wednesday (July 18).

Locals had complained the booze licence would generate crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour.

Brum Fest 2018 logo.
Brum Fest 2018 logo.

As a result the move has now been dropped.

Clifton Cameron, managing director at the project, said: "We have withdrawn the alcohol licence.

"Our thinking was that families take their children to the pub so we could do it for this year.

"But we take people's point. It is a family event and we want to do it with the community not against the community."

Mr Clifton stated the situation was 'a bit annoying' because the alcohol licence would have generated vital income for the event which costs tens of thousands of pounds to put on.

But he added: "We just want to do a good event with everybody supporting it. The police have not objected so that is a good thing."

Brum Fest, which also marks Jamaican Independence Day, has been going for five years.

This year's event, on August 4 and 5, will be the first at Summerfield Park and is expected to attract in the region of 5,000 people.

Mr Clifton said the council licensing hearing was still due to go ahead on Wednesday to decide other parts of the application including seeking permission for regulated entertainment such as live and recorded music.