AAA White Paper The political economy of informal events, 2030 | Page 36

1. LICENSABLE AND NOT LICENSABLE EVENTS
Some events require a licence, some don’t. Following the Home
Office’s important Revised Guidance on the 2003 Licensing Act (issued
in April 2018), here’s a list of events that are broadly licensable and
those that are not:
Events that are generally licensable
1. Music
This includes any playing of recorded music. In live music, this
category includes classical music, and, in their own unique ways,
musicals, musical theatre and opera. Apart from the live music played
in clubs, this category obviously includes live acts at music festivals.
The website Music Festival Wizard lists 97 of such events for 2019, in
these sub-categories:
a. Electronic
b. Rock
c. Country
d. Psytrance
e. Hardstyle
f. Jam
g. Metal
h. Hip-Hop
i. Bluegrass
j. Blues
k. Folk
l. Jazz Indie
2. Boxing and wrestling.
Events that are broadly licensable in principle, but from which
exemptions can apply (see below)
3. Plays in performance
4. Dance performances
5. Full, for-profit film shows
6. Indoor sports events
7. Events on local authority, hospital and school premises
8. Events on community premises
9. Circuses.
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