UK festival industry warns of ‘wipeout’ at DCMS inquiry
"If festivals don't take place in 2021, the vast majority of the ecosystem could disappear," warned key stakeholders at the Select Committee hearing
News By IQ | 5 January 2021
Key stakeholders in the UK’s festival industry today gave evidence at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee’s inquiry into safeguarding the future of the sector, which has been ‘decimated’ due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The inquiry heard from Sacha Lord, co-founder, Parklife and The Warehouse Project and nighttime economy advisor for Greater Manchester; Anna Wade, communications and strategy director, Boomtown Fair; Steve Heap, general secretary, Association of Festival Organisers (AOF); Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, chief…
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