However, people should be aware that there is a risk in booking festival tickets for the summer, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi told the BBC on Thursday.
"With the Covid-19 public health emergency continuing to present a significant risk of cancellation or disruption, commercial insurers remain unable to offer this type of cover, or only at a cost that is unaffordable for many." "And 72% of AIF members have said that if they do not take place in 2021, they will require financial support to return in 2022."According to the AIF 22% of festivals it tracks are now taking place in September and October, up from 10% earlier in the year.
Ella Nosworthy, creative director at the Nozstock festival, said they would wait until the results of the government pilot in Liverpool to see whether they could get insurance so their festival could go ahead in July.Helen Kenny, a freelance stage and production manager, said that typically she would work on 25 to 30 festivals per year over a six-month period in the UK and Europe, including Boomtown.
"However, I'm totally aware that we are still in a pandemic and anything declared or planned could change at any time."
Good
Do the government get the profits if it goes ahead
Good. Plant more money trees. The bbc could fund them....... DefundTheBBC
because those behind them jump the gun, government clearly said again truss as is will start April/May but actual events Of certain dizes July onwards st best & ironically very few back the vaccine rollout with there patrons!?! 👀💭🤷♂️💭
We must not aid these concerts its counter intuitive to allow gatherings
The government are not interested in culture unless it’s got a tutu in it their old farts
Tough shit. DefundTheBBC
I understand that not everyone's priories are the same, and that, to these people, festivals are high up in their properties. However, you can't expect this to be high up in the government's priories right now.
Taxpayer bailout
Tough don’t use tax payers money for these over priced events