Watch Parklife and Boomtown Fair reps discuss future of festivals with UK MPs

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  • The session began at 10 AM today.
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  • Watch a video meeting between MPs and representatives from UK festivals Parklife and Boomtown Fair. The title of the two-part Digital, Culture, Media And Sport Committee, which began at 10 AM GMT on January 5th, is "The Future Of UK Music Festivals." First up were Anna Wade, communications & strategy director at Boomtown Fair, and Sacha Lord, cofounder of Parklife and The Warehouse Project. They discussed issues such as the vaccine rollout and government insurance and financial support. At 11 AM, three new industry reps entered the session: Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, CEO of UK Music; Paul Reed, CEO of Association Of Independent Festivals (AIF); and Steve Heap, general secretary at the Association Of Festival Organisers (AFO). The session ended at 12:06 PM. Watch it back or download the video. Photo credit: Krists Luhaers This story has been updated to reflect that the meeting is no longer live.
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