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Support for freelancers is being doubled to reflect the extension of the furlough scheme
The UK government will increase self-employment grants from 40% to 80% of their profits to reflect the recent extension of the furlough scheme, HM Treasury has announced...
Glasto founder Michael Eavis recently spoke about the possibility of mass on-site testing
Glastonbury festival will reportedly go ahead in 2021.
In March, along with most events and festivals that were set to take place during 2020, legendary...
Depot and The Drumsheds were also unsuccessful in their applications
London venue Printworks has issued a response to the club's rejection for Cultural Recovery Fund assistance.
Printworks, a 5,000-capacity venue in south London, and a...
"The Culture Recovery Fund will be a vital lifeline for us"
London’s fabric has been awarded over £1 million from the Arts Council's Culture Recovery Fund.
Following the first waves of recepients announced for the UK's...
It equates to almost two thirds of the industry's work force
170,000 UK music industry jobs ‘will be lost by Christmas’, a study has found.
Following the near-total shutdown of the UK's music industry after the...
Music venues and theatres will be limited to a maximum of 30 attendees
The Dutch prime minister has announced that nightclubs will remain closed until there is a vaccine for COVID-19.
Speaking in a press conference on Tuesday...
The DYCP grant budget has also increased to £18 million
Arts Council England has expanded its creativity grants to include DJs, sound engineers, lighting designers, and more.
As part of the continued funding schemes for...
The working draft was published this week
Some of the leading music industry bodies have shared a supplementary guide for festival organisation in 2021.
As the music industry finds new ways to...
The scheme begins on the 1st November for six months
The UK government is set to cover 67% of employees’ wages in businesses shut by COVID-19 restrictions, as part of the UK's winter economy scheme...
Corsica Studios, Ministry of Sound, Soup Kitchen and The Glove That Fits are among the venues to receives portions of the grant
1,385 UK arts organisations and venues are to receive portions of a £257 million grant from the Government, it has been announced.
As part of...
Before the pandemic, Spain welcomed approximately 80 millions tourists a year
The Ibiza Government has plans for rapid COVID-19 testing systems to open a tourist corridor next summer.
After Spain’s Tourism Minister, Reyes Moroto, enforced a...
There was a debate at Westminster Hall on Tuesday (6th)
The UK Government is "doing everything we can" to support the UK's live music industry, the Digital and Culture Minister has said.
Speaking in a...
"The whole industry, live music, is in complete dire straights"
SHERELLE has spoken out about the UK government's stance on the arts sector amid COVID-19.
The London-based DJ and winner of the DJ Mag Best...
Masks will be mandatory and there will be no dancefloor
Miami’s Club Space is to reopen this weekend with strict COVID-19 restrictions.
The club, located in the entertainment district of Downtown Miami, will be one...
It follows a similiar announcement for bars in Paris earlier this week
Berlin has imposed a curfew on all bars and restaurants amid rising COVID-19 cases in the capital.
Following new restrictions from the French government earlier...
Labour MP Kevin Brennan was responding to the UK Chancellor’s suggestion that creatives should look for new jobs
A UK MP has said that it's time the Government acknowledge that creative jobs "are real jobs".
In a debate yesterday, Kevin Brennan, a Labour...
NIVA represent more than 2000 independent venues across the U.S.
The National Independent Venues Association (NIVA) has warned the US Government that the live music industry is facing collapse.
Issuing a statement last night (6th), the...
COVID-19 infections have spiked in people aged between 20 and 30
Paris has closed all bars following a sharp increase in coronavirus cases amongst young people.
As of today, Tuesday 6th October, bars in Paris will...
Apolo in Barcelona will trial a 1,000 person event
A concert hall in Barcelona is set to be the first venue worldwide to operate a test-on-entry system.
Making the official announcement on Sunday (4th...
Decisions about the funding are set to be made in the next two weeks
The Music Venue Trust has said that “the whole grassroots music venue sector is now at critical, red alert status”, following a string of announcements from...