Accrington Web - View Single Post

Leon Kelly · 23-11-2011, 19:37

Ok people few questions for me to answer -

1. Christmas Markets etc, The German Market was asked to come to Accrington, Think that you need to realise is that Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham are all cities, they will not come to Accrington due to the size and also expected turn out, In some regards the council have to pay for this market traders to come into the town, which sounds ludcrious.

2. Budget wise, Ill have to speak to the powers that be before i post anything on here re how much budget their is, However trust me as i worked with it for the past 3 months, The council do not waste money on this event, they have to work to a tight budget as the goverment controls it, so unfortunatley the funds do not cover for some huge huge celebs and turning the event into a full weekend event.

3. This year was my first year and i have seen just how hard it is to run an event that everyone enjoys and your always not going to please anyone, however its a learning curve and weve learned things for next year.

I hope this answers few things, Budget wise what you need to take into consideration, Road Closures are £1500.00, Licenses, Fireworks, Staging, Speaker Systems, Talent on Stage, Security, Police all invisibles that dont get seen, so please do not be thinking that this is a huge budget as it is not

23-11-2011, 19:37	#81
Leon Kelly Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 57 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Christmas Shopping Fireworks Ok people few questions for me to answer - 1. Christmas Markets etc, The German Market was asked to come to Accrington, Think that you need to realise is that Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham are all cities, they will not come to Accrington due to the size and also expected turn out, In some regards the council have to pay for this market traders to come into the town, which sounds ludcrious. 2. Budget wise, Ill have to speak to the powers that be before i post anything on here re how much budget their is, However trust me as i worked with it for the past 3 months, The council do not waste money on this event, they have to work to a tight budget as the goverment controls it, so unfortunatley the funds do not cover for some huge huge celebs and turning the event into a full weekend event. 3. This year was my first year and i have seen just how hard it is to run an event that everyone enjoys and your always not going to please anyone, however its a learning curve and weve learned things for next year. I hope this answers few things, Budget wise what you need to take into consideration, Road Closures are £1500.00, Licenses, Fireworks, Staging, Speaker Systems, Talent on Stage, Security, Police all invisibles that dont get seen, so please do not be thinking that this is a huge budget as it is not