It’s been an amazing year for the Notts music scene, quite possibly the best ever, yet there is one blemish on Nottingham in 2011…
No Hockley Hustle.
Major, major sad face.
Consistently one of our favourite days of the year, our October weekends have graced us with that traditional sunshine that always comes out for the Hustle but the Hustle itself is no where to be seen, we asked HH Founder Adam Pickering why?
“We tried to make it happen this year and there was, as always, a massive amount of support for it going ahead but unfortunately circumstances rendered this year’s Hustle a little too difficult. Funding was that bit harder to come by, I’d graduated so had some reality on my plate all of a sudden and all in all the team found it difficult to get into a proper flow with it all. So a couple of months ago, after much debate, we decided we had to put it to bed for a year and we have found it difficult to shout about that – hence camp HH being a little quiet lately… Many apologies for that.”
Yes we know what you’re thinking, we can just about handle one year off Glasto-style but is that it for ever Adam? Again we quizzed Comrade Pickering.
“I’d love to see it happen again, though whether it can go on with myself as the driving force I’m not totally sure – I think it needs new blood, fresh enthusiasm and people who can absolutely throw themselves into it 100%. The brand, universal good will and our experience are still there and we’ve some great ideas going forward but this is really me saying if you want it to go on, you can be a part of that.”
We at Nusic are really sad that there will be no Hustle this year, what other event will get us crowd surfing to ROYAL GALA in the Broadway at 3am on a Sunday night/ Monday morning? We’ve eveything crossed that next year Nottingham’s beloved Hustle, one of our favourite days of the year, will be back.
Whether or not it happens, is kinda up to you.
vlr
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PS If you’d like to volunteer to help make Hockley Hustle 2012 a reality email hockleyhustle@hotmail.co.uk with a few words on what you think you could bring to the event, oh and bung ya phone number in there too.
