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The festival of Irish music, culture and heritage brought 1.65 million visits to the Northern Irish capital during 2-9 August this year.
The 2027 metal and hardcore festival will be headlined by Mercyful Fate, Electric Callboy and Motionless in White.
Now in its fifth year, PITCH takes place 2-4 September 2026 across multiple venues in Glasgow.
Acts including Dove Ellis, Squid, Working Men’s Club and more will join Fat Dog and Mike D 5D at the Brighton festival from 23–24 October
Simple Things festival, which takes place across various venues in Bristol on 7 November, has…
Insights
Five, Vengaboys and bingo aren’t usually associated with the rock and metal festival, but through talent buyer Dannika Webber Download are embracing the absurd.
Vicky Parsons, co-founder and director of Let Loose Festival, on doing the unthinkable – creating a new festival for 2026.
The MVT’s campaigns and comms manager tells us about the truly UK-wide Everywhere at Once festival and why grassroots venues need to be saved.
The people’s DJ tells us about his upcoming festival AG Fest, and why community is key to what he’s doing.
Trends
Industry news and updates from Festival Insights
The deal will see the temporary power solutions company expand its Stage V generator sets to help meet ‘growing demand for dependable, lower-emission temporary power’.
The partnership marks the ticketing platform’s first venture into Australia.
The latest version of the accreditation software and back-of-house operations portal has a free tier to support smaller events.
As festival deaths continue to make headlines Calvin Hanks, health and safety consultancy founder, speaks on what festivals must be doing to try stop the worst from happening.
The alcohol-free spirit and cultural organisation will bring its Mood Bars to festival audiences this summer.
The foldable event structure company raises €1.1 million in investment, which will finance the next stage of its technology.
Festivals aren’t excluded from outside world risks. What are the solutions? NPCC events lead Tony Rowlinson speaks on safe policing and new challenges.
INTERVIEWS
Despite high-profile cancellations and political pressures, the University of East London’s Zoe Adjey says why festivals still need to make a stand with their bookings.
Charlotte Adley, FMCG Client Lead at Bauer Media Outdoor, on the changing nature of the modern festival-goer.
Mike Godolphin, entertainment director at Butlin’s, tells us how Butlin’s is appealing to a new era of holiday camper.
