This year’s Secret Garden Party to be the last
UK: The multi award-winning Secret Garden Party has announced that this year’s event, set to take place from July 20 - 23, will be the final instalment in its illustrious 15-year tenure as one...
Dancesafe restructures national team
USA: Harm prevention service DanceSafe has restructured its leadership in order to take its work 'to the next level'.
After serving as Dancesafe's National Outreach Director since 2014, the organisation has promoted Mitchell Gomez to...
UK music festivals restate zero tolerance to sexual assault with new ‘Safer Spaces’ campaign
UK: At 9am on Monday May 8, more than 25 UK music festivals, including Bestival, Boomtown Fair, End of the Road, Parklife and Secret Garden Party will 'blackout' their websites for 24 hours as...
Community Impact Taskforce will be operational during Parklife Festival
UK: Now in its third year, Parklife’s Community Impact Taskforce will be operational again during its imminent 2017 edition. Designed to reduce the impact of the festival by working with local residents and community...
Massive Attack, Feist and more for Clockenflap’s 10th anniversary edition
HONG KONG: Clockenflap, Hong Kong’s biggest annual music and arts festival, has started the countdown to this year’s 10th anniversary event by announcing the first wave of acts for its line-up.
Set against the famous...
Airstar strengthens international reach with new Export Manager role
FRANCE: Airstar has announced the appointment of Clément Guittet as Export Manager in an effort to strengthen its international presence.
With 80% of its lighting turnover generated abroad, the company is focused on supporting...
60 female artists and innovators announced for PRS Foundation’s Keychange initiative
EUROPE: Keychange – a collaborative European programme led by PRS Foundation that aims to introduce more women into the music industry – has announced the 60 female artists and innovators participating in the two-year...
Ozzy Osbourne and Avenged Sevenfold to headline Download
UK: Download Festival has unveiled Ozzy Osbourne and Avenged Sevenfold as two of the three headliners for its 2018 edition, set to take place from June 8 – 10 in Donington Park, Leicestershire.
No stranger...
Chelsea Manning to speak at Roskilde Festival
DENMARK: American activist Chelsea Manning will give an exclusive talk about rights and personal engagement at Roskilde Festival. It will be her first European speaking appearance since the commutation of her sentence in 2017....
Parklife unveils new stage
UK: With less than six weeks to go, Manchester's Parklife Festival has unveiled a brand new stage, named the 'Valley'.
Inspired by the dystopian cityscapes of Blade Runner, the Valley brings a 'full city' to...