An electronic dance music festival has been given the go-ahead to return to Leeds in 2023.
The Mint Festival is due to held at Newsam Green Farm over the weekend of September 23 and 24, after the city council approved licences for the event to go ahead. The festival was called off last year on what would have been its tenth anniversary, having been held on the farm in 2021.
The prospect of its return was greeted with objections from four neighbours, however, who cited fears about excessive noise, drugs and anti-social behaviour linked to previous editions of the event. But a panel of three councillors unanimously agreed to let the festival take place following a hearing at Civic Hall on Tuesday.
