The #WeMakeEvents campaign is calling for more support for the live events industry, as workers fear they won’t survive Covid-19 restrictions. Radiohead, Idles and The Libertines are among thousands calling on the UK government to offer a lifeline to the entertainment industry amid fears it will not survive Covid-19 restrictions. The #WeMakeEvents campaign has seen musicians, artists, venues, actors, creatives, and events staff flood social media with messages about the importance of live events and the dire straits in which professionals find themselves, as part of its “global action day” on September 30. Hilary Goodfellow, a freelance events manager, site manager and cultural producer from Glasgow, is among those who have seen their livelihoods turned upside-down. “It is fucking brutal,” she told The Big Issue. “Personally, I have lost more than £25,000 from April to October. I had to go onto Universal Credit for the first time in my life. £97 a week. £97 a week does not even pay my mortgage, let alone allow money for food. “I had to take a payment holiday from paying my mortgage and stop paying into my pension.” Events company Eventbrite estimated the industry was worth £42.3 billion to the UK economy […]
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