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Dateline: 16th July, 2010
Derry is City of Culture 2013 Derry~Londonderry is to be the first UK City of Culture in 2013, beating off opposition from Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield, the DCMS has announced. The win means that in 2013 Derry~Londonderry will play host to a year-long celebration of culture in the city, opening its doors to visitors from across the world. It is anticipated that people will come in their thousands to experience the city's cultural life. The City of Culture bid proposes a programme of celebration with an ambitious cultural programme leading up to and including 2013. The year will open with a spectacular Sons and Daughters event, a contemporary music and dance festival, an international festival of contemporary visual art events, cultural embassies programme, verbal arts programmes, and an outdoor water based spectacular pageant on the River Foyle celebrating the return of Colmcille. The full cultural programme will be finalised by November 2011. Cultural Champions including Seamus Heaney and Feargal Sharkey will help bring culture to every citizen in the City and to a wider international audience. The city’s promise for 2013 is to connect and reconnect people through culture. Mayor of Derry, Cllr Colum Eastwood, says that the city’s success will have a massive impact on the people and economy of the city and paid tribute to everyone who played a part in the winning campaign. "As First Citizen I am privileged to be in a position where I have had an insight into the massive amount of work that has gone into this successful bid. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the agencies, organisations and individuals from our cultural champions to our citizens who have helped with the bid. No job has been too big. No request has been denied. No task too great or too small. In keeping with the message of our bid, whenever anyone was asked for their assistance, they ‘Just Said Yes” across the city, the region and beyond." The city has plans to invest more than £200m in its infrastructure to create a national cultural treasure at Ebrington and pursue World Heritage Status for the City Walls. The year of culture will ultimately create over 3,000 jobs, double visitor numbers and reach out to communities across Northern Ireland, the UK, RoI and the nine million Diaspora worldwide.
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