€3.75m security bill for French music festivals
France's festivals spent an average of €13,613 each on security last year – up 11% – with the figure likely to be even higher in 2017 amid a steady stream of new attacks
News By | 27 April 2017
With France, the world’s fifth-largest market for live music, continuing to be hit by terror attacks on a regular basis – the two most recent of which, in Réunion and Grenoble, occurred just…
this morning – new research has revealed the extent to which its festivals, already squeezed by rising artist fees, are facing spiralling costs for keeping their patrons safe.
CNV’s Festivals of Contemporary Music in 2016 report, which surveyed 87 events, found France’s festivals spent a combined €3.74…
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