With all of our other gigs being cancelled, the first date we have for 2021 is the 18th September. I'm cautiously optimistic.
Politicians have ably demonstrated that they will ignore the science when they think it is convenient for them, so your guess is as good as mine. I have no plans to attend any festivals or travel this year.
Offered != first dose in arm != fully vaccinated. Right now no one can be certain what variant will be prevalent later in the year, and what degrees of efficacy any current vaccine will have with respect to that. It will take a timescale measured in years to vaccinate "most people". In this country alone it will take most of this year, at least, and the vaccines haven't even been approved in children yet. It will also take many months to a year, and beyond, to characterise the evolution of the vaccine mediated immune response (and thus necessity of, and implications for, booster strategies), particularly in more vulnerable cohorts.
I have this sinking feeling that the entire country is about to do something really, really stupid.
They're just planning on going to a festival aren't they? If it's not going to be relatively safe to go, it'll get cancelled. If it doesn't get cancelled then they're good to go. I'm not really sure what else you can expect from people.
TBF Carnival doesnt need to do anything right now in the same way a festival does
It’s not just the festivals though. It feels like the whole country is about to jump off a cliff.
If it goes to shit, it'll start going to shit well in advance of crowded pubs and festivals and gigs and nightclubs and all that jazz, in which case it'll all be cancelled anyway. If it doesn't go to shit, then we're good to party I reckon.
It's being upgraded to a psytrance silent disco event
The ticket money is held by the ticketing agencies until the event is delivered so the organisers will be borrowing against that. They will get (or already have) some money from the traders at the event but nothing near the contractor, artists and overheads needed. Worst case scenario all the visitors can defer their bookings to 2022 or get a full refund.
I fear that a lot of the organisers are already on borrowed time 
so further postponements will be realy bad! Also I think festivals will bring a much needed boost to us all 
It was probably close to sold out anyway, I don’t know anyone who didn’t roll their deposit over to this year. If there’s any festival I’m going to feel fairly safe at, I think it would be EOTR. Fairly small and relaxed and easy to avoid crowded tents and stay outdoors.
to reduce the stressyness next time 
Strangely enough, the day after posting icame across this bit of evidence from the association of independent festivals to the govt select committee looking into festivals ( worth a look if you’re interested in festivals) which answers the question.. basically it should be held separately and usually is, but some festivals have been dipping into it to keep themselves afloat...
The future of UK music festivals - Committees - UK Parliament
<p>MPs will examine what support is needed for UK music festivals to return in 2021, as they consider the economic and cultural impact of festivals across the country.</p> <p>With the vast majority of festivals cancelled in 2020 owing to COVID-19, the sector’s revenues have dropped by 90%. The...committees.parliament.uk
2. Julie Elliot MP raised the point around risk to the consumer in the event of festivals not taking place and was simply told that customers will be able to get refunds from ticketing companies as the point of purchase. It should be noted that in reality, many festival companies draw down advance ticket money from ticketing companies. As detailed in our post Round 1 CRF report submitted to DCMS in November, some festivals who didn’t receive funding are on the brink of imminent collapse and have exhausted (or being rejected for) other options including repayable finance such as CBILS and Bounce Back loans. These include high profile festivals, many of whom can be considered to occupy a unique and in some cases leadership position in their regions, generating significant direct and indirect economic impacts. Significantly, our survey also revealed that these festivals who were unsuccessful were collectively holding over £10m in ‘drawn down’ ticket retention income, over £800k per festival on average, illustrating the extent of the detriment to the consumer if these businesses collapse- while these funds should be ring fenced and essentially held in escrow in the event of needing to make further refunds, customers would not necessarily be able to access a refund in the event of business collapse. This level of financial risk to the consumer is a distinguishing factor between festivals and, for example grassroots venues due to the high ticket price- and I believe strengthens the argument for financial support of the sector.
