Post by andypspotter on Apr 8, 2021 18:55:33 GMT
The 2021 Southport Air Show will not take place this year due to continued uncertainty over large scale events.
Sefton Council has made the difficult decision to cancel the popular Southport Air Show, which was set to take place in July, despite months of hard work and planning by the authorityโs Tourism team and partners.
While this decision has not been taken lightly, we know that thousands of people visit to see our air show and Sefton Council continues to put the safety and wellbeing of our communities and visitors first throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Owing to the large scale of planning and preparations required for an event as large as Southport Air Show, work began in late 2020 with the aim of delivering the spectacular and jaw dropping weekend of aerial displays that is an icon of Southportโs events calendar.
A number of factors have been considered in the decision, including safety of visitors and staff as well as the availability and quality of aircraft available.
๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
A spokesperson for Sefton Council said: โThe decision to cancel The Air Show has not been taken lightly.
โKeeping our visitors, communities, staff and partners safe remains paramount and is just one of a number of factors being at the forefront of this decision.
โAt this time there is no certainty that the event would be allowed to take place on the scale that such an iconic event deserves.
โWe have also taken the decision to delay the Southport Food & Drink Festival until later this year and will confirm a new date as soon as we can.
โWhile this is disappointing news to us all, we continue to do everything we can to bring incredible and amazing events back to our borough and we are working hard towards hosting the British Musical Fireworks Championship (September 24 to September 26) and a rearranged Southport Food and Drink Festival at Victoria Park, Southport.โ
www.southportairshow.com
Sefton Council has made the difficult decision to cancel the popular Southport Air Show, which was set to take place in July, despite months of hard work and planning by the authorityโs Tourism team and partners.
While this decision has not been taken lightly, we know that thousands of people visit to see our air show and Sefton Council continues to put the safety and wellbeing of our communities and visitors first throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Owing to the large scale of planning and preparations required for an event as large as Southport Air Show, work began in late 2020 with the aim of delivering the spectacular and jaw dropping weekend of aerial displays that is an icon of Southportโs events calendar.
A number of factors have been considered in the decision, including safety of visitors and staff as well as the availability and quality of aircraft available.
๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
A spokesperson for Sefton Council said: โThe decision to cancel The Air Show has not been taken lightly.
โKeeping our visitors, communities, staff and partners safe remains paramount and is just one of a number of factors being at the forefront of this decision.
โAt this time there is no certainty that the event would be allowed to take place on the scale that such an iconic event deserves.
โWe have also taken the decision to delay the Southport Food & Drink Festival until later this year and will confirm a new date as soon as we can.
โWhile this is disappointing news to us all, we continue to do everything we can to bring incredible and amazing events back to our borough and we are working hard towards hosting the British Musical Fireworks Championship (September 24 to September 26) and a rearranged Southport Food and Drink Festival at Victoria Park, Southport.โ
www.southportairshow.com