Will a charity event providing entertainment require a licence?
If regulated entertainment is being provided at a charitable event to which the public is invited, a premises licence or temporary event notice would be required. Private events, where the invited guests are charged and, either with a view to private profit or to raise funds for charity, are licensable as such a charge could, for example, lead to greater risks being taken with regard to safety issues. For example, the number of people invited, seating arrangements and access to exits in an emergency. However, entertainment provided at a private charitable event where the public is not invited (other than where the entertainment is provided exclusively for the members and their guests of a qualifying club) and where no charge is made (other than solely to cover costs) or requirement for the guests to give any money to charity would not be licensable.
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