Swansea 50 - post celebrations thank you event

The 48th event in our series to celebrate Swansea becoming a city, was in fact a thank you party for all those volunteers who made the events happen and run effectively over the last six months.

The City's events programme has grown in recent years and now attracts in excess of half a million people each year. Visitors to our events add a significant boost to the local economy estimated as being in the region of £20 million each year.

Events include the Wales Air Show, attracting over 250,000 people, the November 5th Fireworks Display, concerts in Singleton Park including the 35,000 who saw the Stereophonics there this summer, the Swansea Special Festival involving over 400 adults and children from all over Wales and which celebrates its 40th year in 2020, the 10k races and of course the Christmas Parade.

All of these events involve volunteers, helping with first aid, stewarding, commenting on the 10k or patrolling Swansea Bay during the air show amongst many other activities. So it was an honour to welcome many of them to the Mansion House tonight to thank them for their work.

As is usual with these events food and wine was laid on and we listened and learned more about the individuals, their organisations and their work. It was a good evening.