Moshing allowed as Obtain Pageant returns for brand spanking new tenting pilot occasion

Obtain Pageant organisers have confirmed that it'll make a small-scale return subsequent month for a three-day tenting pilot as a part of ongoing analysis into the protected return of dwell music.

Organisers say that “moshing is allowed” when 10,000 followers descend on Donington Park from June 18-20.

Tickets will go on sale here from Tuesday (June 1) for all present Obtain ticketholders. Basic sale will then happen from June 3.

The occasion will type a part of the second section of the UK Authorities’s scientific Occasions Analysis Programme, with a full line-up set to be introduced this Friday (Could 28).

Pageant Republic boss Melvin Benn, who beforehand teased a tenting pilot, stated: “Following the large success of our Sefton Park occasion, we're delighted to contribute to Section II of the Authorities’s Occasions Analysis Programme with the creation of the primary three-day tenting competition which would be the Obtain Pilot at Donington Park.”

We're hyped to announce #DownloadPilot. A tenting competition pilot in Donington Park, that’s a part of the federal government’s Occasion Analysis Programme.

Precedence entry for DL22 ticket holders out there on Tues 1st Jun. Basic sale Thurs third Jun.https://t.co/mnsDqBoNCM pic.twitter.com/PPZ41jJEGL

— Obtain Pageant (@DownloadFest) May 26, 2021

“This huge subsequent step will assist us perceive and examine the protected return of large-scale festivals with no social distancing or face masks over a full weekend… the return
of the complete competition expertise we have now all been ready for and a a lot wanted return to work for musicians, backstage crew, caterers and lots of extra that type a part of the UK’s exemplary dwell music trade.”

All attendees should be aged over 16 and be prepared to remain for the entire weekend, with no day tickets happening sale.

The primary stage of the federal government’s occasions analysis programme noticed 1000's of music lovers attending a collection of pilot occasions in Liverpool over the Could Financial institution Vacation weekend, the place the likes of Fatboy Slim and Blossoms performed to a crowd with none Covid restrictions.

Simply 15 individuals examined optimistic for Covid-19 following the occasion, with preliminary knowledge suggesting that holding mass occasions with out face masks and social distancing poses as little threat as going to a purchasing centre or restaurant.

Obtain Pageant will make a full return in 2022 with headline units from KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro.