After discussions with businesses on St Marks Road and the local community the Grand Iftar organisers in Bristol have decided to make this year’s event invite-only with capacity for 150 people. They will provide food for 500 people but due to concerns over the rising number of Covid cases and potential for a dense crowd in the street, they have decided to further restrict the number of people attending the Iftar itself.
The Grand Iftar has always been an event that has brought diverse sections of Bristol together, and pre-covid in 2019 it attracted thousands of people to break fast together. In order for this year’s scaled back event to reflect that diversity, they felt it more sensible to invite people who could represent various communities across Bristol.
Organisers will be inviting a selection of people from Easton, Lawrence Weston and South Bristol as well as community leaders from across the city. The event will remain free and be completely volunteer-led and will include speeches as it has done in previous years.
