Report: 2020 festival season “main worry” post-Brexit

A drop in music tourism could cost the UK “hundreds of millions of pounds” say researchers from the Birmingham Live Music Project

News By | 30 October 2019

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A report published by the Birmingham Live Music Project (BLMP) has revealed the main live music-related concerns for industry figures, policymakers and academics in a post-Brexit world.

The report, written by researchers at Aston University, Birmingham City University and Newcastle University with contributions by Arts Council England, Birmingham Music Coalition and Musicians’ Union, states the decrease in ‘music tourism’ to the UK is likely to cost the economy “hundreds of millions of pounds”.

The 2020 festival season is identified as…

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