UK Festival Awards 2015 – Who’s in the Room?
With a mere six days to go until the 12th annual UK Festival Awards & Conference, tickets are almost sold out for what promises to be a superlative event celebrating the beloved UK festival...
In Conversation with Dusan Kovacevic of EXIT Festival
With roots in Serbian student activism and a comprehensive list of conscientious endeavours under its belt, EXIT Festival is proudly anomalous in a major festival scene that so often makes the bottom line its...
Oasis Festival
With a pool as its centrepiece and a soundtrack comprising mostly house and disco imports, the inaugural Oasis festival inculcated an ambling and exploratory vibe during the day that filled out and ramped up...
Secret Garden Party
In the Corinthians-quoting foreword to this year’s Secret Garden Party programme, Head Gardener Fred Fellowes suggests that childishness is ‘at heart, a natural state’. The festival’s theme for this year, ‘Childish Things’, aimed to...
Over 100 UK Festivals Commit to Tackling Sexual Violence
Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters, Reading & Leeds, Bluedot, Parklife and Shambala among signatories of AIF’s Safer Spaces Campaign. Includes updated Charter of Best Practice, plus new awareness and education campaign
An Interview with Nozstock: The Hidden Valley
Nozstock: The Hidden Valley will celebrate its 20th anniversary from July 20 - 22, with a line-up featuring Chase & Status (DJ), Goldfrapp, Dillinja, The Blockheads, Grandmaster Flash, The Selecter, Dub Pistols and We...
Shortlists revealed for inaugural Iberian Festival Awards
The Iberian Festival Awards will host its first edition on March 3 at FIL in Lisbon, celebrating the achievements of the Spanish and Portuguese festival industries and their affiliates. The event has revealed its...
Vision: 2025 Launch 8th Annual Outdoor Event Industry Green Survey
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...
help me Angela on a Mission to Make People Feel Safer
At the recent Night Time Industry Summit, we met up with the good people at help me Angela, an organisation with a mission to enhance personal safety. Using a suite of tools that sit...
Off the Record
Off The Record, a multi-venue music festival and conference for emerging artists, made its debut in Manchester on November 4. Conceived in a partnership between From the Fields, Liverpool Sound City and Louder Than...