vehicles. "The health and safety of our audience is what is important," said organiser Steve Hunt. Over 80 bands were due to perform that day, including Damon Albarn's The Good, the Bad & the Queen. The cancellation increased the pressure on the already strained finances of the festival. On Friday 20 July 2007 Bristol Community Festival Ltd, the not-for-profit company which organised the event, announced that it had started the process of winding up the company due to unsustainable financial losses. Notable performers The festival's music policy always focused on local acts, but since the late 1990s there was a move towards attracting national acts to headline the festival. Major acts at Ashton Court in recent years include: Steve Hillage in 1978 The Only Ones in 1978 Portishead in 1998. Feeder and Rae & Christian in 1999. Mad Professor, Kosheen and Stereo MC's in 2001. Reef and Kosheen and Dirty Drugs in 2002. Robert Plant, McKay and The Electric Soft Parade in 2003. The Stranglers, Goldie Lookin' Chain and Glenn Tilbrook in 2004. Super Furry Animals, Lemon Jelly, Roni Size and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel in 2005. Simple Minds, The Go! Team, Plan B in 2006. The Good, the Bad & the Queen, The Fall, Gravenhurst in 2007. Legacy Following the end of Bristol Community Festival, other groups emerged hoping to continue with some sort of summer festival in Bristol. Bristol Music Festival became the Bristol Festival (now BrisFest) and has so far successfully put on four summer festivals, albeit in the city centre. 2011 saw the most successful even yet, with over 25,000 people attending over three days. BrisFest returned to Ashton Court in 2012 and 2013, however announced in December 2013 that they would not be continuing the festival into 2014. The event returned in 2015 and 2016 as part of the "Let's Rock Bristol" retro festival. See also List of music festivals in the United Kingdom List of historic rock festivals References External links eFestivals listing for Ashton Court UK free festivals history: early history-1978-80 Free festivals Music festivals in Bristol Counterculture festivals Recurring events established in 1974 Recurring events disestablished in 2007 1974 establishments in England 2007 disestablishments in England Music festivals established in 1974 Music festivals in Somerset