Schwerin (dpa / mv) – organizers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania complain about sluggish ticket sales. In addition, the increased prices for technology, personnel and energy are eroding profitability, as a spokesman for the exhibition and congress hall in Schwerin announced on Tuesday. Entire events have already been canceled for 2023 because they are no longer worthwhile under the current conditions. Against this background, events would have to be completely recalculated. There is also concern in the state capital that culture could be one of the first sectors to suffer in the event of a possible energy shortage in autumn.
While tickets were still available for the weekend democracy festival “Jamel rockt den Förster” – which otherwise can hardly save itself from guests – the organizers of the “X
Outside of the rock and pop genre, things are no different. The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival also reports a great deal of restraint. The organizer drew its half-yearly balance last week: Compared to the pre-pandemic year 2019, only 25,000 tickets were sold in the first half of 2022 instead of 44,000. Director Ursula Haselböck nevertheless remained optimistic: “So far we have seen the 2022 festival summer as a successful new beginning after the restrictions of the past.”
