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Events and Festivals - SummerTimes, 1995/1996
SummerTimes is an annual festival of free outdoor entertainment that is organised and managed by the Christchurch City Council. This festival consists of a wide variety of events which have taken place between the 31st December and the last week in February each year. Over the last six years the festival has grown both in size and popularity and now extends into March.
The 1995-1996 SummerTimes Festival Survey[41] commissioned by the Christchurch City Council showed that as in previous years, this year’s festival attracted large numbers of residents. For example, it is estimated that nearly 120,000 residents attended the Southpower Classical Sparks concert. While between 34,000 and 36,000 people attended the Teddy Bears Picnic, the Candlelight Opera, the Adventures of Robin Hood and Summer Rock (Table 1.19).
| Table 1.19 Number of People Who Attended the SummerTimes Festival | |||
Main Events of the SummerTimes Festival |
Estimated Attendance Christchurch Residents 1994-1995* |
Estimated Attendance Christchurch Residents 1995-1996* |
|
| New Year’s Eve Party | 24,196 |
20,882 |
|
| Teddy Bears Picnic | 33,126 |
34,028 |
|
| Candlelight Opera | 34,273 |
35,734 |
|
| Summer Shakespeare (94/95) Robin Hood (95/96) |
22,468 - |
- 34,234 |
|
| Summer Rock | 58,763 |
34,234 |
|
| Valentines Day Dance | 7,201 |
14,205 |
|
| Mellow Yellow Sixties Concert
(94/95) Strawberry Fields (95/96) |
13,826 - |
- 16,146 |
|
| Classical Sparks | 72,590 |
119,067 |
|
| *Excludes visitors to Christchurch City | |||
| Source: Christchurch City
Council, 1995-1996 SummerTimes Festival Survey |
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Those surveyed as part of the 1995-1996 SummerTimes Festival Survey, were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with a number of statements relating to the SummerTimes Festival in order to provide a measure of attitudes towards the Festival. Overall, residents were very positive about the festival and its value to the community. The results showed that nearly 98 percent of respondents believed that the SummerTimes Festival makes a valuable contribution to entertainment in Christchurch. Most (80 percent) thought that the Festival makes Christchurch a better place to live. While over three quarters (79 percent) of those surveyed indicated that the Festival makes them feel proud to live in Christchurch.