The Lambeth Country Show, the annual local free festival featuring live reggae in South London's Brockwell Park, which takes place on the third weekend of July, is not going ahead this year.

According to local website Brixton Blog, "The decision by Lambeth council to cancel this year’s Lambeth Country Show, the borough’s annual free party in Brockwell Park, has left people in Brixton and across south London shocked, angry and wanting answers."

The council-funded festival has seen many memorable artists perform over its 36 year history. Last year the Country Show saw live sets by Luciano, Horace Andy and Johnny Clarke.

"In a press release, Lambeth’s cabinet minister for leisure, Florence Nosegbe, blamed the 2012 London Olympics. She and council leader Steve Reed tell us police and portaloos [toilets] have all [been] snapped up by the Games, which is 10 miles away in Stratford."

A petition has been started to save the 2012 Show by rearranging the date.

You can find it at http://www.ipetitions.com.

More information is available at http://www.brixtonblog.com/campaign-save-the-lambeth-country-show.