Event Production Show predicts high municipal events spend for Diamond Jubilee
Research conducted by the Event Production Show indicates spend on municipal events to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee could exceed the figures for this year's Royal Wedding.
A celebratory weekend of street parties and pageantry will mark the Diamond Jubilee, Saturday 2 to Tuesday 5 June 2012. An extended bank holiday is set to bolster UK leisure and tourism spending by a predicted £620m as schools and offices close for the four day break.
Some 22 per cent of attendees registered for the Event Production Show - taking place Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 February 2012 at London Olympia - represent a public body or local authority, compared to 13 per cent in November 2010 ahead of the 2012 show.
Plans are being mobilised from Scotland to Cornwall, as well as Commonwealth countries, with the highlight of the celebrations taking place on the afternoon of Sunday 3 June.
The Thames will be the backdrop for one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river as the Queen leads the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Both the Edinburgh Tattoo and the British Military Tournament will focus on the monarch’s 60th year.
There will also be a nationwide ‘Big Jubilee Lunch’ and a televised concert at Buckingham Palace on June 4, while 2,012 beacons will be lit across the UK to mark the occasion.
The Event Production Show, which runs alongside the inaugural UK Venue Show, will provide an insight into municipal planning for 2012 through speaker Tim Owen, events, filming and contingency planning commissioner for Westminster City Council. Owen will join the likes of Live Nation COO Music, John Probyn and Head of the Metropolitan Police Olympic and Paralympic venues planning team, Inspector Stuart Cornish, at the Access Sessions.
Bruno Peek, pageant master of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Beacons, said, "This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone, from the smallest community groups to the largest country estates to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime event.”
Sarah Brownlee, Event Manager of the Event Production Show said, “We have seen an early spike of registrations from representatives of public bodies, no doubt preparing for a summer of events headlined by the Diamond Jubilee. While the Royal Wedding was well received throughout the country, the Diamond Jubilee is another historic occasion which will be celebrated globally and local authorities are evidently keen to get their communities involved.”
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