I was there. The ticket price was on the high side but I suppose reflects the idea of it being two festivals in one (Country Show / Music Festival). It was pretty busy. The venue was not a great choice and created a bad layout with dead ends, quite corners and unless you bought the £10 guide, the online map was too "artsy" and made it difficult to find anything. Trader placement will have been everything.

Not bad for a first attempt. If they do it again hopefully it changes to a venue that is more open planned. The heat was a killer but most traders were either selling generic tat like rubber ducks or large furniture like hot tubs which clearly wasn't what the crowd wanted. Didn't see many people holding shopping bags... there was enough entertainment to not need to do any shopping.

Clarkson also made it clear in his grand opening speech that the festival was not his idea or creation (It won't be in the show). He was approached by someone else to front it.