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

Our airshow has been cancelled for the second time.
It's as if the people wittering on about it on Facebook can't imagine that all of the planes and people required to put it on could possibly have any other demands on their time or that the chances of getting effective tracking and tracing at an outdoor, free event for that many people might be rather difficult/prohibitively expensive to do.
 
Bearded Theory have made their announcement -- to put the Festival back until the late May Bank Holiday weekend 2022.
(It was going to held over the weekend of Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th September 2021, but they had alrerady suspended their ticket sales a while back).

I'm sad :( but they've made a sensible statement.

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William of Walworth said:
Beasrded Theory have made their annoincement -- to put the Festival back until the late May Bank Holiday weekend 2022.

I'm sad :( but they've made a sensible statement.

Apologioes for small type in this image :

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Mixed feelings. Would love to have been back at Catton but it does make sense to postpone. Also if my mate's festival does go ahead the weekend before it would have been a hell of a couple of weeks as Bearded ain't a short festie. As it is I've got the time booked off and if the Dub Pistols Mucky Weekender does go ahead I might just go to that instead.
 
jimbarkanoodle said:
If a festival of that capacity that was due to be held in September is cancelling, thats a good indication that camping festivals as we know them are not going to be happening this summer, as expected really.
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I'm inclined to agree, with the caveat that significantly smaller events could well still be going ahead later in the summer.

But today, weirdly, just as Bearded's announcement was landing, Beautiful Days (mid-August, and not far off twice the size of Bearded :eek: ) have put a call-out for stewards.
Our good festival-vet mate has applied.

Almost all other fests that we're still half-hoping to get to, are tiny ones though.
 
Yeah, I got that email. Disappointing.

It does open up the possibility of doing this one though

Line Up 2022 - Mucky Weekender Festival

The Mucky Weekender 2020 Line Up will be revealed soon... Check back for updates.
mucky-weekender.co.uk mucky-weekender.co.uk

Local for me, but it doesn't look like my sort of thing. I've heard of a couple of the acts.
 
mx wcfc said:
Yeah, I got that email. Disappointing.

It does open up the possibility of doing this one though

Line Up 2022 - Mucky Weekender Festival

The Mucky Weekender 2020 Line Up will be revealed soon... Check back for updates.
mucky-weekender.co.uk mucky-weekender.co.uk

Local for me, but it doesn't look like my sort of thing. I've heard of a couple of the acts.
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It was sited not far from Ma and Pa Mogden and I'd already blagged a lift from Bro Mogden but I reckon I could do the journey to Winchester although I'm still not convinced anything is going ahead and I'm loathed to send messages to those I know in the know asking for percentages of likely go aheads.
 
jimbarkanoodle said:
If a festival of that capacity that was due to be held in September is cancelling, thats a good indication that camping festivals as we know them are not going to be happening this summer, as expected really.
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I think it’s down to how much of a risk a festival is willing to take. When govt guidance eventually comes out in June, or whenever, it could say that there won’t be many additional restrictions. In which case, it’s a good call for those festivals going full steam ahead. Then again it may say social distancing and reduced capacities. if you’ve already forked out deposits for land, suppliers etc it’s quite a hit to take. Thing is, no one knows which way it’s going to go. Bearded Theory just decided they didn’t want to take what could be a costly punt.
 
editor said:
WHAT a kind offer


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This seems like a pretty decent apology.


Lamport Hall said:
We recently published a social media invitation calling for musicians to play at an upcoming dining event at Lamport Hall as an unpaid showcase opportunity. While it was well-intended, in retrospect we agree that it was misguided and insensitive. With the benefit of hindsight we accept the post was poorly written and insulting to professional and amateur musicians alike and we apologise unreservedly. Our intention was to offer a platform for local musicians who might just be starting out to gain some confidence, but that did not come across in the wording, and we should have realised how upsetting that would be, particularly in the current climate. We also accept that for a ticketed event, musicians should be paid and of a certain standard.

In a rushed attempt to issue what we felt was a genuine apology, we got the tone wrong and for this too I apologise. We’ve read through your comments and continue to learn valuable lessons from them. We fully understand and regret the distress that this has caused.

What matters now is that we learn and move on from what has happened, and that you have my word that we’ve taken all of your views seriously. We’re committed to putting things right, properly and taking forward the lessons we’ve learned.

Obviously, this starts with only offering paid opportunities in line with current Musicians’ Union rates – whether inside or outside of a pandemic – and no longer making the distinction between professional and amateur, and everything in between. You’re right that in this context it shouldn’t matter.

I have spoken with both Equity and the Musicians’ Union and will seek their professional advice on implementing a new and effective policy for hiring performers, which will be published on our website.

Some have raised the question of funding. For clarity, we have not been in receipt of any Arts Council Funding: although we have applied this year, we haven’t yet heard back. Our application to the Cultural Recovery Fund in relation to our non-musical operations (lectures, accessibility etc.) has been accepted in principle, but not yet paid. As a regulated charity we are acutely aware of our responsibility to use philanthropic funds responsibly, and we have robust protocols in place to ensure we do just that.

...

In recognising that we have fallen short on this occasion, we intend to do something to help provide extra support to musicians and performers in need. We have therefore approached Help Musicians UK and offered them a free performance space for them to host an event and raise funds. We hope that this will be the start of an ongoing, mutually supportive relationship.

For the event which you have commented on, we have secured two performers who will be paid in line with MU rates (and yes, we will throw in a hamper too!). All future opportunities will be advertised via our social media channels.

I very much hope that we can put this behind us all, firmly in the knowledge that lessons have been learned and things will change. I sincerely hope you can accept our apology and that I can welcome you to Lamport Hall in the future, whether as a performer or audience member.
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Missing bit n the middle is about their apparent good works. But it was already looooong.
 
Teaboy said:
Some news out on what mass spectator sport might look like:

www.bbc.co.uk

Carabao Cup final: Man City & Tottenham to have 2,000 fans each at Wembley final

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City will both have 2,000 fans at Wembley for the EFL Cup final on 25 April.
www.bbc.co.uk

The haribo cup is an obvious choice of event but that is a lot of rules and its clearly upset some.
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I think the complaints there are missing the point a bit to be honest. These events are at the experimental stage to a large degree, they're about working out what works. Why would you put highly vulnerable people more at risk until those experiments have been done?
 
ska invita said:
This is what a test run looks like :
www.theguardian.com

Blossoms to play England’s first large music gig of 2021

Outdoor event at Sefton Park in May will be studied to test Covid safety at mass gatherings
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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I think a test event like that, with just 5,000 people in an open-air setting, sounds fair enough TBF.

I suppose a lot hangs on how strictly the organisers and those doing the actual tests/surveys, are able to control fan's behaviour ...... :confused:
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
Have they pulled Reading & Leeds yet?
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Don't think so but I imagine it'll only be a matter of time. The giddy days of the vaccines will save summer are long gone and a gritty reality is kicking in.

As ever it's Johnson and the stupid shit he says. Its hard to find anyone that actually truly believe things will be largely back to normal by the June date.
 
William of Walworth said:
I suppose a lot hangs on how strictly the organisers and those doing the actual tests/surveys, are able to control fan's behaviour ...... :confused:
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I think that's a big part of the testing. They did a nightclub event in Holland a few weeks ago where they gave different groups of people different instructions (no distancing, strict distancing, keeping in small groups but trying to distance from other groups) and from what I read it was definitely about how people acted as anything else - shockingly it seems people in nightclubs don't social distance well.
 
editor said:
New reggae festival City Splash Festival celebrates the influence of reggae music, food and culture in South London – 12 Sept 2021
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yeah my local park! im away to mucky weekend or else would've checked it
im curious to see how these new festival in Beckenham place park shape up
i fear like Brockwell park they will be bad value for money, finish early, and crucially volume levels will be shit = particularly shit for this whre you need all subs blasting
Beckenham Place Park has more distance to neighbouring houses though, and less housing around it in general.
 
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