Tickets for residents of Glen Innes for the Australian Celtic Fesitval go on sale on Thursday this week.
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Apart from people who live in the town, visiting friends and relatives and residents of New England are also able to buy tickets.
The council says: “All residents of Glen Innes are eligible for a $25 weekend pass; Any guests of residents of Glen Innes are eligible for a Visiting Friends and Relatives Pass ($35 weekend pass).”
“New England Residents are also encouraged to purchase a Sunday Only ticket for a discounted price on the Sunday of the Festival for $20.”
The council says that a standard weekend pass for visitors is normally $60 so these special passes on early sale represent “a significant saving”. School age children go free.
The range of offers come as the Celtic Festival shakes up its organizing personnel, with Navanka Fletcher appointed as a new coordinator.
She indicated before getting the job that she thought an effort should be made to attract younger people.
In a council report last year, the economics was spelt out: “The 2018 Festival income is expected to raise $117,850 which includes ticket sales of $85,000, trader site fees of $10,000, and sponsorship of $20,000.
“Expenditure is calculated at $134,700 which includes site fees of $7,700, hire of sound and lighting at $25,000, hire of site structures at $25,000, entertainment $40,000, accommodation $3,000, marketing $10,500, insurance $2,000, honoured guests, and other costs such as telephone expenses.
“Council’s contribution totals $81,319 which includes administration and casual staff salaries and wages of $51,319, Parks and Recreation and Infrastructure Services staff salaries and wages of $25,510, and an allocation of $4,490 for general and miscellaneous expenditure.”
The council argues that the thousands who come to Glen Innes spend in the town and so bump up the economy.
