Businesses urged to support Hull's City of Music bid

MESSAGE SPREAD AT WEEKEND'S HUMBER STREET SESH FESTIVAL

- By TOM KEIGHLEY

BUSINESS leaders from across the region used the Humber Street Sesh stage to drum up support for the UNESCO City of Music bid.

The Hull Business Angels group was formed 12 years ago in support of the UK City of Culture campaign, and is now hoping to find similar success by securing a spot on the prestigious UNESCO list.

Members took to the stage of the recent Humber Street Sesh to mark the growth of the festival which this year attracted about 15,000 people. They also called for other businesses to join them in championing the bid, which was submitted earlier this year and if successful in 2027 will see the city join others such as Kingston, Jamaica, Seville and Bogotá.

Phil Withers, clients and markets manager at RSM UK in Hull and a member of the Local Visitor Economic Partnership advisory board, said: "We didn't want the impact that UK City of culture made to the city to wane when the circus left town and we have continued to do what we can since 2017.