Will the 2021 festival go ahead?

[Chapple12345]

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[Crazyfool01]

6 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

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That definately sets us up for a standard festival timetable 

[Paul ™]

24 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

The Snug was the place with Singstar. It was there in 2009.

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/the-snug-line-up-revealed/

 

Cocktails & Dreams was a Sony installation too with Singstar 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Paul ™ said:

Cocktails & Dreams was a Sony installation too with Singstar 

That’s the one ... sponsored by Smirnoff in the old beat hotel location I was trying to think of 

[eFestivals]

6 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

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Excellent! 🙂 

To me, that says they've decided to not make a decision to cancel soon, and want to see how things pan out over the next month or two.

That's about the best we could hope for right now. 

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Excellent. End of December/early Jan they probably thought it was completely impossible, now they’re like.. hang on a minute 

[Ozanne]

See guys it’s happening, never lose the faith 😉

[Chapple12345]

8 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Excellent! 🙂 

To me, that says they've decided to not make a decision to cancel soon, and want to see how things pan out over the next month or two.

That's about the best we could hope for right now. 

Agreed, I think all festivals/events are going to hold on as long as possible for this year, things are moving at a much faster pace than first predicted so theres still every chance of it happening 😁

[Toilet Duck]

47 minutes ago, Kalopsia said:

Oh I love the LOST reference. Still my favourite tv show 😂

I actually played them in the lotto once and then got unnecessarily worried about what might happen to me if I bloody won!! 😂😂

[Lycra]

13 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Excellent! 🙂 

To me, that says they've decided to not make a decision to cancel soon, and want to see how things pan out over the next month or two.

That's about the best we could hope for right now. 

Thats my reading too 😀

[March Hare]

It means there is a chance. No matter how small it’s a chance. A chance I tell you!!!

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm actually considering booking my leave for Glastonbury weekend now.

[Crazyfool01]

Likely to be much clearer picture by the end of this week ... but definately looking more positive prior to any decisions being made 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Came across this Twitter thread earlier and was surprised by how much more negative people are - consensus here is a  big no for summer festivals:

Personally I do think some will go ahead. I'm not sure about Glastonbury, but I can see stuff happening in August/September and I definitely think big outdoor gigs and one-dayers will happen.

[Gilgamesh69]

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[Chapple12345]

19 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Personally I do think some will go ahead. I'm not sure about Glastonbury, but I can see stuff happening in August/September and I definitely think big outdoor gigs and one-dayers will happen.

I definitely think theyll happen in some capacity, maybe some weekend festivals may revert to one dayers with a 3 day ticket option? Theres still a lot that can change in the coming months between the realistic time of decision making so we can all but hope till then 

[gooner1990]

3 hours ago, Paul ™ said:

I was the security supervisor in that tent, think it was 2004. Was it near the then Jazz stage?

I think it was inbetween the Jazz stage and The Glade iirc.

Fairly sure it was 2005, as Mani was on site to play with Primal Scream on the Sunday (Pyramid) 

[kalifire]

Interesting, that deposit refund extension. It definitely indicates all is not lost - that they're still open to the idea it could happen and don't have enough information to make a call yet. I don't think the state of vaccinations is as critical to them as government support in the event of cancellation. I think once it's clear what the government is and isn't prepared to do, we'll get a statement of some kind soon afterwards.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

31 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Came across this Twitter thread earlier and was surprised by how much more negative people are - consensus here is a  big no for summer festivals:

Personally I do think some will go ahead. I'm not sure about Glastonbury, but I can see stuff happening in August/September and I definitely think big outdoor gigs and one-dayers will happen.

I agree with you, ZMG. Despite early positive vaccine rollout figures, at the moment I think the best we can hope for is late summer and some organisers seem to have a similar outlook. That said, in 8-10 weeks time, the landscape should look very different. In addition to the obvious, organisation-wise, two of the big questions at that point will be: 1. Will it be easy for acts to freely travel globally? And, 2. Will there be enough certainty to commence with builds and infrastructure? Either way, I'm pretty confident of squeezing in at least one festival this year. And I'll take that.

[Zoo Music Girl]

4 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I agree with you, ZMG. Despite early positive vaccine rollout figures, at the moment I think the best we can hope for is late summer and some organisers seem to have a similar outlook. That said, in 8-10 weeks time, the landscape should look very different. In addition to the obvious, organisation-wise, two of the big questions at that point will be: 1. Will it be easy for acts to freely travel globally? And, 2. Will there be enough certainty to commence with builds and infrastructure? Either way, I'm pretty confident of squeezing in at least one festival this year. And I'll take that.

Yep agree with all this too. I'm sort of already used to the idea of not going to Glastonbury as it wasnever a given I'd get a ticket before the pandemic hit. But I'd love to get to at least one before the summer is out. I fancied Blue Dot but not sure if that's too early either. Really hoping I can do Supernormal in August. That is tiny so does seem possible.

[SheffJeff]

I've been going to my local park for 25 years and today I saw this which must have always been there... I'm taking this as a sign we're in business. (Also saw a sign saying 'make sure you clean up your shit' and as soon as I got home I had a shit and cleaned it up... overwhelming further evidence).

[morph100]

46 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

I definitely think theyll happen in some capacity, maybe some weekend festivals may revert to one dayers with a 3 day ticket option? Theres still a lot that can change in the coming months between the realistic time of decision making so we can all but hope till then 

Imagine if Glastonbury said we need to reduce capacity, so it’s on all weekend but you can only come for one day (24hours) for £100. Impossible to police I know but would you go? Course you would:-)

[Leyrulion]

This is bloody excellent news! 

I thought there would be a soft decision point in January whether to cancel or try to push on until just before balance payment window.

This suggests they've made that call! 

I need to increase my chances on the probability thread, might even be a whole number now!

[charlierc]

Am I the only one who still think its too early to know for sure? Feel like we'll get a clearer idea at the start of March then now, especially with things generally not going well (if admittedly a little better than this time last week, where they were looking really bad).

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Am I the only one who still think its too early to know for sure? Feel like we'll get a clearer idea at the start of March then now, especially with things generally not going well (if admittedly a little better than this time last week, where they were looking really bad).

I think most people feel that way.