Tag: Pandemic

Articles exploring how the pandemic reshaped lives, industries and communities.

The festival industry is on its knees: Glastonbury Tipi Field coordinator, Hearthworks, on the Pandemic

19 July 2021

In any normal year, the festival season would be well underway by now. Glastonbury would have set the tone, and the British public would be enjoying a summer packed with arts, music and entertainment.

Instead, the pandemic brought the live events sector to a standstill — and few felt it more sharply than the small businesses that make festivals possible. This piece looks at the experience of Hearthworks, the company responsible for coordinating Glastonbury’s Tipi Field, as it navigated an unprecedented shutdown.

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