All posts belonging to the Festivals tag can be found in the list below.
Glastonbury Festival recorded losses of up to £3.1m ($4.2m/€3.7m) in 2021, after having to cancel its second event in a row due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers confirmed that the So...
Tags: Covid-19, Culture Recovery Fund, Festivals, Finance, Glastonbury Festival, PandemicSpanish platform Wegow, a live music social marketplace, has acquired event management company Bracelit. Bracelit will continue to operate as an independent company and work with clients to hel...
Tags: Bracelit, Cashless, E-Commerce, Festivals, Live Music, Spain, WegowThe UK Government recently published its final reports from the Events Research Programme (ERP) with findings on the spread of COVID-19 at sporting and live music events that took place with restrict...
Tags: Covid-19, ERP, Events, Events Research Programme, Festivals, Formula 1, sports, UK Government, wimbledonThe City of Sydney has approved more than Aus$3m (US$2.2m/£1.6m/€1.9m) in support for projects that can bring a boost following the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes live music and cultura...
Tags: Australia, Covid-19, Festivals, Live Entertainment, Music, Nightlife, Sydney, TheatreOrganisers of the Irish festival Electric Picnic were unable to secure insurance to cover the 2021 event over the possibility of it being cancelled. The result means that organisers Festival...
Tags: Covid-19, Electric Picnic, Festivals, Finance, insurance, Live Music, Live NationAustralian company Tixel, a marketplace for the buying and selling of tickets, has launched in the UK. Tixel has appointed senior personnel to oversee the growth of partnerships and the company, a...
Tags: Europe, Festivals, Marketplace, Reseller, Tixel, UKThere is “no evidence” to suggest that a new strain of the Delta Covid-19 variant is linked to festivals and live events, according to Dr Susan Hopkins, COVID-19 strategic response director for P...
Tags: Festivals, Live EventsMore than 180,000 fans flocked to Serbia’s EXIT Festival last weekend, marking Europe’s largest music event since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. The four-day event, which became the ...
Tags: Europe, Exit Festival, Festivals, Major Events, Reopening, SerbiaID&T and more than 30 other festival organisers have filed a lawsuit against the Dutch government after it reimposed several COVID-19 restrictions leading to further cancelled events. ID&T...
Tags: Festivals, ID&T, Legal, NetherlandsFestivals and open-air concerts in France will be able to welcome full capacity crowds from June 30, as part of the government’s latest easing of COVID-19 restrictions. From next week, social di...
Tags: Capacity, Festivals, France, Open-Air Concerts
