St Pauls Carnival 2015 - September date tbc

[DaveCinzano]

Moving it from July was a shit idea weather wise anyway

Not really, it's happened before and it was fine - not ideal but doable.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Organiser said on BBC Points West that it's down to costs of litter clearance - estimated at up to £25k this year.

So Bristol City Council can afford to pay Playing Out almost £100k to shut down a few streets in Bristol's posh bits so Jocasta and her kids can pose for some pics in an empty street for Bristol Post.

But it can't support a festival that attracts ten of thousands of people to a part of Bristol that could really do with the income.

Nothing to do with the fact that the mayor's daughter owns Playing Out?

Or that the residents of St Pauls have been making life very awkward for the red trousered ghoosk recently over the introduction of residents parking zones?

Plus A&SC has a habit of threatening individual committee members with criminal charges should anyone attending Carnival get hurt for whatever reason.

 

[BlackArab]

Event mgt issues more than anything, Ferguson had little to do with this. Yo're right DC especially since the Love Parade disaster, they won't take chances anymore.

 

[ska invita]

Yo're right DC especially since the Love Parade disaster, they won't take chances anymore.

What happened with Love Parade BA?

 

[BlackArab]

What happened with Love Parade BA?

It's the one most authorities, event managers etc lose sleep over since

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Parade_disaster

 

[JTG]

Event mgt issues more than anything, Ferguson had little to do with this. Yo're right DC especially since the Love Parade disaster, they won't take chances anymore.

Yep. It's just too expensive to run with the numbers that turn up.

 

[ska invita]

Yep. It's just too expensive to run with the numbers that turn up.

"Organiser said on BBC Points West that it's down to costs of litter clearance - estimated at up to £25k this year."

 

[JTG]

"Organiser said on BBC Points West that it's down to costs of litter clearance - estimated at up to £25k this year."

That's as maybe, I've spoken to people though

 

[ska invita]

That's as maybe, I've spoken to people though

And what did you glean?

 

[JTG]

And what did you glean?

More than I'm allowed to say

 

[ska invita]

More than I'm allowed to say

 

[fizzerbird]

So is it happening or not?

Im confused?

 

[ska invita]

So is it happening or not?

Im confused?

No, sadly not

 

[fizzerbird]

No, sadly not

oh, well thats just a huge crock of shit then...

 

[William of Walworth]

Maybe it'll all get revived for 2016, you have to hope?

 

[ska invita]

Maybe it'll all get revived for 2016, you have to hope?

it has skipped years before....

 

[big eejit]

Meeting today at Malcolm X