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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Big announcements need big screens. UNTOLD, Romania’s biggest electronic music festival, has announced that Untold will become Dubai’s First Mega-Festival, unveiling its debut at Expo City Dubai in February 2024. With unwavering support from Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism and in partnership with Expo City Dubai, UNTOLD Dubai promises to revolutionise entertainment and establish…
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Sustainable event pioneers A Greener Future (formerly A Greener Festival) unveil their new website on the UN World Environment Day, highlighting the new direction and services, following their recent rebrand. First revealed at AGF’s flagship event, the Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) in February, the rebrand from ‘A Greener Festival’ to ‘A Greener Future’…
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It’s In the Bag Cancer Support (IITB) are a festival organiser with a single mission – to raise awareness. The aim of the event is to encourage people to attend from all over the South West of England and do like at any other festival, watch artists, eat, drink, catch up with friends and have…
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RLTY is an all new metaverse platform that offers a no-code virtual experience builder for virtual event organisers. This revolutionary new approach to designing, building and launching customised metaverse experiences allows users to go live in a matter of minutes. The newly launched private metaverse RLTY World meanwhile offers full customization capabilities, unparalleled social interaction,…
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A charity to help young people enter the hospitality and event industry is set to launch later this year, Parklife co founder, Sacha Lord has announced. The Sacha Lord Foundation, which is currently applying for charitable status, will provide those aged 15-21 with educational funding and employment opportunities in the hospitality and event sectors. Supporting…
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Pic: Mark Paton @Unsplash To mark Tinnitus Awareness Week, the NTIA are pleased to announce the partnership with the “Make Listening Safe” Campaign in the UK, an initiative of the World Health Organisation to increase the awareness of avoidable risks to hearing and promote the WHO’s global standards on safe listening at venues and events.…
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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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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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Jenner and Machin. Digital lanyards + blockchain wallets = audience engagement. MetaFests, the UK-based Web3 specialist for festivals, has partnered with leading US-based Web3 technology platform Vatom, to launch ‘Digital Lanyard’. The collaboration gives organisers instant, year-long fan engagement and enhanced monetisation powers. ‘Digital Lanyard’ is a revolutionary blockchain-powered toolkit, fast-tracking festivals’ access to the…
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The Ethernyum Project will hold a FESTIVAL MILLENNIUM, one of the biggest music events ever produced in Brazil, with an innovative, thematic, and scenographic concept inspired by the old and new millennium. As has been publicly announced, Norberto Ribeiro da Silva, President of the Ethernyum Project, clarifies that: “We have been developing the Ethernyum Project…
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ADE 2021 Amsterdam Dance Event and gobal early-stage venture capital investor Antler join forces to launch a competition in which the most innovative startup is worth a €100K investment plus dedicated coaching. ADE, now more than ever, has a focus on the future of music and its surrounding industries. Both parties believe a big part…
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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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Business Keeps on Dancing has recently released a new podcast with the first series ‘Under TheSpotlight’, in association with the Night Time IndustriesAssociation (NTIA).The podcast provides a platform to share the secrets to success in the music & eventsindustry. Under The Spotlight will shine a light on the people behind the world’s mostsuccessful music, festival…
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MOGA enters a new era as it combines real world musical experiences with the latest internet technology to offer an audio recording NFT that captures an exclusive live performance. It will be unveiled on the Pianity platform at the Non Fungible Conference (NFC) in Lisbon on April 4th and 5th 2022 and is a ground-breaking…
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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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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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POLAND: To offer assistance to some of Poland’s most vulnerable citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation — organisers of Pol’and’Rock Festival — have launched an online platform that will connect people seeking support with volunteers and activists. The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation relies on the work and…
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UK: In response to growing interest and requests from its artists, Coda Agency has partnered with A Greener Festival to provide a Green Artist Rider. The Green Artist Rider has been developed to assist artists, and to encourage a stronger collaboration with promoters and venues. Coda’s Alex Hardee launched the initiative at the Green Events…
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UK: The National Forest Company and Wild Rumpus – the promoters behind Just So Festival – have announced a new festival for 2018 called Timber. Taking place over three days from July 6 – 8, the festival promises to weave together music, art, philosophy, and sustainability – and lays claim to being the only ‘international…
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THE SEA: Following a sold-out first edition, cruise festival The Ark has announced that it will launch two voyages in 2018. From August 31 – September 3 2017, over 4,000 Ark passengers experienced 90 DJ sets from names such as Roger Sanchez, Masters At Work, Sven Vath, Chris Liebing, Amelie Lens, Peggy Gou, Gerd Janson,…
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UK: Norwegian ticketing company TicketCo will launch in the UK via an evening event held at The Norwegian embassy in London on September 14. TicketCo CSO Carl-Erik Michalsen Moberg, who is leading the UK expansion said: “We are here to make a difference.” TicketCo established its UK operation in London mid-August, and has so far…
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