Festival production company The Fair launched a behind-the-scenes documentary this week, highlighting challenges faced across the industry, and why the events sector deserves further support. ‘It Takes A Village’ follows the festival production team on site at a wide range of UK festivals and events over the 2023 summer season, from Boiler Room: London, Eastern Electrics, El Dorado, Maiden Voyage and Gottwood, to Savour Food Festival and the world’s largest Talent Acquisition festival, RecFest in Knebworth Park. The London-based production team, who have been building large scale festivals and events for a decade, created the documentary to shine a light on the hard work that goes into bringing festivals to life, as well as the increasing challenges faced across the sector. From lightning strikes to rail strikes, the documentary follows the team on site as they face hurdles in the fields. While off-site, the industry also battles with increasing supply chain costs and minimal support. ‘But these challenges are exactly what we wanted to highlight in this short film,’ The Fair team posted on their website, ‘As an industry, we all work tirelessly to bring these events to life, something which we should be celebrating more often. ‘We hope that shining a light on our amazing industry will show exactly why the festival sector not only deserves more support, but needs it – now more than ever,’ the team added. Full press release available on request.

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‘It Takes A Village’ follows the festival production team on site at a wide range of UK festivals and events over the 2023 summer season, from Boiler Room: London, Eastern Electrics, El Dorado, Maiden Voyage and Gottwood, to Savour Food Festival and the world’s largest Talent Acquisition festival, RecFest in Knebworth Park.

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Behind-the-scenes footage on-site at festivals, highlighting challenges faced across the industry, and why the events sector deserves further support.