With only 4 months to go until Heather Music Festival’s 30th anniversary, the brewery has decided to pull the plug on management at The Queen’s Head which puts the future of the pub and the festival in jeopardy! Despite appealing, the brewery has failed to respond to the management and has instead advertised the pub for takeover by new tenants.The hospitality industry is crumbling under the joint pressures of rocketing energy, rent, food bills, staff wages etc amid the ongoing cost of living crisis and the after-effects of Covid and Brexit. Sales have declined nationally but this team have not been given a chance.

The brewery have also done this despite knowing that Rainbows would be the beneficiary for this year’s festival and their decision will have a significant impact upon fundraising.

Shaz, Charlee and the team do so much for the local community - the pub and the village spirit simply wouldn’t be the same without them.

If you want to see Shaz, Charlee and the team stay at The Queen’s, or in the least you would like them to stay and steer the festival this year, in accordance with tradition, then please sign this petition and make your voice heard