Dutch sector warns of ‘bleak’ financial outlook
The VNPF's newly published Pop Stages and Festivals in Figures 2021 report shows the market is yet to recover from the "corona years"
News By James Hanley | 2 November 2022
The Dutch live sector is still feeling the “disastrous” effects of the Covid pandemic, according to the Association of Dutch Music Venues and Festivals’ (VNPF).
Stark figures in the organisation’s newly published Pop Stages and Festivals in Figures 2021 report show that 883,000 visits were made to VNPF stages last year, down 16% on 2020 and 83% from 5.2 million recorded in the last pre-pandemic year of 2019.
And with Covid restrictions not fully lifted until March 2022, the market is a long way from recovering.
“The…
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