In partnership with
Music | Sport | Culture
Green Man owner looks ahead to a new festival season
JANUARY | WELCOME
EDITOR Christopher Barrett
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Kateryna Smirnova
JUNIOR NEWS REPORTER Olivia Powell
SALES DIRECTOR James Linin
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER Sabrina Boucher
SALES MANAGER Joanne Knowles
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Chris Down
PUBLISHED BY MASH MEDIA GROUP Second Floor , Applemarket House , 17 Union Street , Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1RP . Tel : + 44 ( 0 ) 20 8481 11 22
SUBSCRIPTION : Free to qualified readers within UK , Non-qualified readers within UK - £ 50 , Readers in Europe / Eire - £ 70 , Worldwide - £ 105 .
SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRIES : Tel : 020 8481 11 28 . Address : Access All Areas , Second Floor , Applemarket House , 17 Union Street , Kingston-upon-Thames KT1 1RP .
The opinions expressed by contributors to this publication are not always a reflection of the opinions or the policy of the publishers . Information on services or products contained within editorial sections does not imply recommendation by Access All Areas . No part of this publication can be reproduced in any form without written authority of Mash Media .
2020 may well be behind us , and good riddance to it , but with the challenges facing our industry far from over it is vital we look after one another ( P15 ) as we work toward brighter days .
As Access went to press , the frequency and urgency of our sector ’ s calls on Government ( P7 ) to provide an indemnity scheme , so that it can plan for the year ahead , had reached a peak but there were few signs of the calls being acted on .
Venue operators have demonstrated their ability to create Covid-safe environments for events ( P8 ), while technology ( P27 ) is being developed to aid mass Covid testing prior to full capacity shows . There have already been successful pilot events without social distancing ( P6 ), and more are planned .
Our sector has called for the formation of a taskforce to advise , evaluate and validate the various innovations it is looking to implement to enable the return of audiences at events . It has also offered to provide venues and expertise to help manage the vaccination roll out beyond the 1.3 million that had been vaccinated in the UK by early January .
There are plenty of substantial reasons for optimism , and the remarkable collective work across the industry has already seen many operators benefit from the Cultural Recovery Fund , but more needs to be done to protect our industry and an insurance scheme is top of the list .
Subscribe on www . accessaa . co . uk Christopher Barrett , Editor
Keep up to date by visiting : accessaa . co . uk
@ access _ aa @ access _ aa
The rebirth of festivals
05