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The organization has been developed over several years to become the workplace of several people, and generates significant impacts on the local community.
– Although we have been exhausted for many years in a row, the margins are minimal. The accumulated reserves quickly disappear when you get a year without income, because the daily expenses do not disappear, says the festival manager.
– deeply unhappy
Now he hopes that the authorities will route a crisis package that is better adapted to what has come so far.
– But we dare not support each other until we see it in black and white. After all, the consequence of uncertainty is that we have to partially lay off employees, making it even more difficult to turn around to adjust to a new and uncertain future.
Skjerdal says.
At Kristiansand, big stars like David Guetta, Khalid and A $ AP Rocky would play at a sold-out Palmesus festival in Bystranda.
– We are deeply unhappy that we cannot organize this year’s beach party. We’ve been planning the event for over a year, and failing to implement what should be the best Palmesus so far is the worst-case scenario possible, says CEO
director Leif Fosselie for TV 2.
60,000 audience members
More than 3,000 people would work during the festival, and more than 60,000 people were expected.
– We are devastated by the idea of the consequences for local employees, partners, suppliers, crew, artists and teams and associations. The fading wave effects for the region’s tourism, hotels, restaurants and nightlife are dramatic, says Fosselie.
Espen Svendsen, general manager of the Stavanger Utopia festival, says they are not afraid of bankruptcy, but that there is little doubt that this will have serious financial consequences.
– We have cut at all ends, we save on every small expense and we have a minimum consumption in the company. We have used layoffs and postponed some payments to a greater extent to keep our heads above water, ”says Svendsen.
Bankruptcy risk
The festival is now working hard to get rid of rebates and keep sponsors warm.
– This takes time, effort and affects us emotionally. We will also maintain our reputation, despite two years between the festival. But I hope Utopia can be a complete alternative in Festival-Norway for many years, but this establishes
Let’s go back to the beginning again, he says.
Bergenfest CEO Frank Nes says the entire music industry is now waiting in anticipation of what authorities are proposing of support schemes.
If this is not good enough, Nes believes the industry will experience bankruptcy in the future.
– We lose money, artists and subcontractors lose tasks, and our public loses great joint experiences with friends and acquaintances. It hurts on many levels, but I find the entire music industry holding together in an excellent way
way. We are all committed to returning and delivering what we love the most when the ban is lifted, and for the audience to meet their favorite artists live again, he says.
– He wants to discover that someone does not survive
Culture and Gender Equality Minister Abid Q. Raja admits to TV 2 that he fears that several Norwegian festivals may go bankrupt.
– There are hundreds of festivals that are now canceled, and unfortunately I think that within this industry, as in many other industries, we will find that someone does not survive this situation, says Raja.
– What should you do to prevent this from happening?
– The government has now said that events with more than 500 participants are prohibited until September 1. It has been very important for the festival industry to implement this ban: it gives them predictability and we have heard it,
says Raja
Due to this prohibition, festivals can use force majeure clauses in their contracts and thus reduce financial loss.
– The government has also established a compensation scheme for organizers within cultural life. Organizers can lose ticket revenue through this scheme. I understand that ticket revenue is only a small part
The festival’s revenue, but still an important measure for many small and large festivals, says Raja.
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