I don't understand why they have moved it. Having Japfest2 up north and Japfest down south made perfect sense. It now makes it a 466 mile round trip and 9 hours of travelling total for a one day show for me.
I can see a lot of the Welsh contingent, and a lot of the South West lot boycotting Japfest now, not just from this forum, but from many others also.
It's a massive shame and I know I will get the "plenty travel that far for this show" but with there being plenty down here to attend plus the potential of DragonBall and JAE, it makes no sense to fork out circa £150 (fuel and tickets) just to get to a show. Add a B&B for the friday night that makes it about £200.
I won't be going now it has moved to Silverstone. If it had stayed at CC then I would have been there every year for the forseeable future. I've been to four in the last 6 years, the only two I missed were due to being deployed and leaving the army (on a course and moving house) and I planned to continue making it my "go to" big show of the year. I just can't warrant the excessive cost.