from finishing their set as the venue filled with smoke. Other bands on the bill that year included, Oi Polloi, Concrete Sox, Citizen Fish and Emissaries Of Syn. 2014 In 2014 a new home was found for the festival at the workhouse in Llanfyllin, however, even before the festival occurred, local residents were up in arms due to the controversial nature of some of the bands booked to play there. The festival went ahead with no problems but under pressure from the council and local MP, the venue wasn't able to allow the festival to go on the following year. 2015 This year saw the Dirty Weekend festival move to yet another new location to the south of Chester, an area called Chester Lakes that had a campsite. Larger crowds of approximately 500 people attended over the weekend of 4-5-6 September, but again had problems, this time due to noise complaints from local residents. Ahead of the event Pumpkin Records released a download compilation of bands appearing on the bill, including, Hellbastard, Deviated Instinct, Spam Javelin, The Mob 2016 On 26 January 2016 it was announced festival was to move south (far from its early roots in North Wales), to a location near the Forest of Dean under the new name of 'Common Ground Festival'. The event managed to raise over £900 for their supported charities and took place on 2-3-4 September. The line-up included; Doom, Louise Distras and Cress 2017 Still moving south, this year's Common Ground festival was held at The Black Swan in Bristol on 1-2-3 September 2017. Bands included were; Omega Tribe, Pizzatramp, Skaciety, Warwound, and The Stupids. The event ran at a loss of £2302. A 37 track download compilation album "Common Ground 2017" was released on 21 August 2017 in aid of charities supported by the festival organisers. A series of benefit gigs took place during late 2017 and into 2018 to raise funds for the organisers (who were by now Matt of Pumpkin Records and Elliot Capper), and they asked for help looking for a new venue. 2018 On 16 March 2018, the Common Ground Facebook page announced there would be no festival this year being unable to locate a suitable venue. Notable previous acts Extreme Noise Terror Oi Polloi Inner Terrestrials Neville Staple The Restarts Culture Shock Antisect Radical Dance Faction Police Bastard Hellbastard The Mob Anti-System Concrete Sox See also List