‘Not worth the risk’: UK independent festivals facing dip in ticketer confidence

Independent ticketing companies are becoming “increasingly cautious” about working with festivals that rely heavily on advance ticket revenue, UK sources tell IQ, amid growing concern that ticketing platforms are being left to shoulder more financial risk.

Sources in the ticketing sector say that though there is a desire to work with independent festivals, increasingly, in the words of one ticketer, “the reward is not worth the risk”.

In conversation with IQ, sources emphasised they do not blame independent festivals and…

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