today’s cancellation of Glastonbury.After the coronavirus pandemic proved devastating for last year’s festival, it is feared that a similar run of cancellations could have a much more longterm impact on the circuit.
At the start of January, The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee heard from organisers of Parklife and Boomtown that many summer festivals could be cancelled as soon as the end of this month without urgent government clarity, assurances on what might be possible and help with insurance.
Many festivals will not otherwise be able to afford to return and risk being wiped out forever.“If the government don’t help with insurance then the smaller festivals are going to drop away,” Sacha Lord, co-founder.
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