The future of UK music festivals Contents

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Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

2 The return of festivals after the Covid-19 pandemic

Financial resilience

Staff and supply chains

Lifting of restrictions

3 The economic and cultural contributions of festivals

The benefits of festivals for communities

Local businesses

Local residents

Festival-goers

Volunteers

The benefits of festivals for those who work at them

Suppliers and crew

Musicians and performers

4 Securing a safe and sustainable future for festivals

Environmental impacts

Drug-related harm at festivals

The risks at festivals this year

Drug checking

Secondary ticketing

Annex 1: Survey results

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament