The Events Industry Forum has agreed to provide a £10,000 grant to support aregional pilot for a Schools Engagement Programme being developed by The Powerof Events. The pilot will inform the development for a national rollout across all fournations, promoting career opportunities in the UK Events Industry such as outdoorevents to young people aged 11-19…
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The UK’s Home Affairs Committee has warned that the recently published draft anti-terror bill’s focus on venue capacity fails to address real risk of terror attacks, stating that small venues face implementing costly new anti-terror measures while larger events fall out of scope. The response goes on to say that onerous new anti-terror regulations could…
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Industry Consultation launched for feedback on new Purple Guide Environmental Chapter Vision: 2025, the UK outdoor event industry’s steering group for environmental sustainability, has been commissioned by the Event Industry Forum’s (EIF) Purple Grants Fund, to write a new chapter of the Purple Guide on Environmental Sustainability for events. It is intended to provide clear…
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The forthcoming edition of the International Festival Forum (IFF) is welcoming a record level of support from across the live music business, with over 1,000 music festival professionals and booking agents expected to attend the event, which is presented in association with TicketSwap. In addition to 13 core booking agency partners that include CAA, WME,…
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UK Music CEO, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Counter Terrorism Policing are working with the UK’s live music industry this summer, asking live music fans are to play their part in keeping people safe. UK Music, Festival Republic, Londong Night time Czar Amy Lamé and The O2 are amongst those supporting Counter Terrorism Policing’s #BeSafeBeSound campaign which highlights the…
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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 making…
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Missed opportunities and failure. This week’s Chancellor. After a brief period of cork-popping for those looking to pop more than £40k per in pension pots at imminent risk of bursting through the £1m lifetime allowance (no, me neither), the live entertainment business carried out a thorough but ultimately fruitless search for moves that support our…
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The not-for-profit organisation The Power of Events Ltd was set up in June 2022 –http://www.thepowerofevents.org/ – with the mission to set up a comms platform designed to showcase, value and respect the power of the UK events industry to those outside the industry whose influence might not otherwise be matched by their knowledge of its…
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Henry Havis, head of security, ExCeL London and Chair of MASA The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has declared the first meeting of the Multi Association Security Awareness group (MASA) a success. Fifteen senior representatives from event industry Associations attended the inaugural meeting on November 4, 2022, with Henry Havis, head of security, ExCeL London,…
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UK Festival Awards finalists, Sound City Festival has announced details of its brand new ‘Pay It Forward’ initiative, as tickets for the Sound City Conference go on sale. Proudly the UK’s independent conference for new music, Sound City welcomes the global music industry and budding next generation of young creatives to the North of England.…
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The 8th annual Outdoor Event Industry Green Survey is now live, launched by the Event Vision: 2025 industry climate action group to track UK outdoor event industry’s sustainability journey and the priorities and and challenges faced by organisers in 2022. The survey asks event organisers about environmental measures in place, barriers to success, and plans…
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GMC Events’ Ryan Wilmott During a busy summer that saw GMC Events involved in the production of shows such as Shambala, Arcadia, Somerset House sessions, Shindig and Bristol Pride, director Ryan Wilmott took time to reflect on the changes he sees as necessary to secure the future of festivals, he shared them with us: There…
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SeatlabNFT’s Paul Kelly SeatlabNFT have announced that industry expert Paul Kelly is joining the team. The Australian brings a wealth of top-level commercial and marketing experience that will be invaluable to SeatlabNFT’s continued growth. SeatlabNFT has developed a game-changing, NFT-powered event ticketing system that artists and event organisers can utilise to regain control of the…
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Jamal Chalabi – Trustee, TM, Good Bloke. New ecolibrium trustee, Jamal Chalabi, brings sustainable Tour & Production experience to tackle industry travel emissions Jamal Chalabi, Tour & Production Manager at Backlash Productions, Sustainability Facilitator at UK’s Tour Production Group and Head of Touring for A Greener Festival, joins ecolibrium as trustee, July 2022. He brings…
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The UK Music Workforce Diversity Survey tracks progress to boost diversity and inclusion in the UK’s music industry. Led by UK Music’s Diversity Taskforce, the survey focuses on those who work behind the scenes in the industry, rather than those who are on stage and aims to collates data from across the music business including…
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People not actually getting on a train. Photo by Ant Rozetsky @ Unsplash Unless you were stuck in a foreign airport with a suntan and a dead mobile, you’ll have heard that rail workers, unlike the railways’ fuel and energy suppliers, can’t just put their prices up to cope with inflation. No, they have to…
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Respected music industry educators Remi Harris and Tamara Gal-On are delighted to announce the latest iteration of their hugely successful women’s leadership development programme, the Music Leaders Network. Beginning in September 2022, the programme will beopen to both company employees with a minimum of 5 years industry experience and self-employed women in music. Businessesare being…
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ecolibrium, the charity on a mission to help the live events and music industry tackle the environmental impacts of travel, launch their latest resource, the Sustainable Travel Guide for artists and the Music Industry, providing up-to-date details, best practice tips and inspiration to empower the live music industry to understand and take action on its…
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Ryan Kenny The global online ticketing system might be worth around $30 billion, but it has been in a state of increasing collapse for a number of years. Customers’ trust has long been dwindling, the security of ticket sales is ever more unsure and financial losses for both buyers and sellers are of increasing concern.…
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Today, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak unveiled a number of fiscal adjustments in his spring statement, unfortunately he didn’t maintain the current lower rate of VAT on ticket sales, measures for small businesses include: A 50% business rates discount for the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors up to £110,000, which will be frozen in 2022-23. This…
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As the world makes moves to isolate Russia financially, as sporting and cultural embargoes start to permeate, Music Export Ukraine has realeased a briefing on how the music industry can help. For more, CLICK HERE For the full article READ MORE .. Source link Straight from Festival Insights OTHER UPCOMING FESTIVALS [custom-facebook-feed id=53861459663 type=events num=5]
Pic: Roman Wimmers @ Unsplash The Prime Minister has now confirmed the final easing of legally enforceable Covid-19 restrictions in England, along with a reduced system of testing that ends freely available PCR and Lateral Flow tests from April, except for those at high risk. April 1st will also see an end to the recommendation…
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Steve Heap. Pic: aniseedphoto.com Steve Heap, General Secretary of The Association of Festival Organisers, has received the Industry Legend Award at the 2022 Event Production Awards. The awards ceremony took place on Thursday 17 February at Novotel London West, with Andy Lenthall, CEO Festival Insights Ltd, presenting the Industry Legend Award to a surprised Steve…
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Runway artists’ London Team Independent booking agency Runway artists has expanded its team with four new hires and launched a new live showcase event for the music industry. Company founder, former ATC Live agent, Matt Hanner made a statement of intent in March last year with the hiring of live veteran Steve Backman, who joined…
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Hope that’s biodegradable confetti. Pic: Danny Howe @ Unsplash Vision:2025 launch a consultation for ground-breaking industry Green Code of Conduct, to provide clear minimum environmental standards for all UK outdoor events. The code has been developed by Vision:2025 member associations, including AIF, AFO, NOEA, EIF, and organisations such as Festival Republic and Julie’s Bicycle, with…
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The annual Event Industry Green Survey is now live, launched by the Vision: 2025 industry climate action group in partnership with the Association of Festival Organisers’ (AFO) and the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), 23 Sept 2021. The survey asks event organisers about environmental measures in place, challenges, and plans for the future, plus what…
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Key figures from Kilimanjaro Live, AEG Europe, Paradigm and Live Nation will be speaking at the sustainability conference this September. With two weeks to go, the Green Events and Innovations Conference (GEI) has announced a new raft of panels and speakers for its Summer Edition. The conference will be streamed online on 16 September via Hopin,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Source Help the UK’s live music industry to #ReviveLive by filling out this short survey about your live music habits! 🍻 By taking part, you’ll be helping our sector to plan its recovery and get back to normal as quickly as possible 👉 bit.ly/2QmkkQ2 MORE RECENT…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source The live music industry is projected to lose at least 60% of jobs, with the sector hit hard by the collapse of live music, touring and festivals. Our industry needs your help. Please share and show your support. #LetTheMusicPlay MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS [custom-facebook-feed…
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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 UK…
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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 UK…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source Today, Leeds Festival has come together with the rest of the UK music industry to show support for #LetTheMusicPlay, a campaign highlighting the crisis faced by the live music sector. Join us and share a photo of you at your last live show…
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These are incredible times. With such times, there are understandably many vital questions. As many in government, the media and commentators have put forward, rather than there being ‘the answer’ currently, there are lots of urgent and essential questions. That is why the NTIA thought it would be useful to bring together a number of…
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UK: Event industry associations The Association of Event Venues (AEV), The Association of Event Organisers (AEO), and the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), have announced the launch of a new member benefit, the ‘Heads Up’ mental health tool kit. The tool kit contains a variety of resources and advice, a library of links and…
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UK: The Festival Vision: 2025 initiative has launched a crowdfunding campaign that hopes to raise £25k in order to publish a second edition of its sustainability-centric The Show Must Go On Report. Providing comprehensive, free-to-use, practical resources and advice for festival organisers, the report’s stated goals involve developing networks to share best practice, strengthening a…
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UK: With diesel emissions becoming an increasing public health concern, World Environment Day on June 5 was focused on air pollution. In conjunction, the sustainability management company Hope Solutions – alongside power management specialists ZAP Concepts – have brought together events industry experts to produce an action research report on the subject. Thanks to a…
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Photo credit: Anoushka Shankar UK: Powerful Thinking’s fourth annual Industry Green Survey shows that more event organisers are embedding sustainability into their operations and getting savvy with waste and energy in 2018. 70 events took part in the fourth annual Festival Industry Green Survey for 2018, run by industry steering group Powerful Thinking. The survey…
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UK: Over 80% of people working in the music industry are suffering with continuous levels of stress, anxiety and depression, a new survey by Skiddle has revealed. The survey of over 520* promoters, venue owners and event organisers has revealed that 82% of industry professionals have suffered with stress, 67% said they had anxiety and…
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Chris Johnson is the co-founder of Energy Revolution, a charity that compensates for carbon emissions incurred through festival travel. He is also a Director of Kambe Events, as well as the co-founder and chair of Powerful Thinking, the UK festival industry forum on sustainable energy. We have learned that travel typically accounts for 80% of…
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UK: COPTRZ, the commercial drone solution provider, has announced the launch of a complete turnkey drone detection solution, designed to provide protection to events from the threat of drones. Launched in partnership with DJI and its AeroScope detection systems, the system allows an operator to track telemetry data from drones in surrounding airspace of up…
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