Event promoters Bajjo and Abtex believe that the longstanding mistrust between artists and promoters has created a significant divide between the two parties. Coupled with the rising operational costs, the events industry has faced considerable challenges.According to Abbey Musinguzi, a.k.a Abtex, the costs of organising an event have skyrocketed in recent years, and yet revellers are not willing to pay a higher fee at the gate to access these events.“It has become very expensive. The cost for almost everything has tripled, from setting up a stage, paying for ADs, and paying the artists, yet our gate fees have not increased,” Abtex noted.Another renowned events promoter, Alfonso “Bajjo” Mukasa, there is a huge divide between promoters and artists caused by mistrust.No Million, No Kapa – Kapa Cat hikes performance feesBajjo also states that most event organisers are operating in debt, and some of them have even gone bankrupt.Most promoters are broke and now use money lenders to survive, apart from Balaam (Barugahara). I also don’t organise events on borrowed money. I personally don’t organise if I can’t raise the capital.We nowadays incur so many expense starting from the venue booking, taxes, sound expenses, and artists’ booking fees…at the end of the day, you can only count losses and incurred debts.Promoters like Nobart events were affected by artists he helped, but they never recognised his efforts. He ended up as one of the most bankrupt promoters.There is also a war between artists and promoters these days. We no longer trust each other. Artists call us thieves, demoters, exploiters, and users.Bajjo has not completely given up on organising events, as he believes there can be an improvement if artists and promoters come to a mutual understanding and build trust amongst them again.“We shall only resume our jobs if we meet a corporate mutual understanding between artists and promoters,” he added.The post Divide between artists and promoters threatens music industry success – Bajjo appeared first on MBU.