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Southport Air Show 2021 cancelled for second year in a row
Despite much planning, council says keeping people safe must be priority
13:34, 8 APR 2021
Updated
The 2021 Southport Air Show has been cancelled due to coronavirus for a second year running.
Sefton Council says it has made the difficult decision due to “continued uncertainty over large scale events”.
The news comes after the local authority announced the town’s Flower Show – the biggest in the UK – would also not be going ahead.
Both cancellations are a huge blow for the town, with each event bringing in thousands of visitors from across the country and generating millions of pounds for the local economy.
Both Blackpool and Southport airshows have been called-off amidst uncertainty over the staging of mass events. Blackpool s free event, which attracts up to 100,000 visitors every year, was due to be staged on the Tower Festival Headland on the seafront over the weekend of August 7 and 8. Event organisers, Visit Blackpool, said that despite the gradual easing of lockdown measures and the progress made on vaccinations, there is still too much uncertainty relating to the staging of mass events during the summer months. Cabinet Member for Tourism and Culture for Blackpool Council, Cllr Gillian Campbell, said: “This has been an extremely difficult decision to make, but throughout this pandemic our primary focus has been on protecting residents and visitors.
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