Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure setting out the main recommendations from the Gloucester Culture Trust-commissioned Review of Festivals & Events in Gloucester and the implications for the City Council in terms of its contribution to the delivery of these recommendations.

RESOLVED that:

(1)       the Review of Festivals & Events in Gloucester be welcomed as a useful insight to further improve the cultural offer in the City and further its ambition to become City of Culture in 2025.

(2)       the City Council will join the Strategic Events Partnership to consider and, where appropriate, take forward the more detailed proposals outlined in the review.

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure that set out the main recommendations from the Gloucester Culture Trust-commissioned Review of Festivals & Events in Gloucester and the implications for the City Council in terms of its contribution to the delivery of these recommendations.

The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure drew Members’ attention to the city’s increasingly strong performance in delivering festivals and events and informed them that ticket sales for the History Festival were already almost twice those of last year.  The Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Strategy reminded Members that partnership working and continually refreshing the offer were essential to success and of the importance of the economic impact from festivals and events.  The Cabinet Member for the Regeneration and Economy commented that the progress made with festivals and events should be seen in the context of other improvements such as Project Pilgrim at the Cathedral, the Business Improvement District (BID) and the regeneration projects.

RESOLVED that:

(1)       the Review of Festivals & Events in Gloucester be welcomed as a useful insight to further improve the cultural offer in the City and further its ambition to become City of Culture in 2025.

(2)       the City Council will join the Strategic Events Partnership to consider and, where appropriate, take forward the more detailed proposals outlined in the review.