A festival to celebrate the life of Caroline Flack was the perfect way to mark the legacy of the presenter’s life, a friend has said.
Anna Blue helped organise the Flackstock Festival, which saw singers and celebrities come together to remember the Love Island presenter in the wake of her suicide two years ago.
The event for Caroline, who tragically died aged 40 in 2020, also raised money for mental health charities, attracted thousands of guests.
Speaking about why Caroline’s friends wanted to put on the event, Anna told GB News: “We were left with such a difficult end for her. And everyone wanted to put a different full stop on things and to try and to say and show how much we loved her. She was incredible, vibrant, joyous.”
She continued: “We wanted to hold an event that celebrated the fact that it is OK to be open and talk about mental health. The elephant in the room became the way her life ended. And nobody wanted that to be her legacy. She was very, very close to the charities we were raising funds for, so doing something for them in her name was the perfect way to say goodbye."
Anna also recalled the time of Caroline’s death was during Covid-19, meaning friends weren’t able to get together after her funeral.
She went on: “She had a lot of friends and we all wanted to get together to create something special which, in the end, was what we were able to do.”
Caroline’s close friends, family and colleagues will feature in an upcoming special about the making of Flackstock Festival.
Held at Englefield House on 25 July, the one-off festival was organised by Flack’s loved ones in her honour after she died in 2020.
In a bid to raise awareness of mental health issues, celebrity performers including Ronan Keating and Tom Grennan took to the stage at the event for live music and comedy.
The Masked Singer star Joel Dommett, and Keith Lemon, as well as Fleur East, Professor Green, Natalie Imbruglia, and Dermot O’Leary were among those in the line-up as well as Caroline’s close friend and singer Olly Murs who also took to the stage.
Celebrity guests also attended including Rylan Clark and former Love Island star Jack Fincham.
Caroline’s best friend and writer Dawn O’Porter shared the trailer of the upcoming documentary about the festival, which premieres on Sunday 28 August on Sky Max.
She penned: “We made a documentary about the making of Flackstock.
“The whole thing was an absolute whirlwind of laughs and crying and stress and joy and every single other emotion on the planet. I’m so glad we did it.
"I’m so proud of all the people who made it happen and so grateful to everyone who performed and came. You can watch it at 7.30pm, Sunday 28th August. Sky Max and Showcase. Please do. It’s amazing what friendship can create. I miss you Caroline.”
To watch GB News, find it on Sky on channel 515, Freeview channel 236 and Virgin Media channel 626. It can also be viewed on Freesat channel 216 and YouView channel 236.
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