Support for Afro-Pfingsten
The Winterthur City Council is applying to conclude a subsidy agreement with the Afro-Pfingsten Festival: The city will contribute 50,000 francs to the festival. In addition, the organizers are to be waived CHF 35,000 in fees.
The multi-year subsidy will enable greater planning security and ensure equal treatment with other major events, writes the city of Winterthur.
After "organizationally eventful years", the association einewelt.ch has been responsible for running the festival since 2016. Under its aegis, the event has consolidated over the past two years. With the exception of 2016, the city of Winterthur has supported the Afro-Pfingsten event on a project basis in recent years. With the subsidy agreement, the city wants to meet the organizers' wish for more planning security.
The subsidy agreement is limited until December 2022 and can be extended by the City Council for a further two years.
