Eleventh Night Children’s Festival at Galgorm cancelled due to tyres issue

AFTER four very successful Children’s Festivals at Galgorm on the Eleventh Night, it has been confirmed that the 2012 event has had to be cancelled.

Jackie Stewart, Chairman of Gracehill and Galgorm Community Association which organises the festival in conjunction with Gracehill Village Committee, said: “Unfortunately, we had some difficulty last year in receiving our grant from the Council due to tyres on the bonfire. This year the Council has again stipulated that there should be no tyres.

“As we could not afford to put on a festival with our own resources, it was too much of a risk to organise one in the hope that we could persuade the bonfire organisers do without tyres.”