First day at Gosport Sunset Festival

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00:39 Hi there, can you introduce yourselves?

00:41 I'm Jeremy

00:42 And I'm John Seymour

00:44 Brilliant, tell me where we are and what we're doing here

00:46 So we're at Gospel Sunset Festival which is a free festival for everyone in gospel

00:52 It's at Walpole Park

00:53 It's free for three days, tonight, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

00:58 It's in conjunction with the council and the Heritage Trust

01:02 Zone

01:03 Heritage Action Zone

01:05 And we've got loads of bands, lots of tributes

01:08 Tonight we've got Stereotronics and Oasis

01:11 We've got Forever Queen tomorrow, Foo Fighters

01:15 Lots of bands, React to Buam

01:17 Abba's Angels on Sunday

01:18 Abba's Angels, Britpop Revolution, probably about 30 bands and an acoustic stage with all local talent on as well

01:25 We've also got a fun fair and we're supporting local community groups as well

01:28 By offering them a free pitch to promote their services in the community

01:32 This is a very community driven event

01:35 And we're a non-profit so we are looking to donate all our profits to local food banks

01:41 Brilliant, so why did you feel that this was needed?

01:45 We were actually working on a separate project and then that project fell apart

01:50 John and I were very influential in that project and we just needed a new location

01:54 So we already had all the infrastructure and the bands in place

01:57 We just needed a new site and Gospel gave us that home

02:00 Brilliant, and what's the reaction been like tonight?

02:02 Amazing

02:03 We couldn't have asked for any more on an opening night

02:05 Everyone's loving it, it's been a bit hectic already

02:09 Right up to the last minute, I think 15 minutes before we're kind of still getting the power on

02:14 Getting the stage finished and then it all just came together at the last minute

02:17 And everyone's happy, so the show must go on

02:20 Brilliant, well I wish you a successful weekend