Music Festival Executive Protection — Backstage Cover for Headliners & Labels
The short version: Music Festival Executive Protection — Backstage Cover for Headliners & Labels — published 2026 rates, working SIA playbook, insured. short-notice cover, subject to availability in London, nationwide by arrangement.
Festivals are open-air cities for a weekend. Headliners, label execs and high-net-worth guests move through a maze of stages, hospitality and after-parties. The plan has to survive contact with 100,000 people.
Headliner & Artist Cover
1 CPO at the tour bus door from arrival. 2 CPOs walk-on for stage handover. 1 CPO in dressing room during set if requested. Same officer travels with the artist for the duration to avoid handover risk.
Backstage & Hospitality Patrol
Roving SIA team in artist liaison and label hospitality. Manage uninvited entry, intoxicated guests and credential abuse. Liaise directly with festival head of security.
After-Show & Compound Extraction
Post-set extraction from stage to vehicle compound is the highest-risk window. We pre-walk it, time it, and run a decoy where reasonable. Convoy to onward hotel or helicopter pad.
Major UK Festivals Covered Annually
Glastonbury, Wireless, BST Hyde Park, All Points East, Reading & Leeds, Boomtown, Boardmasters, plus private corporate festivals and label retreats.
Pricing — Festival EP
Single artist weekend cover (Friday–Sunday, 1 CPO + driver): priced per assignment. Headline package with 2 CPOs + advance car: priced per assignment. Label hospitality + 6-person detail: bespoke.
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Roy is a Director of VIP Protection Services, overseeing SIA-licensed close protection, executive protection, corporate security and residential security across the UK. He personally writes and reviews every guide, checking each against current SIA licensing rules and BS 7858:2019 screening standards before publication.
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