Vision 2025, supported by The Showman’s Show and Festival Republic, continues to shape climate action for the UK outdoor event industry by bringing event organisers, suppliers, climate organisations and green leaders together to share innovations, discuss best practice, and exclusively launch the new environment chapter of the Purple Guide. The free to attend conference is open for…
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The Fair and We Are OPS enabled 20,000 festival goers to dance at Boiler Room’s Burgess Park show over the weekend, increasing capacity and scale following the success of the one-day event in May. The London-based event production and operations agencies worked meticulously to enable this unique experience for ticketholders, who flocked for Boiler Room’s…
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One of the UK’s leading crowd security and safety technology companies is celebrating a phenomenal milestone by revealing it has protected 50 million people at over 759 major sporting, music and entertainment events and business premises around the globe over the course of the Summer. Halo Solutions, which was founded by former National Counter Terrorism…
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Live CEO Jon Collins welcomes new Chair, Steve Lamacq LIVE, the voice of the UK’s live music industry, has appointed live music advocate and Radio DJ Steve Lamacq as its new Chair. This comes as LIVE also welcomes its 16th member, Musicians’ Union (The MU), and appoints three new co-opted Directors in a move to…
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Costa Rica’s game changing and agenda setting Ocaso Festival is back for a seventh edition and will expand to five nights in 2024, taking place at the all new location of The Bohemian Lagarto in Playa Lagarto, Guanacaste – a breathtaking beachfront location on the Pacific coast. Playing will be Mind Against, John Summit, Seth…
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Fresh off the back of another record-setting edition, EXIT confidently strides towards 2024 when the festival will return from 11 to 14 July and will once again be the favourite gathering spot for visitors from around the world. Tickets for EXIT 2024 will officially go on sale on Tuesday 10th October. This year, EXIT created…
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Fresh off the back of another huge edition of Boogietown, the dates for the 2024 edition have already been revealed Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2024. Held just 35 minutes from London at Apps Court Farm, this most essential disco, soul and funk weekender of the year is nestled amongst the bends of the…
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When Luno presents All Points East returned to London’s Victoria Park last month, L’Oréal Paris, partnered up to take a stand against harassment. With a YouGov survey revealing that 80% of women in the UK say they have been sexually harassed in public spaces, the partnership supported women, festival staff and allies to learn more…
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Message from the Ravens are the girl-band your festival needs Even if they are all in their 30s it doesn’t matter, because their music is timeless. It’s like a wingbeat caught in a perfect amber bubble. They have stepped up over the last year from playing beach-gigs outside fishing huts on Hastings seafront to festivals…
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The Roundhouse has completed its line up for Roundhouse Rising Festival 2023. The three-day flagship event occurs from 12th to 14th October, in collaboration with BBC Introducing Live. The full programme for the BBC Introducing panel programme has been announced for Saturday, 14 Oct. Aimed at empowering grassroots artists, very special music industry guests will…
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They start ’em young in Nottingham. Pic: Tom Morley Nottingham’s Hockley Hustle is set to be the biggest ever with the introduction of an industry day to supercharge the careers of homegrown talent ahead of the main event taking place Sunday 22 October 2023. It’s all part of the festival’s ethos to showcase the creative…
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In a new initiative for 2023, The Showman’s Show, Production Futures and the Power of Events are teaming up to create a pop-up job clinic Your Calling at this year’s event. Held at the show on Thursday 19th October, it will play host to a series of insightful sessions and networking opportunities aimed at helping…
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Get ready to raise your glasses and savour the finest wines from around the globe at the inaugural London Wine Festival, taking place from 7th to 10th December 2023. Set against the vibrant backdrop near Shoreditch and Liverpool Street, the festival promises an unmatched celebration of wine culture and camaraderie. The London Wine Festival is…
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Cambridge Club Festival, one of a growing number of festivals partnering with Tickets For Good Tickets for Good – the company on a mission to give NHS and charity workers free and heavily discounted tickets to festivals, music, sport, comedy, and theatre – has launched a new programme: ‘The Ticket Bank’, to give tickets directly…
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With six weeks left until ADE 2023, Amsterdam Dance Event reveals its second wave of artists. Among them are Adam Beyer (SE), Anetha (FR), A-Trak (CA), Black Cadmium (NL), Carista (NL), Charlotte de Witte (BE), Claptone (DE), DJ Heartstring (DE), DJ Holographic (US), Fatima Yamaha (NL), Hardwell (NL), Héctor Oaks (DE), HoneyLuv (US), Interplanetary Criminal…
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Thousands of revellers at this year’s CarFest experienced the power of electric vehicle (EV) charging in action at the bp pulse EV silent disco. Over 5000 festival goers visited the 600-person capacity attraction which, in a world-first, was 100% powered by four EVs charged by bp pulse, bringing together the combination of electrifying beats, electric…
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Edinburgh’s Terminal V have announced the full line-up for their new event series concept. Terminal V Presents Halloween Trilogy will run over one weekend, with three momentous events planned across two stages, over thirty artists, over 5,000 people each day and epic new stage designs. Taking place across two stages in the cavernous halls at…
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Our friends at Mustard Media are hosting an exclusive webinar with TikTok, Mastering TikTok advertising for festivals and events. The webinar has been designed to nnlock TikTok’s Ticket selling potential, with Caitlin Cunningham, Senior Paid Media Executive, Mustard Media and Eleanor Kearney, Agency Partnership Manager, TikTok. This is your chance to get your burning TikTok questions…
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© Photography by Khris Cowley for Here & Now (fb.com/wearehereandnow) North African destination festival, Oasis: Into The Wild, has announced its complete 2023 line-up, with a raft of exciting new additions including ARTBAT, OK Williams, and Rodriguez Jr. The Moroccan festival’s Opening Party, presented by The Mbari House, is also unveiled today, featuring performances from…
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Britannia Row Productions has supplied L-Acoustics PA systems across four of WOMAD’s stages: Open Air, Saddlespan, Siam and Taste the World, on behalf of Judgeday Productions Director, Dave T. The Open Air Stage is the second festival environment in which Britannia Row has deployed the new L Series L2 system, following exceptional results at Soho…
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When Birmingham Festival 2023 took place from 28th July – 6th August to mark the one-year anniversary of the Commonwealth Games, JA Productions (JAP) delivered all event, site and operations management on behalf of organiser Birmingham City Council. Building on the Commonwealth Games’ legacy, a cultural programme of entertainment was curated by JAP’s programme partner…
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Sustainability Not for profit A Greener Future (formerly A Greener Festival) have released release insight into festival carbon footprints. Key findings revealed audience travel contributed on average to 41% of the carbon footprint when a more complete account of scope 3 emissions is included. When including wider travel such as production, traders, and artists, travel…
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55 Grand is something to shout about. Frank Turner with The Lottery Winners at Kendal Calling 2023. Kendal Calling has revealed that this summer’s festival has raised a whopping £55,735 for local charities, organisations and other deserving causes. Funds were raised just last month at Kendal Calling through donations, merchandise sales, guest list donations, on…
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Safer Spaces Now CIC worked in partnership with Notting Hill Carnival, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police again this year, to provide specialist support to prevent and respond to incidents of violence against women and girls and all forms of domestic abuse and sexual violence. Safer Spaces Now CIC is…
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Togather founders Hugo Campbell and Digby Vollrath Togather, the conflation of the words gather and together is one of those names that you probably wish you’d thought of when considering company nomenclature for the festival industry. It took founders Digby Vollrath and Hugo Campbell several years of trading, growth and investment as Feast-It to make…
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Romania’s UNTOLD Festival, has climbed to 6th place in the Top 100 Festivals by DJ Mag, according to 100,000 fans from all over the world wi voted for their favorite festivals. This year, the European festival that put Romania on the global map of events is in the top 3 festivals in Europe, among Tomorrowland…
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Reggaeland 2023. Pic: themancphotographer.co.uk After an epic 2023 edition with 30,000 people, more than 80 artists, four stages of music, 50+ food traders and two unforgettable days, Reggae Land is already looking ahead to next year’s event. It will take place again at its supersized new home, The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on August…
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Mr Wilsons Second Liners An annual, multi venue music festival with a twist, ONWARDS, as the name suggests, leads audiences successively through Huddersfield town centre grassroots music venues, showcasing a carefully curated programme of live music Onwards Festival began in 2016 fulfilling a concept conceived by event organisers Sam Hodgson & Noah Burton of a…
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Tomorrowland is bringing back the legendary CORE stage to Tulum, Mexico, for two nights at the beginning of next year. Presented as a world premiere, the festival will unveil the brand-new CORE stage to the world for the very first time at Zamna on January 13 & January 20, 2024. Entirely designed and crafted in-house…
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Weekend Recover. One of a dozen artists featured by BBC Introducing at Rock ‘n Roll Circus. Sheffield, which continues to be one of the most vibrant cities in the UK for live music, pop, indie, dance stars and emerging acts will host its end of summer celebration, where the best musical talent meets the weird…
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Dawn Dines – Taking the anti-spiking message to festivals. Dawn Dines has a mission: To stamp out spiking. We met at this year’s Boardmasters Festival, where the message from the charity she heads up, Stamp Out Spiking, was clearly communicated with the support of the organisers. Before she continued on this part of her crusade,…
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Sound City is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its revered Launch Training programme, which supports 16 – 24 year olds with an ambition to work in the music business as an artist or industry leader. This year’s Launch Training programme will run from October 16 – December 18 and is complemented by 40 bursaries for…
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After a remarkable and sold-out previous edition, Labryinto announces its highly anticipated lineup & return with Black Coffee, Adriatique, Anotr, Carlita, Dennis Cruz & more Labryinto Festival once again takes centre stage, promising an extraordinary experience for music and art enthusiasts from around the world in Costa Rica through the New Years celebrations. The 2024…
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Little Simz in one of her early-career performances at Roundhouse Rising. Pic: Nici Eberl World-renowned London music venue the Roundhouse continues announcements for Roundhouse Rising Festival 2023. The three-day flagship event takes place from 12th to 14th October, in collaboration with BBC Introducing Live. Kicking off on Thursday, 12th and Friday, 13th October, Rising Presents…
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Health and wellbeing researcher, Innerbody, has released its updated 2023 Drug Safety at Music Festivals study, revealing what it describes as alarming trends and health risks. Harm prevention measures feature, with 65% of festivalgoers having/had drugs tested this year, with Gen Z the generation most likely to have drugs tested. That still leaves around a…
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A Serious Stages Supanova provided the colourful focal point for Brighton’s Fabulosa Pride in Preston Park, with over 150 LGBTQ+ artists entertaining 60,000 fans, 5th & 6th August, 2023. Widely acknowledged as the Country’s most popular Pride event, Serious stages supported the organisers of this year 50th Brighton Pride anniversary weekend. The Black Eyed Peas,…
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EXIT and NFT-TiX have announced the sale of their most expensive NFT festival ticket for this year’s edition, fetching a staggering €10,000. This wasn’t just a ticket, it was an unparalleled festival experience! The owner was treated to VIP passes to the most exclusive spots at the Fortress, intimate meet-and-greets with artists, premium accommodations, and…
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The Events Industry Forum (EIF) has announced that it has now provided £211,000 in Purple Guide grants and funding for projects to support the UK outdoor events industry. With the recent launch of a new chapter on Licensing, the Purple Guide has now grown to 36 chapters with further chapters covering sustainability and vehicle-based events…
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