GOAT Festival heads to Goa in January

INDIA: GOAT Festival, a brand new boutique music and arts festival, is heading to Indian shores in January 2017. The three-day festival is to be held on Ashvem beach, which is hidden away in...

Twickets launches crowdfunding campaign, partners with Palace, expands to Europe

UK: Marcus Russell and Alec McKinlay of Ignition Management have stepped up the fight against online ticket touting by investing in leading fan-to-fan ticket resale platform Twickets. The company is also receiving backing from...


AFO Conference to take place November 11 – 13

If you work in the events industry you will know that the world of festivals is a complex one. But that’s where the Association of Festival Organisers (AFO) can help. The AFO is an...

London Film Festival enlists Arena Group for design and install duties

UK: Arena Group designed and installed London’s largest temporary cinema venue in Victoria Embankment Gardens last month, forming part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of BFI’s London Film Festival from October 5 - 16. People...

Amsterdam Dance Event wraps up successful 21st edition

NETHERLANDS: On October 24, this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event was brought to a close. From October 19 onwards, the city of Amsterdam was fully dedicated to the 21st iteration of ADE, the world's biggest...

Envision Festival to return to Costa Rica in February

COSTA RICA: Envision Festival has revealed the music, yoga, and speaker line-up for its seventh edition, set to take place in Uvita, Costa Rica from February 23 - 26. Blossoming to life in 2011,...

Record breaking HebCelt worth £2.2 million to islands

UK: The Hebridean Celtic Festival’s coming of age event this year generated more than £2.2 million for the islands’ economy and helped safeguard 40 tourism-related jobs. A visitor survey and economic impact report on...

Blackout provides support for BFI’s London Film Festival

UK: Blackout was entrusted by live experience agency People to install a cinema screen support within the temporary pop-up Embankment Gardens Cinema, constructed in celebration of the 60th anniversary of BFI’s London Film Festival...

Alabama shakes up the Paléo Festival with Absen X5

SWITZERLAND: With six days and nights of musical and artistic performances on six different stages, and 4,700 volunteers on duty to welcome 230,000 people, the Paléo Festival de Nyon is one of the most...

Twickets to launch new funding round

UK: Face value ticket resale platform Twickets is to undertake a fundraising campaign to enable the business to build on its already impressive growth and expand the platform internationally. In the UK Twickets has...