[ad_1] Serious Stages’ first major festival of the ’23 summer season began with a sold-out Download Festival at Donington Park Circuit, providing the stages and site structures. Accommodating the multi-ton technical production and scenic elements, the main ‘Apex’ stage was a Serious 25m TZ 6-post roof, including a ‘Super Bowstring Arch’ with a 10-tonne capacity.…
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[ad_1] UK Festival Award winner, Download Festival has today announced major site improvement plans for 2022, including unparalleled accessibility improvements and sustainability initiatives. Download Festival prides itself on listening to its loyal fanbase. The Village has moved even closer to the Arena and will now be located on hard-standing ground. This is not just water-proofing the site, but the move…
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[ad_1] Kiss’s final UK show, Iron Maiden’s masterclass and a Sunday headline set from Biffy Clyro were the headline grabbers, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, an hour of pure, unadulterated rock from Black Label Society and an absolute blast of a chat with Cellar Door Moon Crow were our highlights from a sun-kissed Donnington Park…
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[ad_1] Latitude Festival. Credit: Sam McMahon Barclaycard has announced that it will become the Headline Partner of two UK festival staples in 2023 as part of its partnership renewal with Live Nation UK – Barclaycard presents the Isle of Wight Festival and Barclaycard presents Latitude. The five-year extension also includes partnerships with festivals across all…
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[ad_1] Continuing is work as an industry spotlight, The Power of Events has announced a cross-four-nation tour to introduce the Event Industry Insight App. This unique roadshow will traverse the four nations, igniting enthusiasm and showcasing the immense potential of this groundbreakingapp. It is designed to be an innovative tool for industry partners to help…
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[ad_1] The fourth edition of ecolibrium’s Green Travel Guide for Festivals and Events is packed with new details, case studies and future transport trends, May 2023. ecolibrium, the charity on a mission to move low carbon travel to the heart of live events culture, has launched a new guide for 2023. It provides updated understanding…
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[ad_1] Soundclub, a social platform for live music experiences, has launched its website and mobile app. Soundclub focuses on festivals, helping fans discover and experience live music events. The free to download app, currently the number one festival discovery platform in the world, enables users to filter and view comprehensive festival details, such as line-ups,…
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[ad_1] International inflatable structure supplier, Evolution Dome, has just completed independent acoustic testing of its inflatable domes and the results show a substantial drop in noise across the range of inflatable structures, and the company has made the findings of this research available for download. Evolution Dome’s director, Ash Austin, commented on the findings, “The…
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[ad_1] Steve Jenner – he’s so up to date, that’s him at Reading 2023. Festival Awards co-founder Steve Jenner has led festivals through several game-changing technological shifts over the years, from bringing the internet to Glastonbury in the late 1990s to seeding the integral online community of Download Festival in the 2000s and more recently…
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[ad_1] With just under two weeks to go until the Summit, all of the sessions and speakers, including thought leaders, industry experts and policy makers are confirmed. They will be sharing their insights, to inform and inspire outdoor event sustainability action, at an details filled, free to attend event. Read and download the full programme…
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[ad_1] Serious Stages rounded off an incredible festival summer, supplying Reading and Leeds festivals with two TZ Roof main stages and multiple platforms, hosting a line-up featuring Dave, The 1975 and The Artic Monkeys, 26th – 28th August 2022. Serious Stages’ contribution to the UK’s first full festival season since 2019 saw 140 stages built…
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[ad_1] Cellar Door Moon Crow. Phil (L) and Tommy (R). Download gave us the chance to chat with Cellar Door Moon Crow about 2022, all it has brought so far and the importance of festivals to grassroots artists looking to grow their audience. South Yorkshire’s Goodwin brothers, Phil (Guitar) and Tommy (drums and keys, sometimes…
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[ad_1] UK: Download Festival has announced major site improvement plans for its upcoming edition, set to take place from June 12 – 14 in Donington Park, Leicestershire. The festival’s Village area has moved closer to the Arena and will be located on the hard-standing tarmac lake, home to a new festival merch store for weekend campers.…
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[ad_1] UK: Bournemouth’s annual arts and culture festival, Arts by the Sea, has launched a colouring competition to help keep kids entertained at home during school closures across the UK. Aspiring young artists can download a selection of colouring sheets based on the festival’s 2020 artwork, to print and colour at home, or upload and colour using a…
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[ad_1] UK: The sustainability initiative, Festival Vision:2025, has released the second edition of its flagship Show Must Go On report, revealing the latest figures, trends and practices surrounding the festival industry’s response to the climate crisis. The full report is available as a free download here. Five years on since the first edition was published, the new 126-page…
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[ad_1] Download the full guide Professionals from across the global concert touring industry have joined forces to form the PSA Tour Production Group (PSA TPG), in order to provide a unified response to the impact of COVID-19 on live music events. The group is a new arm of the Production Services Association – the largest…
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[ad_1] Download the full guide Professionals from across the global concert touring industry have joined forces to form the PSA Tour Production Group (PSA TPG), in order to provide a unified response to the impact of COVID-19 on live music events. The group is a new arm of the Production Services Association – the largest…
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[ad_1] UK: Carbon emissions from over 13 million travel miles have been balanced with investment in renewable energy by the 50 festivals and 30 suppliers working with live events industry charity Energy Revolution – exceeding the 10 million mile target set when the project launched in 2015. The charity has gained momentum over the last…
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[ad_1] UK: The UK Festival Awards revealed its winners for 2019 on December 5, during the 16th annual ceremony at the Troxy in London. Hosted by rapper, comedian and actor, Doc Brown, the industry celebration presented accolades across 21 categories to various festivals, organisations and individuals in the UK’s live events sector. Those crowned include…
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[ad_1] The UK Festival Market Report 2018 is now available from the UK Festival Awards’ website, for the very special price of free. The findings enclosed within were garnered from the most recent UK Festival Census, undertaken by the awarding body from October – November 2018. The infographic covers festivalgoers’ opinions and habits surrounding food…
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[ad_1] Teresa Moore is a Director of A Greener Festival. She has been researching the problem of tent waste at festivals for a number of years, having carried out the first pan-European survey on the issue in 2012 for A Greener Festival and Go Group. For the last four years she has conducted research on…
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[ad_1] UK: Energy Revolution, the sustainability charity helping to tackle the environmental impact from fossil fuel travel to events, has partnered with the Solar for Schools project. In 2018, Energy Revolution helped its members – encompassing festivals, suppliers and touring artists – to balance or ‘offset’ the carbon emissions from over three million average car…
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[ad_1] UK: Download Festival has unveiled Ozzy Osbourne and Avenged Sevenfold as two of the three headliners for its 2018 edition, set to take place from June 8 – 10 in Donington Park, Leicestershire. No stranger to the grounds of Donington, Ozzy Osbourne will headline the festival’s Sunday night. Having previously graced the main stage…
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[ad_1] UK: SpaSeekers has conducted research into the sleeping and cleaning habits of UK festival attendees. The study has revealed the festival where people shower the least, brush their teeth the least and even change their underwear the least. The nationwide survey of 500 festivalgoers also ranks festivals by the amount of sleep enjoyed by…
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[ad_1] The latest festival research from CGA shows that the range of food and drink on offer is an important factor when choosing which festivals to attend for 61% of festival-goers. However, only 55% rate the current drinks choice as good or excellent; with the food offer faring slightly better at 70%. The report demonstrates…
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[ad_1] Photo credit: Julio Casado The UK Festival Awards – set to host its 14th edition on November 30 at Troxy in London – has revealed all of its shortlists for 2017. They are as follows… The Innovation Award Bearded Theory for The Bearded Theory Festival SchoolBluedot Festival for The Cosmos ProjectCrowded Space Drones at…
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[ad_1] UK: Eventbrite, one of the world’s leading event technology and ticketing platforms, has released a brand new report summarising the results from a nationwide, representative survey looking at the going out habits of millennials. The study looks at the events scene in the UK and challenges associations of millennials as phone addicts who prefer…
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[ad_1] Festival Insights and the Festival Awards are proud to release the European Festival Market Report 2017, an in-depth examination of consumer demographics, preferences and behaviour based on research undertaken during October 2016. The insights contained within the Report were gleaned from a sample of 19,000 festival-goers who took part in the annual European Festival…
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[ad_1] UK: Fresh concerns about Live Nation’s dominance of the UK’s live music market have been raised by the Association of Independent Festivals [AIF]. It follows the publication of new AIF research that shows the US-promoter is fast-approaching a 25% market share of all UK festivals over a 5,000 capacity. At present, Live Nation either…
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