Creamfields has announced it will invest £2 million into site improvements for its 2020 festival.
The festival, based in Daresbury, Cheshire, started as a one-day dance music event in 1998 and will celebrate 15 years at the site next year.
In honour of its 15th anniversary at the Daresbury location, Creamfields is making some improvements after "listening to valuable input and feedback from fans".
The investment will be used to improve different aspects of the festival, including CCTV, water points and toilet facilities.
Areas being prioritised include:
- Improvements to security and staffing
- Car park CCTV including 24-hour manned patrols
- Installation of a new water supply and ring main system
- More water points located across the site
- Better signage throughout
- Review and investment into increasing the camping space available on site
- Improved shower and toilet facilities
- More cleaning staff and supervisors
- Increased visibility of welfare staff across the event arena and campsites
- New and improved 24-hour manned Info Hubs in each campsite
- Build on customer incentives to recycle and minimise environmental impact on site
Creamfields was hit with backlash from fans for the lack of access to water during the hottest late August Bank Holiday to date.
Despite the 25 free water taps, free water available from the welfare tent and free water bottles being handed out throughout the day, many festival goers complained about excessive queuing for water points.
The new improvements to the water points are expected to help prevent this as the festival enters its 15th year in Cheshire.
According to Creamfields the changes and improvements “are just the beginning of what marks a new era for the festival.”
Creamfields returns from August 27 - 30, 2020.
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