Tramlines to go ahead in July with 40,000 fans

The festival joins Latitude in the ERP, as ops director Timm Cleasby offers "solidarity" to events still grappling with uncertainty over restrictions and insurance

News By | 29 June 2021

Courteeners perform at Tramlines 2019 © Giles Smith/Fanatic

Sheffield’s Tramlines festival has announced it will go ahead at its full capacity of 40,000 next month after joining the third phase of the UK’s pilot events initiative, the Events Research Programme (ERP).

Tramlines, majority owned by Superstruct Entertainment, is the latest festival to join the next round of ERP pilots, following news late last week that Festival Republic’s Latitude will also be held as a clinically controlled ERP event. Tramlines 2021 will take place in Hillsborough Park in…

You've used your free article this month

Continue reading with a free account, or subscribe for unlimited access to all of our news, features and reports.

Subscribe Create a Free Account

Share this

MOST POPULAR

Related Content

Fans at Sefton Park Pilot, the ERP event held in Liverpool in May

ERP data: “No substantial outbreaks” at pilot events

Less than 0.05% of of the 58,000 people who took part in Events Research Programme pilots were infected with Covid-19, government data reveals

News 25 June, 2021

Love of Lesbian perform in a pilot concert at Palau St Jordi in March

Plotting the path back: Live music tests its mettle

Event organisers around the world are using test events to prove that live entertainment can reopen safely

Feature 29 April, 2021

Hungary's Sziget festival is owned by Superstruct Entertainment

Meet the world’s second-largest festival promoter

With more than 85 festivals amassed over a six-year period, this Providence-backed firm is continuing a global roll-up of properties...

News 14 March, 2023

Back to top