£10k Douglas Summer beach festival gets green light

Thursday, 20 April 2023 08:05

By Local Democracy Reporter - Emma Draper

A summer beach festival has been given the go ahead by Douglas Council.

The local authority has allocated £10,000 for the event and it will be held on 1 July.

However at the council’s meeting on 12 April, some councillors were against the idea as they felt the cost was ‘considerable’ for a one-off, one day, event.

Councillor Stephen Pitts described the spending as a ‘waste of money’ and the money should be spent instead on a wheelchair swing for Nobles Park.

However Deputy Mayor Natalie Byron said the beach is currently ‘under utilised’:

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