Hesk said: "I feel that many festival goers now regard Bromyard town, at night as a threatening place, and this was mentioned to me by a member of the staff at the Rose and Lion. He said it was caused by locals, and was a year round problem."

I heard from a regular attendee at a local session that the session skipped a night a couple of months ago because the pub had to close for a while after some football fans seriously misbehaved there in the afternoon.