Yep Monday is family festival but I think it would be churlish to avoid this on principle and if you are free at least check it out. I was simply responding to a comment that there were not free festivals. I've no strong feelings about Gala, and whilst I could hear it, it stopped around 11 and I've experienced worse. Volunteering at Glastonbury and at Shambala and that bloody drum and base going on till 4 in the morning. I'm aware Gala affects others far more but conflating this with LTNs and with Lambeth council was strange.
We can all be cynical but I hope you or others will pop over to the free festival and share your views. I'd go but I am away. It looks great. (Note I don't know why some had to post their disgust on the events page - I expect many locals will go to the free event and some to the Gala itself).