Argyll and Bute Council HOMECOMING 2009: Economic Impact Assessment
Day Overnight Total Month Organisation Event Visitors Visitors Econ. Impact
January Oban Hogmanay Oban Hogmanay Street Party 7000 no figures£ 575,000.00
February Lochgoilhead Burns Club 50th Burns Supper 43 42£ 1,150.00
March NO EVENTS Q1 sub-total 7043 42£ 576,150.00
April Isle of Bute Jazz Festival Festival 2009 396 1491£ 67,127.00 Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival Music and Dance Festival 3000 0£ 2,500.00
May Mull of Kintyre Pipe Band Championship CANCELLED Sandbank Community Development Trust Homecoming Celebration 375 42£ 59,573.00 Helensburgh Dorian Choir Music Concert 300 0£ 2,650.00 Whisky Coast Spirit of the West Friends of the Victoria Hall Helensburgh and Lomond Homecoming Inveraray Marketing Group Bluebell Festival no figures 1100£ 363,000.00
June Helensburgh Bi-Centenary Pipe Band and Highland Dancing Pipe Band and Highland Dancing Championship 4000 1000£ 409,820.00 Gigha Music Festival Society Gigha Music Festival 100 120£ 28,858.00 Oban and Lorn Tourism Association CANCELLED Q2 sub-total 8171 3753£ 933,528.00
July Tarbert Festivals Committee Tarbert Seafood Festival 1300 2700£ 330,692.00 Cantilena on Islay Homecoming Music 158 142£ 69,598.00 Rotary Club of Dunoon CANCELLED MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust The Hidden Jewel 263 412£ 30,973.00
August Artmap Argyll Argyll Open Studio Event 564 636£ 13,396.00 Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mor Lismore Homecoming 83 672£ 14,760.00 Mull of Kintyre Music and Arts Association Music and Arts Festival 7400 2250£ 1,680,025.87 Feis Cheann Loch Goibhie Slighe Chaluim Chille Ceilidh Trail 275 122£ 36,989.00 Colintraive Village Heritage Exhibition Exhibition 634 806£ 136,704.00 September Assembly Direct Islay Jazz Festival 412 1058£ 85,290.00 Iomairt Chille Chomain Westering Home 700 100£ 9,800.00 Camanachd Association Camanachd Homecoming Cup Final 2009 1420 580£ 133,120.00 Tarbert Music Festival Music Festival Cowal Open Studios Open Studios in Cowal Area 2185 no figures£ 17,684.50 Step Up Project/Discover Bute Landscapes Scheme Island Time Bridge Bute, Sons and Daughters Isle of Bute Homecoming 2009 103 120£ 10,560.00 An Tobar Tobermory Miniature Concert Series 226 92£ 41,367.00 Mull Theatre Westering Home 0 1987£ 24,980.40 Q3 sub-total 15723 11677£ 2,635,939.77
October Cowal Walking Festival Cowalfest 8871 327£ 140,175.00 Royal National Mod National Mod - Oban 2009 525 7905£ 2,264,063.00 Argyll Rhapsody Teenage Argyll and Bute Culture Rosneath Highland Games Rosneath Peninsula, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
November Paragraph Publishing Limited Whisky Experience - Oban 31 12£ 6,638.00
December Kilmartin House Museum Homecoming Kilmichael and Kilmartin 1500 13469£ 1,012,799.00 Q4 sub-total 10927 21713£ 3,423,675.00
ANNUAL TOTALS 41864 37185 £ 7,569,292.77