Thank you for having your say on Ramadan Nights Lakemba – 2025 event changes.

We engaged on the below proposed changes for the event in 2025:

• Change 1: A reduction in the number of days of the week the event runs, from seven days to four days, Thursday-Sunday.
• Change 2: The renaming and rebranding of the event to ‘Lakemba Nights’.
• Change 3: A revised stallholder layout with stalls to be relocated from the footpaths onto the roads.
• Change 4: An adjustment to stallholder fees to $600 per night in 2025 to be paid directly to Council.

Here is a summary of the key findings from community feedback:

• Change 1: Mixed feedback on the reduction of days.
• Change 2: The majority do not support the name change.
• Change 3: Mixed feedback on the layout change and range of other stallholder issues raised.
• Change 4: 50% supported or partially supported the fee adjustment, 50% did not support the fee adjustment. Of those that identified as businesses and/or stallholders, 18% did not support the change.

The full engagement report can be viewed in the document library below, see Ramadan Nights Lakemba – 2025 Event Changes – Community Engagement Report.

This feedback and other event matters related were discussed at the 26 November 2024 ordinary council meeting.

In relation to the four changes above Council is:

• Proceeding with the reduction in the number of days of the week the event runs, from seven days to four days, Thursday-Sunday.
• Maintaining ‘Ramadan’ in the event name. The event will be named, ‘Lakemba Nights during Ramadan’.
• Proceeding with the revised stallholder layout with stalls to be relocated from the footpaths onto the roads.
• Endorsing the recommended stallholder fees of $600 per night in 2025 to be paid directly to Council.

For further details, please see the 26 November 2024 meeting agenda and minutes, item 9.2, in the document library below. These documents address the event changes and other matters related to the event.