Jonty WareingJun 25, 2024

In the @emf opening ceremony I spoke about how a total lack of government support for the arts has made running UK festivals extremely risky.

When I said that three weeks ago, 42 festivals had cancelled or gone bankrupt THIS YEAR.

It is now over 50.

https://djmag.com/features/fields-dreams-how-do-we-save-uk-festival-sector

Fields of dreams: how do we save the UK festival sector?

Amidst the insurmountable rise in the price of production, and the ongoing cost of living crisis, how are organisers feeling about the crisis in UK festivals? And what solutions are there?

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@jonty @emf Interesting article:

"Secret Garden Party, an event she’s worked with extensively, wants to facilitate this, inviting smaller events to use its site following extensive infrastructure investment."

Not a bad idea, it takes a lot of effort to get the infrastructure ready and clear down at the end.

I went to Hospitality on the Beach (https://www.hospitalityonthebeach.com/) a few years ago in Albania.
The week after Hospitality was a techno festival, and then a week after that was a deep house festival on the same site, which kinda makes sense.

However, this was on a sandy coast in very dry conditions - not sure that would always work, most of the UK festivals seem to be in fields and the ground would need time to recover after the usual weather we get at festivals here 😞

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Hospitality On The Beach is a 7 day drum & bass music festival taking place 2nd - 9th July, based in the beautiful Tisno in Croatia.

Jun 25, 2024 at 9:20pmWeb