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)…
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Ticketmaster has announced an entirely new way for event organizers to enhance their fans’ experiences through digital collectible NFTs. Event organizers who sell live events tickets on Ticketmaster now have…
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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…
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After 7 years with PlayPass (merged with Weezevent in 2020) and a decade pushing RFID cashlesswristband technology into the festival market, Festival Awards co-founder Jenner has launched his own venture…
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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,…
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You’d obviously have to have had your head down an oil well to not get the message that we’re on the verge of climate catastrophe and urgent action is needed.…
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Following the publication of its ten point COVID-19 crisis plan last month, IMPALA has now launched a new website offering an overview of action being taken across Europe to address the impact…
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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…
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UK: #VirtualPint — a new fundraising initiative helping fans to support vulnerable UK music venues, theatres and pubs — has launched in response to the unprecedented challenge faced by venues…
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WORLDWIDE: With the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), all live music professionals are on day-to-day crisis management to address festival cancellations, customer safety, travel bans and a loss in customer confidence.…
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UK: Continest UK has launched its new range of award-winning foldable container units for events, which claim to offer event organisers an 80% cost-cut on logistics and storage, in tandem…
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UK: After its debut in 2019, Latitude Festival’s Art Caravan competition will return in 2020. Latitude has once again teamed up with Will Hardie, the craftsman behind Channel 4’s amazing Spaces and Shed of the Year to…
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PORTUGAL: One of the world’s biggest hip-hop festivals, Rolling Loud, has revealed it will come to Europe for the first time ever this summer and will partner with Event Genius…
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UK: Manchester based events agency Event Cement has launched a new division focussed on providing carbon-neutral events. Net Zero Events will offer full event management – for everything from large…
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CANADA / GERMANY: eps – purveyor of temporary event flooring and crowd control solutions – has expanded its international operations by opening a new division in Canada. Okan Tombulca, Managing…
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UK: Festyvent, the live events-focused data analytics firm, has integrated several new and enhanced features into its app. The first of the bunch is called ‘SAFE@FESTIVAL’, allowing members of an audience to…
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Photo credit: Andrew Allcock UK: Timber Festival has launched the first series of Wilderness Tracks, a brand new podcast recorded live in the National Forest at Timber 2018 and 2019…
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UK: This year’s Showman’s Show will see the release of a 100% recycled and 100% recyclable plastic cup. The Rubbish Cup is the UK’s first zero waste, carbon neutral plastic cup, and…
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UK / USA: The London based ticketing start-up, Eventcube, is heading to the US and bringing with it a subscription-fee based model, touted as a way to ‘democratise ticketing’. Having already entrenched…
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UK: The forthcoming edition of Nozstock: The Hidden Valley – set to take place from July 18 – 21 – will for the first time have a Craft Area dedicated…
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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…
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Photo credit: Paulo Nuno UK: Latitude festival has teamed up with Will Hardie, the master craftsman behind Channel 4’s amazing Spaces and Shed of the Year, plus the creative minds…
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UK: A Greener Festival has announced that it will host the first ever International AGF Awards at the upcoming Green Events & Innovations Conference, which kickstarts the International Live Music…
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Photo credit: Andrew Whitton UK: Following the reveal of its 10th anniversary line-up, Parklife has launched a brand new reward scheme called ‘Parklife Perks’, which is available to all 2019…
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UK: ID&C, the UK-based provider of wristbands and lanyards, is now selling eco-friendly wristbands in response to an increasing demand from customers. The artists are made out of recycled plastic…
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UK: Organisers of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) have announced the second edition of the Event Safety & Security Summit (E3S), a one-day meeting that brings together leading international…
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UK: The Leeds based ticketing company Event Genius has announced the launch of a new reserved seating platform. The new feature integrates seamlessly into the company’s existing platform of solutions…
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UK: COPTRZ, the commercial drone solution provider, has announced the launch of a new service division specialising in the real-time detection of drones at events and stadiums. It promises to…
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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…
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UK: The German record label Diynamic is launching its first London festival, set to take place from September 8 – 9 at Greenwich Peninsula. Diynamic is well known for its…
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Photo credit: Aurélie Jeannette FRANCE: Airstar has released a new range of bulb shaped lighting balloons for the live events industry, simply dubbed ‘Bulbs’. The inspiration behind Bulbs came from…
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UK: In one of the first real world applications of Blockchain technology, BitTicket aims to put an end to the large scale ticket touting scandal plaguing the live events industry.…
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UK: The Event Services and Supplier Association (ESSA) has announced the launch of its talent and recruitment hub, a permanent online repository of assets and collateral to support and promote…
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Photo credit: Louise Roberts for Shambala Festival UK: The not-for-profit festival sustainability group Powerful Thinking is calling on event organisers to take part in the annual Festival Industry Green Survey…
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UK: Blumano – the international design and safety specialist – has launched Stage DB, a unique new multi-lingual software tool for co-ordinating and collating all the necessary machinery and equipment…
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