Over 1,000 music and events industry workers marched through Manchester city centre on August 11 to raise awareness of the crisis facing the sector.

The clip, filmed today, shows the WeMakeEvents crowd marching with signs calling the government to help their sector which is facing 114,000 job losses.

"Many protesters pushed flight boxes, commonly used to take equipment to events. The COVID crisis has put many self-employed workers in the events industry out of work. The protesters wore masks and were socially distanced," the filmer told Newsflare.

Over 1,000 music and events industry workers marched through Manchester UK city centre on 11th August 2020. Their goal was to draw attention to the current job losses and lack of work in this sector, to lobby the Government for support, and to support the WeMakeEvents campaign. Many protesters pushed flight boxes, commonly used to take equipment to events. The COVID crisis has put many self-employed workers in the events industry out of work. The protesters wore masks and were socially distanced.