Organisers on the Isle of Wight are considering their options, as lockdown continues and uncertainty grows over how the Covid-19 pandemic will impact music festivals, and other events.

Last week, Glastonbury Festival said it would not take place in 2021 - prompting questions about the future of the Island's own festival scene.

Most agree that Glastonbury's huge size and complexity means Emily and Michael Eavis's decision had to be made early.

Other events, though, have the benefit of a little more time - and organisers are waiting to see what happens next with the ongoing - and ever changing - pandemic.

Sarah Moss is the Event Organiser for Jack Up Events.

She leads a consortium of organisers behind a host of the Island's festival and summer shows.

She told the County Press: "With a massive 210,000 capacity, Glastonbury is very different from any of the events staged here on the Island, owing to the sheer scale and complexity of the build.

"It takes several months to transform an 1100-acre site into something the equivalent size of a city.

"Given their extensive lead times and the amount of planning involved, I'm not surprised by the decision to cancel, it is after all the largest green-field festival in the world."

"In contrast, much smaller Island events have months before reaching any kind determination point and we continue to be guided by Public Health England and all the relevant authorities in taking an optimistic and pragmatic approach to saving our Summer.

"It takes anything from 6-9 months to plan an event the size of Jack Up The Summer (4,999 capacity).

Sarah said: "Myself and other organisers are working closely with MP Bob Seely, who fully appreciates both the economic and human importance of Island events and have asked him to intervene on the need for Government-backed insurance and some sense of reopening timeframe."

The Jack Up The Summer Retro Festival is due to be held August 6-8, after being forced to postpone in 2020.

Meanwhile, the Isle of Wight Festival is currently scheduled to take place at Seaclose Park on June 17-20.

John Giddings, from Solo, heads up the event and says he has his fingers crossed for this year.

On social media, the Isle of Wight Festival event said: "Rest assured we’re continuing to work behind the scenes to get ready for the Isle of Wight Festival this summer and hope to have more news for you soon. In the meantime, stay safe."

In a social media statement last week, Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said: "With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us.

"Tickets for this year will roll over to next year."

Commenting on Twitter, Download Festival said it would make an announcement by March 1.

Rob Da Bank, who used to run Bestival on the Isle of Wight and now heads up Camp Bestival in Dorset, said: "So gutted that Glastonbury is not happening this year.

"Spare a thought for Michael, Emily and Nick, who will be devastated, and all the crew and team who depend on it happening.

"Sad times. I still feel optimistic festival season will happen in the UK this summer.

"Sadly Glasto is such a mammoth beast to plan, it ran outta time ... keep em all crossed festifolk."