AAA White Paper The political economy of informal events, 2030

Written and edited by James Woudhuysen Visiting professor, forecasting & innovation, London South Bank University Foreword by Julian Agostini, Mash Media Alan Miller, Night Time Industries Association Nick Morgan, We Are The Fair Published by Access All Areas, in association with the Night Time Industries Association and We Are The Fair Access All Areas, 2nd Floor Applemarket House, 17 Union Street, Kingston-Upon-Thames KT1 1RR Advisory team Tom Hall and Paul Colston Graphic design Sean Wyatt-Livesley, Emma Hart, Oscar Spinks, Kateryna Smirnova ISBN 2019: 978-0-9576478-7-9 Please note: Except for the Foreword, and where individuals are quoted at length, the views in this paper – and the errors – are those of the author alone. He thanks everyone who is quoted; Andy Grimsey, solicitor with Poppleston Allen, for help with the legal intricacies of licensing, and Michael Kill, CEO of the NTIA, for work on how the music festival season and particular music festivals relate to UK recorded crime, both national and local. © Copyright Mash Media. All material in this publication is copyright and remains the property of the publishers. They neither necessarily agree with the views expressed by interviewees, nor accept any responsibility for any errors of interpretation in the subject matter of this publication. No part of this publication may be copied or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or be transmitted in any form by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission of the publishers.

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