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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.
#WeMakeEvents, the campaign to amplify the voice of the live events supply chain, has now raised over £500,000 through fundraising efforts over the last 18 months
Y Not Festival has announced the line-up for its 2022 event, with Courteeners, Blossoms and Nothing But Thieves set to headline.
Neighbourhood Weekender has announced the line-up for its 2022 event, with Courteeners, Kasabian and Blossoms set to headline.
The vaccination centre operational at the Lindley Hall, Westminster, has now closed having delivered 30,326 jabs to four healthcare trusts in the local community.
A spike in rates of Covid-19 in the under-16s is driving the latest overall rise in cases in Wales, figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) suggest.
The dual event – held at Temple Newsam, Leeds and Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire – returned earlier this month after its 2020 edition was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The band were set to top the bill at the festival’s 2020 edition before it was cancelled due to COVID-19.
A day later than expected, the Government has announcement that the long-awaited Live Events Reinsurance Scheme has launched today, 22 September.
Pan-European live promoter FKP Scorpio has announced that Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon is the first headliner of Meadowlands Festival, a new event series at Nottingham’s Victoria Embankment.
Eden Project staff are being given a fully paid week off as a "thank you" after an "unusual 18 months".
A group representing nightclubs is to launch a legal challenge to the Scottish government's plans for vaccine passports.
After holding its delayed 2021 edition this weekend (September 17-19), the Isle Of Wight Festival has announced dates and ticket details for its 2022 festival
COVID passports are to be required for gigs and nightclubs in Wales from next month, the country’s First Minister has announced.
Los Angeles has announced an order requiring all patrons and staff at indoor bars, nightclubs, lounges, wineries and breweries to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A large-scale stage production will mark the beginning of the Birmingham 2022 Festival – a six month series of activity designed by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games organisers
MVT, which represents more than 900 UK grassroots music venues, has announcing details of Venues Day Live and Venues Day Online
Independent venue owner and operator Electric Group (EG) said it will spend £1.5 million overhauling the former O2 Newcastle Academy
Care home residents in Wales have started receiving their Covid-19 booster vaccinations.
The ongoing saga of whether vaccine passports will be required to enter nightclubs and large events has taken yet another turn
The new culture secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed that the increase in VAT on live event tickets from 5% to 12.5% will go ahead in October.
The Brighton-based new music showcase was forced to cancel both its 2020 and 2021 editions due to the coronavirus pandemic
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has laid out his winter COVID plan, including a potential ‘plan B’ for vaccine passports at large events.
The music and entertainment world has been reacting to Nadine Dorries becoming the UK’s new culture secretary.
The electronic dance music-focused festival, which is usually held in Belgium, was forced to cancel both its 2020 and 2021 editions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Skiddle will hand out £50,000 of bursaries to kickstart the events industry, as part of a new ongoing partnership with the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA).
Organisers have announced the first details of the Birmingham 2022 Festival – a six month celebration which will spotlight creativity and culture in the West Midlands.
Leeds Digital Festival will return this year from 20 September to 1 October. The event has been endorsed by the UK Government as an ‘important agenda setting event’.
Henley Festival, which was rescheduled twice because of the coronavirus pandemic, is getting under way.
There has been no evidence that recent major events including the TRNSMT festival have sparked a spike in Covid cases, the national clinical director has said.
Attending the Isle of Wight Festival will be safer than going to the supermarket, its organiser has said.
Organisers of one of Wales' largest festivals said they were "thrilled" to have sold out their 20th anniversary event - 11 months before it kicks off.
Green Man have announced details of their 20th anniversary festival, revealing Michael Kiwanuka as their first headliner for 2022.
Next year’s event, which will expand to a 10-day festival instead of the usual five, will see the US indie rock legends take to the stage on Friday, July 8.
TRNSMT Festival has announced its dates and first acts for 2022, with The Strokes, Lewis Capaldi and Foals all set to head to Glasgow next summer.
"Experienced" foreign nurses have been recruited to help plug NHS staffing shortages across Gloucestershire.
It's been seven months since night clubs in the UK turned off the music, shut down the lights and closed their doors.
TRNSMT Festival 2021 was forced to close its King Tut’s stage due to huge crowds which resulted in one member of the audience being stretchered away.
The Scottish government has announced that it will go ahead with the implementation of coronavirus vaccine passports as a requirement for entry into nightclubs in Scotland.
The UK government’s plans to introduce coronavirus vaccine passports in order to gain entry into nightclubs and large events in England has now been scrapped.
Walk-in clinics have been set up in universities and further education colleges in a bid to get more students vaccinated against Covid-19.
Scotland's vaccine passport scheme may feature spot checks for large scale events such as football matches.
Isle of Wight Festival goers are being urged to "look after each other" by the island's health boss.
People queued from early on Saturday at one of Belfast's best known-music venues, as the vaccination programme continues to target the young.
The Scottish government has approved the implementation of vaccine passports as a condition of nightclub entry.
Rearranging a four-day series of concerts has been like putting "the pieces of a jigsaw together", a promoter has said.
People are invited to post "bad news from the last year" and watch it go up in flames as part of an arts festival.
The UK medicines regulator has approved the use of Pfizer and AstraZeneca as Covid booster vaccines, paving the way for a rollout ahead of the winter.
Up to 50,000 people are descending on Glasgow Green for the first day of the TRNSMT festival.
NASS Festival has announced that its 2021 event will not be going ahead, with organisers worried about changing COVID-19 restrictions.
Duran Duran and Kylie Minogue have been announced as the headliners of the London leg of Global Citizen Live 2021.
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