All posts belonging to the Association of Independent Festivals tag can be found in the list below.
Over 100 festivals in the UK have committed to tackling sexual violence at events, including Reading and Leeds, Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters and Parklife. Some 105 festivals have committed to The As...
Tags: Association of Independent Festivals, Boardmasters, Isle of Wight, Reading & Leeds Festival, Safer SpacesUK Music chief executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has said he will keep the pressure on the UK Government over the proposed VAT rise on tickets in April, after Chancellor Rishi Sunak (pictured) failed to a...
Tags: AIF, Association of Independent Festivals, Chancellor, UK Music, VATAssociation of Independent Festivals chief executive Paul Reed (pictured) has warned of the “perfect storm” of ending VAT relief, Brexit, the supply chain crisis and worker shortages for UK festiv...
Tags: AIF, Association of Independent Festivals, Costs, Festivals, Government, Staffing, UKFestival organisers are reporting sold out events after the government revealed its roadmap out of lockdown in England this week, despite a lack of cancellation support. Reading and Leeds Festival...
Tags: Association of Independent Festivals, Festivals, insurance, SalesIndependent festivals in the UK have received £4.5m of government funding as part of the Culture Recovery Fund, with 71 per cent of applicants being successful. The Association of Independent Fest...
Tags: AIF, Association of Independent Festivals, Covid-19, Festivals, Funding, Independent FestivalsThe Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has warned that the UK could face an independent festival “wasteland” in 2021 without further targeted government action. A recent member survey h...
Tags: AIF, Association of Independent Festivals, Festivals, UKPaul Reed, the chief executive of the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), has criticised the government’s response to the DCMS select committee's report into live music. The government la...
Tags: AIF, Association of Independent Festivals, CMA, Competition, DCMS, Live Nation
