The festival was set to run from Wednesday through to Sunday, but organisers wrote on the festival website that events scheduled for Wednesday would not go ahead. “We’re taking it day by day at the moment, but the safety of attendees, staff and artists is our number one priority,” he said. A spokeswoman said on Monday that the city council was looking at the “potential impact” of the alert level changes. The popular festival, which will run from February 20 to 28, with more than 40 events scheduled to take place over seven days. Expecting to attract around 500 people, the vinyl buy-and-swap event at the Lawson’s Dry Hills courtyard won’t be able to take place unless Marlborough moves back to alert level 1.

Source: Stuff February 15, 2021 03:45 UTC