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For the second straight year amid pandemic restrictions and lockdowns, the Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival is planning for a live event this summer a weekend of top-notch music Portagers can look forward to.
Just last week, the festival confirmed its 2021 dates for Friday, August 27th and Saturday, August 28th and announced it will be proceeding in a format that takes into effect all provincial public health orders at the time.
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“Multiple contingency plans are in place to ensure the health and safety of everyone in attendance,” explains festival co-organizer and artistic director, Josh Wright. “If public outdoor gatherings are permitted by the summer, this year’s Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival will be a drive-in event with physically-distanced pods and cohorts like last summer. If not, the artists will st
The three-year funding allocation will target $40 million specifically for the ailing live music sector.
After a year of unprecedented struggle, the Canadian government is pledging to inject badly needed emergency funding into the country’s depleted music economy.
The government said this week that its latest budget allocates $70 million (about USD $56 million) for the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Music Fund $50 million (USD$40 million) of which is targeted for the ailing live music sector.
The three-year funding allocation which in 2021-22 will represent $50 million in emergency funding, nearly twice the $26 million the government contributed to the fund in 2018-2019 comes as Canada’s live music businesses have lost 92% of their revenues during the pandemic, according to a study conducted last fall by the Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA). The association estimates that about 90 music or music-reliant venues have shuttered.
“This is a crucial step towards enhancing the sustainability of festivals and events across Canada.
Author of the article: Lynn Saxberg
Publishing date: Apr 20, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Once the vaccine has done its work, in-person activities of every kind will boom. Here, the crowds gather at Bluesfest in 2019, the year before the pandemic curtailed our direct interactions with each other. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The future suddenly looks a whole lot brighter for the pandemic-weary festival and event sector, as well as the music industry, thanks to millions in funding announced this week in the 2021 federal budget.