The first 30+ acts for Nottingham’s Beat The Streets festival have been announced for the charity fundraiser taking place on Sunday 26 January 2025. The multi-venue event annually raises significant funds for Nottinghamshire homelessness charity Framework, with huge outpourings of support from the local music scene and community. It’s set to be a landmark year for the DHP Family festival with the total raised across all seven editions expected to top the £500,000 milestone. Returning to Beat The Streets are Evil Scarecrow, one of the UK’s foremost heavy metal bands. More than just a metal gig, an Evil Scarecrow show…
Author: Andy Lenthall
Sums added up by the AIF have revealed that the exact ticketed capacity of the combined AIF membership is 1,150,945, which far exceeds Live Nation-owned Festival Republic UK’s 880,500 (see calculations here). The milestone marks a tremendous rise from the Association of Independent Festivals’ humble beginning in 2008, when just five festival organisers put aside their differences and began talking about issues affecting the independent festival community. Since then, the collective has grown to 146 UK independent festival promoters, with the trade body today being an influential force both within the music industry and in front of the country’s policy…
This year’s Tramlines Music Festival and The Fringe at Tramlines provided a combined £7.3 million boost to the city’s economy. Tramlines is one of the UK’s longest running, city-based music festivals and a highlight in Sheffield’s year-round calendar of events and festivals. Whilst Tramlines in Hillsborough Park is a ticketed event, 2024 also saw the return of the Fringe at Tramlines – in Association with Sheffield BID – a free, city centre event taking place in Sheffield’s outdoor spaces, pubs, bars and music venues. A report, to be discussed at an Economic Development and Skills Committee meeting next week (Thursday 12th December),…
The largest outdoor spatial audio festival ever to hit the UK is coming to Crystal Palace Park from 2 to 4 May 2025. Presented by spatial audio pioneers Polygon Live, in partnership with Full Fat 360 and OpenLab, Polygon Live LDN will see groundbreaking performances by Arooj Aftab, Gold Panda, Halina Rice, Jon Hopkins, Nitin Sawhney, Photay, Tinariwen, and more. Step inside this immersive world and redefine your perception of live music. Polygon Live LDN will feature the world premiere of Polygon’s dual-dome stage design. Each hemispherical structure will be rigged with an impressive 12.1.4 system: 12 L-Acoustics speaker arrays surrounding the audience, a festival-grade…
Set to return bigger and better than ever, Sziget is back in 2025 between the 6th and 11th of August. The first wave of headliners features pop sensation Chappell Roan, global superbrat Charli XCX and dance music heavyweight Anyma. Sziget 2025 will also welcome KNEECAP, Papa Roach, The Blessed Madonna, Justice, Adriatique, Blossoms, RY X, Brutalismus 3000, Nelly Furtado, Young Marco, Sama’ Abdulhadi and more. The 2025 lineup boasts a stellar roster of 44 incredible acts, with more to be announced soon, from legendary names to rising talents offering something for every music fan. Each year, over six vibrant days,…
Labyrinth Events announce today one of their most anticipated shows of the summer: Boris Brejcha and Argy who will be the third and final headlining acts announced for the 2025 Open Air Summer Series at Tofte Manor. Known for crafting immersive experiences in stunning locations, this will be the only 2025 festival performance in southern England for both Boris Brejcha and Argy, taking place on 5th July. Set in the enchanting woodlands of Bedfordshire, Tofte Manor offers an unparalleled blend of natural beauty and intimate festival enchantment that promises a transformative musical journey. A global phenomenon in electronic music, Boris…
Melton Mowbray Town Estate has announced its first live music festival: Melton SKA Fest, 26 July 2025. Melton SKA Fest will be the largest event of its kind to be held in the Leicestershire market town and is billed as a one-day festival of SKA, 2Tone and Reggae music in the park. Organised by the Town Estate’s CEO, Dean Rees and aimed squarely at a family audience, the festival features a line-up of the UK’s leading Ska and 2Tone bands, a funfair, a range of children’s entertainment, live DJs, live streaming, and plenty of food, drink, music, and merchandise for…
The conference agenda for ILMC 37 has been launched, with the largest-ever programme in the event’s history. In the new-look, refreshed programme, sessions range from touring and festivals to wellness, question times and keynotes. One focus of the conference outline is a greater emphasis on cross-cutting issues. This will be evident in an important Wednesday session on the hot topic of ticket pricing, called Pricing The Ticket: Balancing expectations, which will feature promoters, agents, ticketing companies and venues looking at the difficult issue of price setting. On Thursday 27 February, a new Question Time session will see top industry leaders…
Launched in April 2024, SQUARE is an artist-focused networking platform designed to support independent promoters, grassroots organisations, and progressive industry professionals committed to diversity and innovation. As part of Braga’s year-long celebration as the Portuguese Capital of Culture, SQUARE is pleased to announce its three-day conference, set to take place 29th–31st January 2025, in Braga, alongside an ambitious music programme spanning four cities. The conference aims to elevate Portugal’s creative talent and foster connections with global cultural movements. By bridging local artistry with international perspectives, SQUARE seeks to enrich Braga’s dynamic cultural scene while redefining the traditional showcase festival model.…
Ahead of its 2 Year anniversary and at the end of the first full year of operation, The Power of Events not for profit organisation has held its first Advisory Board meeting on Thursday 28th November. The extended group of senior leaders invited to join the Advisory Board represent the broadest ever collaborative from across the UK events industry. “We’ve quite deliberately invited the most unique range of event leaders as possible from across the 7 sectors, the venues and supplier services base, in an attempt to achieve the most inclusive representation of our industry as possible around the table.”…