Last week’s EPS08 of Live Talks was truly a great one. We got to hear from Chris “Jäger” from Summerbreeze Open Air as he explained the efforts he and his team have taken to work WITH the government to ensure that they can proceed as planned. With that, he also described the immense struggles and frustrations the team faces with next to no information being reciprocated from the powers that be on if their methods are going to be accepted.
One very interesting thing Chris shared with us, was that the government has mentioned that they have been struggling to find a way to encourage people in their early to mid-twenties to get vaccinated. Summerbreeze conducted a survey from their audience, where the majority of those attending fall within this age group. When asked if being able to attend Summerbreeze would be incentive enough for them to get vaccinated, 1800 out the 1800 participants answered YES.
Is the government ignoring this very useful feedback from the people? Is a key selling point to encourage those hesitant about being vaccinated as simple as we think? The chance to attend live events and festivals again?
See how important surveys are? 😉 Yes, this is a reminder to please take our active survey.
Or what about this news???
We also heard from Diana and Stephanie from a very important movement called Let’s Go Forward. Diana explained to us what prompted her to start this non-profit program:
“Let’s Go Forward came about in response to the redundancies announced by Thomas Cook in 2019.
The initiative centred around an event which aimed to give skills, inspiration and support to help those in our community who were affected. Although the event was initially conceived for Thomas Cook staff, anyone dealing with redundancy was welcome.”
She and Stephanie also told us about Jobnet, another brilliant initiative that is right up our alley as Career Restricted Event Workers. We’ll be posting more information about this soon, but please be sure to write us at info@crewcoalition.com if you’d like to participate in a workshop. It’s FREE. That’s right. FREE, and open to people worldwide, no matter your profession or current work situation. Don’t miss the opportunity to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.
Right then…on to our next Live Talks.
Hope rises and dissipates as some festivals and tours continue to attempt to move forward while others cancel and struggle to receive any solid information from their governments. It could feel like you’re on a constant rollercoaster ride. Anyone else sick of this? I know I am. I feel that Mr. Bean’s reaction summarizes a lot of our “I’m over it”ness.
This does NOT mean we should give up, but it is time to take a long hard look at what the future looks like for those of us in the live events industry and how we can start to secure our futures.
Our special guests for next Monday’s Live Talks will offer a glimmer of hope (we hope) and get you excited about a different kind of future. One where you can have it all. We will also be welcoming some new speakers from different perspectives. And as always, we welcome you to give us updates from your area and share your own struggles and victories with us.
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