Scarborough Open Air Theatre Cuffe and Taylor

12th March 2026

Scarborough Open Air Theatre shows generate £8.8m for local economy

Tiree Music Festival credit Kevin Kerr

29th January 2026

Tiree Music Festival 2025 boosts Scottish economy by £1.6 million

DF Concerts and Events

16th January 2026

DF Concerts and Events delivers £164m of economic benefit for Scotland

The Open economic impact

18th November 2025

The Open generates more than £280 million in economic benefit for Northern Ireland

29th October 2025

Tall Ships Races Aberdeen exceeded expectations and generates £32.2 GVA

Formula E at ExCeL London sporting events

29th April 2025

Major sporting events delivered £230 million boost to London’s economy

HebCelt

24th January 2025

HebCelt Festival contributed £12 million to local economy in last three years

JBM Music Reggae Land

16th January 2025

JBM Music’s Reggae Land delivers significant economic boost to MK area

Tiree Music Festival

27th November 2024

Tiree Music Festival contributes £1.3m to local economy

Big Weekend Luton economic impact report

14th October 2024

Radio 1 Big Weekend delivers £7 million boost to Luton economy

adidas Manchester Marathon

9th May 2024

adidas Manchester Marathon delivers huge economic benefit to the city

Birmingham 2022

9th April 2024

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games generates £1.2 billion for UK economy

UCI Cycling World Championships

15th February 2024

2023 UCI Cycling World Championships generates £205m in economic activity

Eurovision Village Liverpool City Council

26th October 2023

Eurovision delivers a £54m economic boost to Liverpool

The Jockey Club Cheltenham Festival

14th March 2023

Cheltenham Festival delivers £274m economic benefit to local economy

Birmingham 2022

18th January 2023

Birmingham 2022 contributes to £870 million to the UK economy

UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Naomi Baker/Getty Images

5th October 2022

UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 positive impact report published

11th July 2022

Bristol Light Festival confirms return after generating £3.4m for local economy

Victorious Festival Tom Langford

23rd February 2022

Victorious Festival generates more than £15m for local economy

24th November 2021

Manchester Marathon generates £7.4m for local economy

Sheffield Gary Butterfield Unsplash

18th November 2021

COVID’s impact on arts sector revealed by University of Sheffield report

Highest Point Robin Zahler

10th November 2021

Highest Point Festival estimates economic impact of £4.68m

Wales Rally GB

19th August 2020

Wales Rally GB’s economic contribution vital to post-COVID recovery

Steve Heap AFO EIF

21st May 2020

AFO highlights dreadful local economic impact of festival postponements