Radio 1’s Big Weekend welcomes back Showsec
UK: Chris Martin led the chorus of acclaim for the ‘team’ which helped to make BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend such a spectacular success, and Showsec played a key role in ensuring the experience...
Flow Festival celebrates left-field sounds and experimental music
FINLAND: Flow Festival has announced the line-up for its experimental music programme The Other Sound, taking over the festival's small and intimate Tiivistämö space from August 12 - 14.
The Other Sound will feature Swedish...
Watch the highlights from day one of IMS Ibiza
SPAIN: Marking its ninth edition, the first day of IMS Ibiza was kick-started with a mixture of insightful topics, panels and keynotes. Exploring the huge growth in today’s electronic music industry, which was encapsulated...
Pukkelpop introduces Lift and Booth stages
SWEDEN: Since its inception, one of Pukkelpop's guiding principles has been to help launch new talent, and it will do so more effectively this year with the addition of two new stages: the Lift...
Tramlines Festival adds over 60 news acts to its bill
UK: Tramlines – the UK’s largest metropolitan festival – has announced an additional 60 artists for its 2016 event, which will take place across Sheffield from July 22 - 24. The latest genre-spanning additions...
StubHub to expand into 47 markets with the acquisition of Ticketbis
USA: eBay has announced an agreement to acquire Ticketbis, an international ticket marketplace with a presence in 47 countries. Ticketbis will become part of eBay’s StubHub business, the largest ticket marketplace in the US....
Crowd Connected pioneers staff tracking innovation
UK: Award-winning technology start-up Crowd Connected has further expanded the capabilities of colocator, its location insight platform, with the introduction of a new staff-tracking module.
In a world first, colocator’s new software-as-a-service solution enables named...
Event Acoustics appoints new European distributors for MeTrao system
UK: Acoustic and audio specialist Event Acoustics has appointed leading independent audio engineering and design consultancy Vanguardia as its UK distributor for MeTrao, the company's unique intelligent network audio measurement system.
Event Acoustics has...
Utopium invests in new lighting and rigging equipment
UK: Utopium has invested in new lighting and rigging equipment to expand its creative possibilities and offer improved energy efficiency and the highest quality performance. The investment has bolstered Utopium’s already extensive inventory,...
Elderflower Fields secures ID&C’s £2500 Grass Roots Festival Bursary
UK: The independent family festival Elderflower Fields has been named as the recipient of this year's ID&C £2500 Grass Roots Bursary. The bursary, now in its sixth year, offers small to medium-sized UK festivals...
