Summer isn t over yet
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Six weeks. That’s how long music festival bosses say the Government has got to save this summer’s outdoor events from blanket oblivion. Unless a package of measures is announced by mid-March, then organisers fear the UK’s festival season will be torpedoed in its entirety for the second year running, leading to thousands of job losses and countless festivals going bust.
Last week’s cancellation of June’s Glastonbury Festival showed that even Britain’s most famous music jamboree is not immune from the ravages of Covid-19. But organisers of festivals scheduled for later in the summer believe that the second half of the season could be saved if action is taken soon. They are calling for the Treasury to underwrite their insurance and for the Government to name a restart date after which events can go ahead.