Hull approves five-year culture strategy

Hull City Council has approved a five-year culture and heritage strategy, which includes bidding to be a Unesco Creative City of Music.

The council says that the strategy, covering the period from 2025 to 2030, will support Hull’s reputation as “one of the world’s most progressive cities in community-led culture and heritage”.

As well as becoming a leader in this sphere, the ambitions set out in the strategy include raising Hull’s profile through national and international partnerships, and developing city-wide strategic programming and networks.

Rob Pritchard, the council’s portfolio holder for culture and leisure, said: “I’m pleased the culture and heritage strategy has been approved by the council’s cabinet. The plan is far-reaching and offers the city a real direction in which to move our cultural scene forward, taking the community with us.”

Head of culture, Kath Wynne-Hague, said the strategy would allow the city to take forward plans “to make Hull a global leader and a forward-thinking place to make and experience quality music”.

Hull will submit a full application to be a Unesco Creative City of Music in the new year, alongside publishing the first five-year Music Plan for Hull.

The strategy will be formally launched as part of a cultural conference in March 2025.