COVID-specific insurance policy from the UK government.The Winchester-based festival is the latest in a line of events cancelling their 2021 editions for this reason.In a statement explaining the decision, the organisers of Boomtown said: “After almost half a year of collective campaigning to the government, sadly COVID specific cancellation insurance for events still does not exist at this point in time.
This means anyone putting on an event this year, will be doing so without the safety net of insurance to cover them should COVID prevent them from going ahead in any capacity.“For an independent event as large and complex as Boomtown, this is a huge gamble of up to an eight figure sum and the financial risk is simply too high.”The festival.