Lakefest has partnered with MetaFests, to be the first UK festival to enhance the experience for all attendees with full scale NFT collectibles and technologies for 2023. We sensed that something new was in the air as we visited Lakefest’s sublimely picturesque Eastnor Castle site earlier this month, and now we know that the festival owners have appointed MetaFests to harness emerging NFT and blockchain opportunities for the festival, which celebrated its 10th edition at Eastnor Castle on 11-14 August, 2022. NFT ticketing and merchandising technology will enable all fans at the 2023 edition to enjoy a more immersive, connected…
Author: Andy Lenthall
The Ball Aluminum Cup® is set to hit the UK this autumn after a successful debut at three editions of the Super Bowl and Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres US Tour. The infinitely recyclable aluminium Cup is designed for serving drinks in all chilled beverage categories at multiple venues including sports stadia, music arenas and festivals, bars and pubs, and cultural events. Ball has partnered with Re:Water as the Cup’s exclusive distributor in the UK. With aluminium already the world’s most recycled drinks packaging, the Ball Aluminum Cup® is an innovative and premium alternative to single-use containers and is made…
Paul Reed will step down as CEO of The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) in November, after nine years at the trade body. Reed has had a transformative impact on The AIF both as General Manager and then CEO of the organisation, which has seen its membership grow more than 137% (from 40 to 95) under his leadership. AIF now represents just under half of all UK festivals that are 5,000+ capacity. Since joining in 2013, Reed has overseen a complete revision of AIF’s offering to members and established the trade body as an impactful and influential champion for the…
Supporting the calls for a ‘Plastic-free pint’ In July, a cross-party group of more than 20 MPs called on the government to outlaw single-use plastic pint cups in a bid to combat plastic pollution. Parliamentarians, including the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas, and organisations such as CAMRA, have backed A Plastic Planet’s ‘Plastic Free Pint’ campaign, seeking an outright ban on plastic pint cups such as those used during music festivals and live sporting events. According to The Caterer, in the UK, some 100 million plastic cups are used annually at festivals and sporting events. Plastic pint cups are the sixth…
As House, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage music lovers venture back into Lichfield’s scenic and beautifully kept Beacon Park for the highly anticipated festival: Crooked House In The Park, round 2, they’ll be supporting an influential cause for the music industry. This year, Crooked House In The Park wants to emphasise the importance of musical education. For hundreds of years,music has been an integral component of cultures. Music shapes our personalities, passions and plays a vital role in society. It also helps students perform better in other subjects. To highlight this mission, they have partnered with several music…
There is “no excuse for single-use” cups to still be used at events according to the environmental not-for-profit City to Sea who are today launching their guide “Solutions on tap a guide to reducing waste & introducing reusable cup schemes at events”. The new guide for small and medium-sized events offers a practical and inspiring guide for organisers on how to avoid single-use plastics. Currently, over 100 million single-use plastic cups are used every year at UK festivals and live events, and most of these are incinerated or sent to landfill. The industry’s 100 million plastic cups are…
UK Festival Awards 2022 announces new venue and Ticketmaster as Official Ticketing Partner for its 17th Edition Festival Insights is proud and more than a little excited to announce the date and venue for the presentation of the 2022 UK Festival Awards, the only fully festival focussed awards that give fans the opportunity to vote for their favourite events. To be held on 6th December at Manchester’s Freight Island, the event presents the ideal opportunity for festival organisers and suppliers to get together and reflect of the past season whilst looking forward to the next; the awards themselves will be…
Back in May, when we spoke to Access The Festival, the name Acoustech dropped into the conversation about suppliers; Access Co-Founder Will Darley was quick to sing the praises of the noise consultants and particularly Director, Sophia Livett, as a huge help in delivering a successful event. We thought we should investigate further, to find out what it takes to blend, knowledge, know-how and diplomacy in the world of noise monitoring. Sophia’s route to becoming Director of Acoustech started with a schoolteacher suggesting Event Management as a career path, leading to enrolling in 2010 on a three- year Event Management…
Creative communications agency Dentsu Creative has chosen spatial analytics specialist Meshh to deliver the data and analytics for the NIVEA SUN and Cancer Research UK summer tour this year. The tour which began on June 25 2022 will have reached 13 places in the UK including the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and Camp Bestival in Shropshire before ending in this month. Meshh technology will be collecting data on footfall and consumer engagement throughout the tour, which will be analysed and evaluated for actionable insights, allowing dentsu mcgarrybowen, Cancer Research, and Nivea to quantify and compare the success of the campaign…
AGF (A Greener Festival), the founders of the world’s first green standards for festivals and events have launched ‘A Greener Supplier Kitemark’ to provide green suppliers with independent and trusted verification and recognition of their sustainability actions. The issue of finding greener solutions is an important one and the music, sports and live event sectors are increasingly looking for suppliers and partners who have sustainability at the heart of what they do. By gaining AGF certification, suppliers will be able to demonstrate independently verified green credentials to their customers. The new certification will help events, festivals and tours identify verified…