Reading Festival has had to pay out almost £26,000 after health and safety problems.
The organisers of the Reading Festival have been fined following health and safety breaches at the event in 2006.
Reading Festival was ordered to pay a fine of £4,000 and costs of almost £22,000 in the case at Reading magistrates court, the BBC reported.
The proceedings started after a crane at the event ran into power lines, leading to two people being hurt.
Two workers were building a stage when an arm of their crane came into contact with the electric cables, throwing them from the vehicle.
Peter Greenfield, the deputy district judge on the case, told the BBC he thought it was "rather strange" that no precautions had been taken against the power lines.
"Luckily it wasn't as catastrophic as it might have been," he said.
Reading Borough Council added: "The council is satisfied the serious and overarching charges pleaded guilty to by Reading Festival Ltd today reflect the most serious aspects this case."
Complaints about sound quality followed this year's Reading Festival, with organisers blaming it on the weather.
Melvin Benn, head of the festival, told NME magazine that the music was louder than last year, but volumes varied due to the weather.
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