#This outdoor music festival was designed with social distancing in mind

“#This outdoor music festival was designed with social distancing in mind”

July 12, 2020 | 5:21pm

DJ Craig Harrison plays to festival goers attending the Gisburne Park Pop-Up, the first purpose built socially-distanced outdoor festival in the UK, held on the Gisburne Park Estate in the village of Gisburn, near Clitheroe, northern England.

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Ten onsite bell tents provide overnight accommodation for festival goers staying for a weekend.

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Drinks are delivered by wheelbarrow to festival-goers in their designated pitches.

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A festival goer makes her way to her designated pitch as she attends the Gisburne Park Pop-Up.

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Guests book their own individual hexagonal pitch, each large enough for a social bubble of six and spaced 2.6 meters apart.

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Festival-goers remain in their designated pitches as they attend the Gisburne Park Pop-Up.

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The United Kingdom opened the first socially distanced outdoor festival site over the weekend — with safety measures such as spaced-out lounge chairs to protect guests from spreading coronavirus.

Festival-goers book their own individual outdoor seating area, each about six feet apart and large enough for six people, at the Gisburne Park Pop-Up in the Lancashire countryside, the Evening Standard reported.

Arrivals and departures to the festival will be staggered so there’s no crowding at the entrance, and food and drinks are delivered directly to guests to prevent lines from forming at the venue, organizers said.

The festival, which will run for eight weeks, has an entertainment calendar with a mix of live DJs, film screenings, opera and family sing-alongs.