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Following his resignation from the Gordon’s Bay Business Forum, former chairperson Gordon Burnham-King felt it necessary to “clear the air” after an investigation report was made public, shedding light on the failed Winter Wonderland Festival.

As the dust settles following a failed Winter Wonderland Festival, an investigation revealed some of the lesser known details behind the unsuccessful planning of the annual event.

The Winter Wonderland Festival debacle has taken yet another turn, after the Gordon’s Bay Business Forum (GBBF) appointed a law firm to provide legal advice to its members, some of whom were heavily affected by the cancellation of the festival by org

Today (Wednesday 16 August) will be exactly 19 days since the Winter Wonderland Festival in Gordon’s Bay was cancelled because no permits had been issued by the City of Cape Town, and not on account of “incoming flash-floods”, as originally claimed b

The abrupt and premature shutting down of the Winter Wonderland Festival in Gordon’s Bay over the past weekend has been blamed by organisers on the inclement weather, but according to the City of Cape Town the event wasn’t even permitted to proceed in the first place.

Controversy surrounds the much-anticipated Winter Wonderland festival – heralded as one of the biggest in the Helderberg, but which now hangs in the balance following confirmation by the City of Cape Town that no permits had been issued and the event was not permitted to continue. This was on Monday 24 July, just days before the festival was scheduled to begin on Thursday (27 July) on Main and Bikini Beach in Gordon’s Bay.