Councillors on Dundee City Council’s Licensing Committee will decide whether to give the green light to this year’s WestFest on Thursday.
Around 13,000 people attended last year’s event on Magdalen Green, which featured live music, food, stalls and other entertainments.
The free event has grown in popularity every year and in 2017 councillors ruled fencing would have to be erected to help control the crowd.
A ban on people bringing their own alcohol was also introduced.
WestFest 2019 is scheduled to take place on Sunday June 2, from 1 to 7pm.
Two objections have been lodged with the council about this year’s event, with one nearby resident suggesting it has outgrown Magdalen Green and should be moved to an alternative location such as the playing fields on Riverside Drive or Camperdown Park.
In her letter to the committee, Elaine Kuwahara said: “Early WestFests were very
popular and well attended and the volume of the music was appropriate for a highly residential area as was the number of people attending.
“Access to alcohol… has resulted in antisocial behaviour which is upsetting for the local community. The organisers are also not respecting the venue location, which is a historic green.
She added: “I would suggest that the event has outgrown Magdalen Green and should be moved to a more appropriate site with the infrastructure to support such an event.”
Fellow West End resident Ronald Rush has also objected, claiming his driveway was blocked by a festival-goer last year.
He added: “The volume of the bands was too loud for the small area of the green and the bass was overpowering, so much that my window frames were vibrating.
“For seven hours it is too much. Year after year this is not appropriate in a residential area and I would like to see it return to a proper community festival.”
A WestFest spokeswoman said: “We are aware of the two objections that have been raised and there will be representation from the Westfest Committee at the Licensing Committee this week.”
At a meeting of West End Community Council in March, WestFest chairman Martin Hay said organisers had received no complaints about last year’s event.
A decision is set to be made on the application at a meeting of the licensing committee on Thursday.
