Saturday, November 18, 2006

Music festival risk management

Someone in Denver has just floated the idea of staging a destination music and film festival at Red Rocks.

All sorts of questions come to my mind. Has anyone stepped forward to put up money in advance to cover costs and negotiate with artists? Where are all the attendees going to stay? (There are no hotels and few campgrounds nearby.) How will people get back and forth to Red Rocks if they aren't staying within walking distance? (There is no public transportation to Red Rocks.) And so on.

So I decided to look around for some info, starting with festival risk management.

Here's a good list of all the various types of insurance which needs to be in place for a well-run festival.

Backstage: Risk management planning for one of the nation's largest festivals





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