Debbie Mulloy of the PRS said at the AFO (Association of Festival Organisers) conference that the charging structure is currently up for review. The AFO is one voice that will put a case for Folk music. Debbie suggested that if you had problems with or caused by the PRS charges then you should get in touch and explain what the problems were.

Two of the problems mentioned were festivals which had a large non music content as part of their programming and so felt that a blanket fee of 3% of total ticket sales led to a disproportional charge on the music content, and festivals and clubs where a large proportion of their musical content was not PRS music, and so the PRS content was disproportionally loaded. Their are other problems I am sure, so tell the PRS.

Stu