UK festivals organisers need urgent help, say MPs
Public accounts committee highlights confusion within government over how post-Covid arts fund will affect sector
Dozens of festivals are facing “devastating consequences to their survival” this summer amid confusion within government over how a £1.57bn post-Covid arts fund will affect the sector, parliament’s spending watchdog has found.
The influential public accounts committee has called on the government to offer urgent support to outdoor events organisers in a report released on Wednesday.



