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Council hears update on Festival at the Switchyard; contract rebid underway

3491756 · January 21, 2025
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City staff briefed council on the Festival at the Switchyard history, production process, costs and vendor/sponsorship approach. Staff said the city is rebidding production services and will return to council with a contract soon.

Kelly Lewis, Carrollton marketing director, briefed City Council on Jan. 21 on the city’s signature event, the Festival at the Switchyard, providing a history of the festival, a summary of entertainment-selection and production practices, budgeting pressures and next steps for contracting.

Lewis said the festival began in fall 2010 as a city-produced downtown signature event and that last year marked the 14th annual festival (one year omitted because of COVID). She described the performer-selection process as working with a contracted production company to create lists of…

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