A Rio street band and a fleet of fantasy cars are just some of the highlights of this year’s Bury Lions Carnival, set to take place on 12th June.
The Carnival will have a ‘Made in Bury’ theme, celebrating all things from the borough, and anyone interested is invited to come and take part in both the Parade and the Gala.
The Parade, which starts at 11am on Market Street and will feature a stunning acrobatic centre-piece, costs £10 for non commercial vehicles and £20 for commercial. Vehicles of any description are permitted as long as they are road legal and correctly insured.
Stalls for displays and exhibitions at the Gala, sited at Trinity Street Car Park and Market Street, are priced at £10 for non-commercial organisations and £20 for commercial. Throughout the day the Gala site will have stalls, displays, dancing, and a children’s funfair.
Anyone interested in taking part should contact Bury Lions Carnival Chairman Scott Richardson on 07746 180208 or burylionsclub@hotmail.co.uk.
Scott Richardson said: “Bury has hosted an annual carnival for over 100 years, and we’re hoping to make our 2010 celebration the best yet. For small fee anyone can come and take part in either the gala or the parade – for which we have some breathtaking floats that should not be missed.”
Councillor Bob Bibby, Leader of Bury Council and Chair of the Local Strategic Partnership, said: “This year heralds the start of an exciting new chapter for Bury, with a huge redevelopment of the town centre set to complete in the summer. With our ‘Made in Bury’ campaign proving a great success so far, this year’s Carnival should be a fantastic occasion.”
The ‘Made in Bury’ campaign, launched in 2009, has been supported by many high profile celebrities from the borough. These include director Danny Boyle, whose films include ‘Trainspotting’ ‘The Beach’ and the muti Oscar winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire, internationally acclaimed rock band Elbow, and Gold medal-winning paralympic athlete Zoe Robinson.
Already home to a world-famous market, Bury town centre will see two major developments completed in the next 12 months – the £80m AskBury mixed-use Townside scheme and The Rock, a 1.6m sq ft retail, leisure and residential scheme including 400 apartments, and anchor tenants Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, and a10-screen cinema.
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For more information please contact: Ellie Langton in Bury Council’s Corporate Communications Team on 0161 253 5394 or email e.langton@bury.gov.uk
Notes to Editors:
- The face of Bury Town Centre is being transformed by significant regeneration and redevelopment programmes.
- The £350m Rock development will add flagship stores, new cafés and restaurants to the town centre creating a cosmopolitan feel. The development will also include a new cinema, bowling alley and nearly 400 residential apartments.
- The Knowsley Place Development features a new hotel to cater for visitors and business commuters, a state of the art medical facility and brand new office space.
- The Chamberhall development will provide major new accommodation for knowledge economy employment in the north of Greater Manchester.
The Bury Lions Club is part of Lions Club International and is the largest voluntary organisation in the world with 1.3 million members in more than 46,000 clubs in 202 countries worldwide.
The Bury Lions club was formed in 1967 by local businessmen and friends and was created to serve the need that was felt by many in the Bury area. The established annual carnival has taken place since the turn of the century, but was recreated in its current form in the 1970′s when the Bury Lions took over.
In 1990 The International Association of Lions Clubs started a campaign called SightFirst. Their aim is to prevent 40 million cases of blindness worldwide. To date over $148 million has been raised by Lions all over the world for this programme. Over the last three years Lions Worldwide raised an additional $200million towards ‘Campaign SightFirst II’.
For further information go to: www.burylionsclub.org.uk
