Split payments and second jobs: how music festival fans afford soaring costs

As festivalgoers do whatever it takes to pay for the summer season, struggling organisers innovate to sell ticketsFrom Monday to Friday, Jessica Heath works as a civil servant in central London – but when the weekend comes, it’s not time to relax. For the past two years, the 28-year-old has also worked evening shifts most Saturdays and Sundays at a nearby wine bar, with one clear aim – to save up for her summers.Heath has been a huge music festival fan since she first went to Leeds as a teenager and each year, including day events, she takes in at least seven, some as a volunteer. Without that and her second job, she’d never be able to afford it, she says. Continue reading...

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