Organisers of a major Angus dance festival will today attempt to quell growing discontent from residents.
The community consultation event at the Carnoustie Golf Hotel will give locals the chance to speak to organisers.
Leftfield and Rudimental have been booked to perform at the Festival of House alongside Underworld at the event, scheduled for Panmure Estate on June 10 and 11.
The festival has encountered strong local opposition and is still to be granted a licence by Angus Council.
Residents neighbouring the proposed festival site have previously accused the group behind the event of “selling something which doesn’t exist” as all the permissions are not in place.
Ahead of the meeting, one resident said it was impossible to secure the estate and accused the organisers of putting profit before safety.
She said: “The estate is open and porous around its entirety, making it virtually impossible to prevent an unknown number of people from flooding through the rest of the estate to camp nearby and listen to the music without paying.
“As this is an 18 and over event, it is more than likely that local teenagers will gatecrash the estate, putting themselves at risk and disrupting the lives of the residents.”
She said revellers will also face dangers on the site in the dark including Montague Bridge which is more than 100 feet tall and spans a deep gully on the estate.
They say the risk is exacerbated by the fact that in many parts of the estate, there is no mobile phone signal.
She said: “I am not concerned with the safety of the ticket holders, who will be on site, but with the potentially vast numbers who will invade the surrounding estate under no supervision.
“The western entrance of the estate, where the majority of householders live, is a single track road without passing places. It leads to the Montague Bridge which is barred and locked to traffic.
“Satnav directions using the postcode of the festival site lead to this side of the estate. Any traffic driving into this side of the estate will have to turn on the grass verges and try to return against the flow of following traffic.
“This will lead to chaos and gridlock.”
Festival director Craig Blyth said: “The response to the inaugural Festival of House has been incredible with positive and far reaching support coming in from an overwhelming majority of residents and the community, along with blanket support across national media.
“A professionally-run event of this stature, in a world-class location with world-class artists, many of whom have never been to Angus before, is nothing but positive and will generate countless long-term benefits for the region.”