Crowd at Music in the Park Leyland’s Music in the Park event will return to Worden Park in 2024 after South Ribble Borough Council committed to covering t
Leyland’s Music in the Park event will return to Worden Park in 2024 after South Ribble Borough Council committed to covering the cost of the show for a third year.
Labour council leader Paul Foster said that council taxpayers had not paid a penny towards either of the events, because they had been funded by a government Covid recovery grant awarded to the authority. “Anyone that goes into Leyland, Penwortham or Bamber Bridge and sees how busy the whole borough is that weekend, [will see] how that is aiding our business recovery,” he said.However, Liberal Democrat group leader David Howarth asked “at what cost” the event was really coming.
“I’m presuming that we’re being told…that ‘80s cheesy pop is what everybody is going to turn up [for]. By all means book headline acts, but then why are we not giving a platform to local talent as opening acts? “We have seen no plan of how you are [intending] to make this more profitable. Whilst this is a money pit, then we can’t seriously agree to signing up to this all the way to 2027,” Cllr King said.Cllr Foster responded that members were being asked to approve the budget only for next year’s event – and that financing for future years would have to be agreed annually.
“This does not seem right and I would question this current contracting model and ticket price strategy,” Cllr Turner said.
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