COVID Event News & Updates
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Keep up to date with the latest event industry news in light of COVID-19 and the everchanging rules and regulations.
Sleaford Mods will curate their own all-day event at Crystal Palace’s South Facing Festival this summer.
Fieldlab Events, an organisation that is spearheading a ‘Back To Live’ series of test events in the Netherlands has been given permission by the Dutch Government to increase the capacity of a festival test event to 10,000.
The team behind #WeCreateExperiences has revealed that its celebrity endorsed B2C campaign achieved more than 2.3m post impressions since launching in March.
Large-scale live events will begin cancelling within days if the UK government does not agree to underwrite a protective insurance scheme, reports The Times.
The Association of Event Venues (AEV), Association of Event Organisers (AEO) and the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) have announced that their members’ “heads up” well-being toolkit has been made available to the public as a free resource.
An Islamic centre in Birmingham is to offer Covid-19 vaccinations in the hours of darkness to encourage people fasting during Ramadan to get the jab.
Live music fans are needed to take part in a short survey to help the industry bring about the safe return of gigs as the UK reopens after lockdown.
Live Nation and streaming platform Veeps, the latter of which was co-founded by Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden, have partnered up to install livestreaming set-ups at more than 60 US venues that are frequently visited by acts on tours.
A newly renovated music venue in Birmingham, Forum Birmingham, is set to officially open in the summer.
The annual event, which is renowned as being the world’s largest arts festival, was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Wembley Stadium has been granted permission by Brent Council to host up to nine additional major non-sporting events per event calendar year.
Estonian festival Tallinn Music Week (TMW) has been postponed from its previously announced June dates to 29 September – 3 October.
Introducing Covid status certificates to help reopen society risks discriminating against some groups, the UK equality watchdog has warned.
As a totally independent festival, even with the amazing support you lot have shown us over the last year and the Cultural Recovery Fund grant we received, without government backed insurance a last minute cancellation would risk the very future of Shambala.
Scotland’s Hampden Park (cap. 51,866) has been given the go-ahead to host four games at a quarter of its full capacity at this summer’s postponed European Football Championship.
UK live event production charity Stagehand, which was set up by the Production Services Association and has raised more than £1m to support live event workers, said it has opened a fifth application window for its Covid-19 Crew Relief Fund.
London club Colour Factory is opening a new 300-capacity outdoor area called Colour Garden this Friday, April 16.
London’s Night Tube service won’t return until 2022 which could be a major blow to the capital’s night time economy as it reopens in the wake of COVID-19.
A pub landlord "happy" to be able to reopen has warned customers not to try to bend Covid restrictions by booking extra tables.
Record stores across the UK have reopened for in-person trading this morning (April 12) as a number of coronavirus-enforced restrictions have been lifted.
Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), the performing arts festival, has revealed details of a reimagined festival for 2021, taking place from August 7-29
More than half (56%) of western European eventgoers intend to go to more events post-pandemic than before restrictions began
WOMAD, a festival renowned for staging a diverse array of artists from far-flung corners of the world, has announced an initiation line-up of UK-based acts that are scheduled to play the event this year.
British Marine, organiser of the Southampton International Boat Show has announced its line up of exhibitors that will be at the event from 10-19 September 2021.
More than 100 cars attended the free party held on a site on Vaga Hill in the village of Dorstone.
For the first time in months, pub gardens, shops and hairdressers have reopened in England, as rules were also eased in the rest of the UK.
Drinkers said they were "literally loving" being able to enjoy their first night out at a pub in months.
England is giving out its first doses of the Moderna jab, the third Covid-19 vaccine in the nation's rollout.
A new event space has arrived at London Stadium just in time for the summer 2021 event season.
MotoFest Coventry will switch from its traditional date on the first weekend in June, to a new “MotoFest Month 2021” programme. Stretched out across the four weekends, from July 17 to August 8, 2021.
Graces Jones’ Meltdown Festival has been rescheduled for a second time due to the coronavirus pandemic.
An application from Glastonbury Festival for a temporary campsite on Worthy Farm this summer has been approved.
The Government has given the green light for some public outdoor events to take place from today, 12 April, including drive-in cinemas and drive-in performance events
EventsAIR has announced the release of its latest version of its digital and hybrid event solution OnAIR. With its latest release, EventsAIR will introduce a 3D environment to the platform.
Hotel Week London will take place from 28 May to 6 June, organisers MMGY Global have confirmed. Guests will be able to book to stay at any time during this week to redeem offers and rates, with bookings available from 12 April.
More than 400,000 second doses of Covid vaccines have been given in the UK for the fourth consecutive day, according to the latest government data.
For the first time in months, pub gardens, shops and hairdressers are reopening in England, as rules are also eased in the rest of the UK.
Organisers of the Arts and Culture Impact Fund has called for more applications after it announced its first £1m of loan funding to the sector.
Insomniac Events founder and CEO Pasquale Rotella said the company’s flagship festival, the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, will take place in May with an expected daily attendance of 125,000 per day.
The organisers of Glastonbury Festival have announced a ticketed virtual event called Live At Worthy Farm.
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has surveyed 700 businesses in the Night-Time Economy about Covid Status Certification.
Bombay Bicycle Club, The Kooks, and Royal Blood will headline the rescheduled Truck Festival, organisers have said.
A decision on vaccine passports needs to be made "urgently", according to the artistic director of the Wales Millennium Centre.
The UK's leading sports bodies are backing the use of 'vaccine passports' and Covid testing as a "credible" means of allowing full capacities at venues.
Covid-19 vaccination centres could be "left short" as volunteers return to regular work, a pharmacist has warned.
Some 70% of Association of Independent Festival (AIF) members who applied were successful in the second round of Culture Recovery Fund.
Laura Davidson, the former All Points East festival (cap. 40,000) booker who helped launch Goldenvoice UK in 2014 as head of artist bookings, has launched AMIGAS – a female-managed consultancy offering services including artist development, event curation and live event strategy.
Meet Cambridge has launched ‘Ready For You’ in partnership with more than 40 of its member venues to encourage people to plan ahead for events
The Sunderland Airshow has again been cancelled amid ongoing fears over the coronavirus.
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