Katie Hall spoke to Anthony Wright, the festival organiser about Nottingham's first ever music festival. Below is what he had to say...
 | | The Monarch Butterfly |
"We’re setting up an organisation called MAFON – Music and Arts Foundation of Nottingham and with that we will be going into different parks in the area and put on different community events. "Next year we are planning on organising a Green Fest in Colwick Woods in which we hope to promote everyday recycling, among other green activities. "We want to raise awareness of ecological issues that you can do in your own home. "All of the bands [taking part] are from Nottingham and they are all fantastic. It is a totally community oriented event. Nottingham has a wealth of talent. | "We want to raise awareness of ecological issues that you can do in your own home." | | Anthony Wright |
"MAFON is designed to integrate the community into the festival environment, and most festivals tend to bring in acts from the outside and not take advantage of local talent. "We don’t charge for stalls so any one from the local area can have a stall to sell their arts and crafts made in the community. "I have designed the festival to appeal to people from the age of 5 to 50, and we will potentially have 500 kids there. The children from the schools supporting us have created some absolutely beautiful butterflies, they are looking fantastic.
 | | The Arboretum |
"We want to raise awareness of the fact that in spring this year there should have been a migration of 5 million Monarch butterflies from Mexico to America but a freak weather front disturbed this." More on the festival Nottingham Live Music Festival is about delivering a fresh approach to festivals in the inner city. It aims to strengthen community pride and open new doors for local musicians and artists and celebrate the creative talent of Nottingham. The park will be decorated with 500 butterflies made by children from Bentinck Primary School, Elms Primary School, Unity Primary School, Nottingham High School, Nottingham Islamia School and St Augustine. This is part of the Monarch Butterfly Awareness Project which seeks to highlight in recent years the monarch butterfly population has declined by as much as 70%. The entertainment has already taken place at the Arboretum on the 18th June, 9th July, 30th July and will finish this weekend on the 20th August 2005. | 
