Coronavirus: music festivals, big gigs, sports events and big gatherings - going ahead and cancelled

[Supine]

Good film about the impact of covid on dj’s

This new film explores Coronavirus pandemic's impact on global electronic music scene

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thevinylfactory.com

 

[editor]

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

can you play the birdy song?

 

[William of Walworth]

There's talk of Glastonbury not happening now until 2022. It's an ongoing shitshow for anyone involved in the music/DJ/PA/promoting/agency business and it's not going to get any better for a very very long time.

editor /anyone -- is there a link for that?

A festival friend of ours said (the other day) that they'd seen a story about Michael Eavis (?) being worried that G2021 wouldn't happen, but I've been struggling to find details ....

 

[frogwoman]

‘If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here’: Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally (Published 2020)

Tens of thousands of motorcyclists roared into the western South Dakota community on Friday, lining Main Street from end to end, for the start of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

www.nytimes.com

This event sounds great

 

[frogwoman]

DJs on the mic in the post Covid lockdown era:

"Hey everyone - stop dancing! Don't sing along! Don't come near the DJ booth! Keep away from us! Sit back in your socially distanced seat and chat quietly!"

Don't put your hands in the air unless you've sanitised them.

 

[pesh]

Lighter Crew!

 

[Marty1]

Forget crappy cinema and cars. It's all about the rave these days

Thousands attend illegal rave at RAF Charmy Down near Bath

Police say they did not have the resources to halt the event which attracted more than 3,000 people.

www.bbc.co.uk

‘Too big to stop’ - they should sell t-shirts with that on.

It’s like going back to the late 80’s/early 90’s rave scene.

 

[Marty1]

Vertical concerts?
Book into a hotel

Thats actually superb.

Id hire a room if they had a DJ line up like Carl Cox etc.

 

[pesh]

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The Hippodrome says it isn't staging live productions on the main auditorium until Feb 2021 'at the earliest' - Birmingham Updates

Today, Birmingham Hippodrome announced that they would not be staging live theatre productions in the main auditorium until February 2021 at the earliest. Read their full statement below: After much discussion and heartache, we are saddened to announce that Birmingham Hippodrome will not be...

www.birminghamupdates.com

 

[clicker]

editor /anyone -- is there a link for that?

A festival friend of ours said (the other day) that they'd seen a story about Michael Eavis (?) being worried that G2021 wouldn't happen, but I've been struggling to find details ....

I definitely read it somewhere in the last week. Will try and find it. I can't see how they can plan now for next year, not only because they'd struggle to get insurance in current times. Which would cause problems drawing up any contracts.

 

[platinumsage]

editor /anyone -- is there a link for that?

A festival friend of ours said (the other day) that they'd seen a story about Michael Eavis (?) being worried that G2021 wouldn't happen, but I've been struggling to find details ....

Glastonbury Festival may not return in 2021 - Michael Eavis

"We might have to wait for two years maybe"

www.somersetlive.co.uk

 

[Teaboy]

Any festival / events company with any level of professionalism should be considering that no events next summer is a very real possibility. Will of course cause a real headache with all those tickets rolled over from this year.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Any festival / events company with any level of professionalism should be considering that no events next summer is a very real possibility. Will of course cause a real headache with all those tickets rolled over from this year.

Yep.

 

[Supine]

I’m hopeful that festivals with open sided tents will be deemed safe and next year will be amazing for festivals. I can be a bit of an optimist though.

 

[Teaboy]

I’m hopeful that festivals with open sided tents will be deemed safe and next year will be amazing for festivals. I can be a bit of an optimist though.

The way I see it is that the picture won't really be any clearer until we are a good way into winter. By that time though planning (and spending money) will have to have started. There must be a lot of organisers out there who cannot afford another cancelled summer and may opt to just skip 2021 altogether.

 

[mx wcfc]

This popped up on my fb. Socially distanced camping, with some live acts, but not a festival.

Maui Camp | Maui Waui Events

www.mauiwauievents.co.uk

I am coming round to the idea of going to the Blyth Power socially distanced camping weekend I posted about.

 

[editor]

Any festival / events company with any level of professionalism should be considering that no events next summer is a very real possibility. Will of course cause a real headache with all those tickets rolled over from this year.

My band has had some of this year's UK gigs rescheduled to May 2021. I'm not that optimistic they'll happen. Having all my work taken from me with zero prospect of an end in sight is really beginning to effect my mental health, and I'm normally a chirpy fucker. I imagine there's many, many others who are worse off than me too.

 

[William of Walworth]

The way I see it is that the picture won't really be any clearer until we are a good way into winter. By that time though planning (and spending money) will have to have started. There must be a lot of organisers out there who cannot afford another cancelled summer and may opt to just skip 2021 altogether.

Bolded bit : definitely true.

 

[ska invita]

Anyone on the demos today?

 

[chainsawjob]

This popped up on my fb. Socially distanced camping, with some live acts, but not a festival.

Maui Camp | Maui Waui Events

www.mauiwauievents.co.uk

Cancelled today, short notice I think I had some friends going.

 

[chainsawjob]

Anyone on the demos today?

None near me. Looked good what I saw earlier.

 

[ska invita]

well it doesnt seem to have made any headlines
the theatres got top billing on the news more than once and radio 4 etc were falling overthemselves to talk about it
doesnt bode well to me

 

[chainsawjob]

well it doesnt seem to have made any headlines

Local news only perhaps, I think, for the Manchester one.

the theatres got top billing on the news more than once and radio 4 etc were falling overthemselves to talk about it
doesnt bode well to me

Plus ca change. No, sadly it doesn't.

 

[chainsawjob]

well it doesnt seem to have made any headlines

Local news only perhaps, I think, for the Manchester one.

Scrub that, reported nationally in various places Venues signal 'red alert' for live events

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Was proud of my colleagues and industry yesterday, every protest was a superb advert for them. Brilliantly organised, as you’d expect. Everyone interviewed was consistent with their message, and dozens of them took to social media in a calm and measured way to take on the usual moaning dickheads.

Im not going to hold my breath for it changing anything just yet, but at least people are going down fighting.

 

[Badgers]

Events in October and some in November at ExCel cancelling

#worldbeating

 

[Johnny Doe]

DJs on the mic in the post Covid lockdown era:

"Hey everyone - stop dancing! Don't sing along! Don't come near the DJ booth! Keep away from us! Sit back in your socially distanced seat and chat quietly!"

Fat boy Slim played in Ibiza yesterday as the screens said 'eat, sleep, stay in your seat'

 

[ska invita]

Maybe it's a class thing... The theatre people rub shoulders with the key media people...
Then again it's not as if Albert hall and Southbank are squat raves.
I don't know.... I just can't understand why this isn't a bigger story and issue

ETA: then again the theatre lot didn't get that much out of the government