A display at this year's show
Lowestoft airshow to take place in 2012
Thursday, September 22, 2011
12:48 AM
Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival will take place next summer, it was confirmed on Wednesday evening.
The two-day festival, which annually attracts hundreds of thousands of people to seafront, will be held on Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24.
The announcement was made during a meeting at Lowestoft’s Hotel Victoria, where festival managing director Paul Bayfield revealed next year’s event was “genuinely the closest to being cancelled or postponed that he had known”.
Mr Bayfield said: “The problem is that we were really facing the unknown, with the month and days of the week on which the airshow is planned to be held in 2012 having to be change due to the impact of the London Olympics.
“The event has never been staged in Lowestoft on a weekend, or in June...but we hope to attract a new audience...”
As well as seeking sponsorship, the company will also concentrate on underwritten guarantees or risk bonds for funding should poor attendances due to bad weather result in the festival not being able to pay all its bill.
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6 comments
this was my first time at the show with my family and we all paid but was suprised by how many people didn't, suggest a small charge for everyone entering the show for the benifit of lowestoft and the local people and economy. something of this magnitude for the local economy should not be in doubt when you have such a large attendance figure.
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kevin
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Sounds a great idea, I've always missed it due to being at work
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Localyocal
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Great news i always pay my way for it as its a fantastic show. It might even gain more people being on a weekend all be it that its more expensive to hold it on a weekend. Also if it changes back to normal after next year please bring it back to july as the weather is better than what it is in august with the past 2 years being terrible for weather please return it back to july as in the entire history we only had 2 wet days and since they changed it to august its been nothing but cool or wet.
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vinny.p
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Nice sentiments and have paid every time I go... but I suspect some corporate companies who will benefit are in that take, take society. Thats the problem when you offer a "free" show.
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woollyjumper
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Agree with Nigel, if you go, pay a few pounds to keep it viable.
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Abraham
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Anyone who attends and does not make a contribution should be ashamed of themselves. They are an example of todays take take take society.
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NigelS
Thursday, September 22, 2011