Independent arts festival the Sydney Fringe has pulled the plug on its 2021 festival due to the ongoing COVID situation in NSW.
Citing the health risks to its artists, staff and audiences if the Fringe were to proceed, Sydney Fringe Festival Director and CEO Kerri Glasscock said the only responsible thing to do was pull the plug.
‘Obviously there’s the legal and financial risks, but the health and safety risk with the Delta variant is just so exponential for us, particularly considering that the vast majority of our artists are under the age of 40 and our [average] audience is under 48 – so the likelihood of them being fully vaccinated is very low,’ she told ArtsHub on Friday afternoon.
