All posts belonging to the DCMS tag can be found in the list below.
Newly published festival guidance around Covid-19 has been rolled out to assist industry parties in assessing risk levels and planning festivals based on a “flexible, pragmatic and realistic approac...
Tags: AFO, AIF, Covid-19, DCMS, Festivals, GuidanceThe UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has revealed that pilot sporting events held in England this month will be restricted to 1,000 spectators amid a rise in the numbe...
Tags: Covid-19, DCMS, Pilot Events, SportCultural Recovery Package The UK government has announced that the first tranche of funding from its £1.57bn (€1.72bn/$2.02bn) cultural recovery package will be used to save around 150 grassroot...
Tags: Arts Council England, Back to Live, Covid-19, Cultural Recovery Package, DCMS, Music Venues Trust, Semmel ConcertsThe UK government has been accused of failing to recognise the impact COVID-19 has had on culture, sport and tourism, according to a wide-ranging Parliamentary report. The Digital, Culture, Media a...
Tags: Culture, DCMS, DCMS Committee, Music, UK, UK MusicThe plan to reopen theatres and venues in England to socially distanced audiences in August has been criticised by some in the industry as not being financially viable. The announcement marks the m...
Tags: DCMS, Music Venue Trust, theatres, venuesTheatres and music venues in England can open their doors to socially distanced audiences from August 1, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced today (Friday). The Department for Digital, Cultu...
Tags: Covid-19, DCMS, England, MVT, Reopening, theatres, venuesThe Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has requested further clarification from the UK government about whether the festival industry will be supported in its recent £1.57bn rescue package. ...
Tags: Aid, AIF, DCMS, Festivals, Support, UKMore than 1,500 artists and venues have signed an open letter to the UK government, while social distancing rules have been broken at Bulgarian and Danish Cup finals... Let the Music Play Ed She...
Tags: Austria, Covid-19, Danish Cup, DCMS, Ed Sheeran, UK MusicThe UK government has released guidance on the reopening of tourism and visitor attractions on July 4, with timed ticketing to be used to reduce the number of visitors in locations at the same time. ...
Tags: Attractions, Covid-19, DCMS, England, GuidanceTicket agents in the UK are likely to begin making redundancies during the next quarter after concerns were raised about the tapering and eventual ending of government assistance. According to docu...
Tags: Covid-19, DCMS, Job Retention Scheme, Live Events, Redundancy
