The Open Forum: The industry health check

CHAIR: MARIA MAY, CAA (UK)

ILMC’s annual state-of-the-nation session is consistently the biggest debate of the conference, tackling a range of critical topics.

The spectre of the pandemic may be firmly behind the live music business, but it’s not plain sailing just yet. From an inbound global recession to energy price hikes, rising production costs, skills shortages and border delays, challenges are mounting. So what’s the solution to keeping tours on the road and festivals full in 2023 and beyond, and how should the wider business prepare?

With an all-star line-up of industry heads providing high-level insight and all in the room encouraged to take part, if there’s one ILMC session to squeeze in between meetings and deal-making, it’s this one.