Dissolution
The second Strange Fruit Festival, held at Bush Hall, London, saw Strange Fruit come to an end. Reasons for Strange Fruit's end remain unclear, and there is suspicion that there were internal pressures within the Collective. Paul Haswell has gone on record to state that the organisation simply ran out of money however, which is possible given that the Collective typically gave all of an event's profits to bands, and paid for losses out of their own pockets.
After Strange Fruit finished, the Strange Fruit Collective ceased to put on shows and disbanded. Julia Boyce organised a series of events in Scotland, and Paul Haswell, Clare Best and Nichola Halliday set up the unorthodox club night Crimes Against Pop at The Buffalo Bar in Islington, with a number of DJs who had played guest slots at Strange Fruit nights. Crimes Against Pop still runs to this day. Whilst the return of Strange Fruit has never formally been ruled out by the collective, it now seems unlikely.
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