This Week’s Festival Announcements Demonstrate A Resistance To Change
2020 was an appalling, genuinely horrific year for live music. An entire sector was wiped out, while government assistance – when it eventually arrived – was paltry, and earned across-the-board condemnation from professionals on the ground.
At times, it felt as though only the love of ordinary music fans was preventing the entire live music infrastructure from collapsing. The outstanding work done by the Music Venue Trust to organise and rally crowdfunding campaigns allowed countless venues to keep the doors open, saving numerous jobs in the process.