Glastonbury to be handed cash boost in latest Covid culture funding
Glastonbury, which has been cancelled for the second year running, is one of the beneficiaries of the latest funding (Getty Images)
Glastonbury will be handed £90,000 in government support as part of the latest tranche of emergency funding aimed at supporting Britain’s struggling cultural institutions.
The iconic festival, which has been cancelled this year but will host a livestream performance in May, is one of more than 2,700 organisations to share in a £400m pot of funding.
More than £170m in repayable finance has been offered to organisations including the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, while a further £81m in new loans will go to cultural landmarks including The Lowry theatre in Manchester and The Sage Gateshead.
Glastonbury receives £900,000 in arts funding
Updated: April 2, 2021, 7:18 am
A clean-up begins in front of the pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival (Aaron Chown/PA)
Glastonbury Festival will receive £900,000 as part of the Culture Recovery Fund.
The sum was announced within £400 million in Government grants and loans for the arts.
The festival was forced to cancel two events due to the pandemic and has sparked some criticism by announcing a global livestream this year, on the first weekend music venues can reopen.
Its co-organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said they were “extremely grateful to be offered a significant award”.
“After losing millions from the cancellation of our last two festivals, this grant will make a huge difference in helping to secure our future,” they said.
LONDON, April 2 Britain is to offer hundreds of millions of pounds in grants to aid the recovery of cultural venues and heritage sites hit by the pandemic, the government announced on Friday. Some 2,700 organisations including the Glastonbury music festival will benefit from the grants which.
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