Lightning risk adds to music festival woes

UK: The international delivery expert ParcelHero is warning that many festivals risk being cancelled by the latest blow to hit the festival scene: an increasingly torrential summer. One festivalgoer has already been killed by...

Serious Stages awarded three year contract with Forest Live

UK: Serious Stages has been awarded a further three-year contract to supply staging and ancillary structures to Forest Live, building on its longstanding relationship with the summer concert programme. Established in 2001, Forest Live is...


Mary Anne Hobbs to host UK Festival Awards 2016

UK: The UK Festival Awards – set to take place at The Roundhouse in London on November 28 – has revealed that the host of its 13th edition will be international DJ, radio presenter...

Midas spurs Jockey Club Live to record number of dates

UK: Temporary power specialist Midas provided for a record number of Jockey Club Live shows this summer. In the sophomore year of a three-season contract with Symphotech, which manages production for Jockey Club Live,...

Snowsports festival Groove Cairngorm to return February 2017

UK: Groove Cairngorm will return for its second outing from February 24 - 25 2017, hosted in partnership with CairnGorm Mountain Ltd. Launched last year as the UK’s first resort based snowsports festival, Groove...

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...

Daniel Panaitescu named as recipient of European Festival Awards’ Lifetime Achievement accolade

NETHERLANDS: The European Festival Awards has announced that the Lifetime Achievement accolade for its upcoming edition will be posthumously awarded to Daniel Panaitescu of Sziget Festival. Working on Sziget since its inception, Panaitescu was responsible...

Skiddle reports a record-breaking 2016

UK: Primary ticketing agent Skiddle has released details on its successes throughout 2016. After a period of almost 18 months of detailed research, debate and self-examination, the company unleashed its new branding in September...

Craig Charles to debut new Croatian festival this July

CROATIA: The Garden and The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club have revealed plans to launch a new Croatian festival 2017, entitled Beats, Beer and Boogaloo. Taking place from July 13 - 17, the...

Carl Cox, Sven Vath and more for Kappa FuturFestival

ITALY: Kappa FuturFestival is set to return for its sixth edition from July 8 - 9 in Turin. Already recognised as one of the most successful techno gatherings in Europe, 2017's edition of the...