The updating of health measures and the end of the State of Alarm has begun to oxygenate all the sectors most affected by the restrictions of the pandemic suffered since March 2020. Especially the events, audiovisual and cultural sector.

The United Kingdom joins the massive pilot concerts such as Love of Lesbian at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona last March and even goes further.

According to a study presented this April by MCI Spain Event Services, the world’s leading event, conference and congress organizer, 60% of companies will hold face-to-face events from mid-2021.

The analysis of the results of the Love of Lesbian concert at the Palau Sant Jordi allows us to affirm that the event had no impact on the transmission of COVID-19 among the attendees.

The direct aid, which has been approved in the last Council of Ministers of the Central Government, assigned to companies and the self-employed for a total of 7,000 million, is insufficient compared to the losses suffered only from the audiovisual sector and events in Spain, caused by the Covid-19 health crisis.

The Events Sector moves a large amount of wealth in the Catalan economy. The professionalism and competitiveness of all the participating actors makes Barcelona constantly be among the 4 world cities with the most attraction for International Congresses.

During 2020 the sector has ceased its activity leaving behind more than 100.000 professionals and 11.000 million euros of impact.

Lorenzo Amor, president of ATA: “Culture is safe. What is lacking is direct aid. ”The sector has invoiced 90% less than in 2019.

The Federation of the Audiovisual and Events Industry (FIAVE), which groups business organizations and professionals from the entertainment industry sector at the state and regional level, requests the government to adopt urgent measures that allow the survival of the sector.

Everyone or almost everyone likes music, listening to it, living it or supporting it with all the senses. And it is that the music sector, beyond the artistic and human benefits, has a very important role in our economy.