Following on from their hat trick success at the Eventex Awards, Mustard Media have won the Best use of Paid Social for their work on Christmas at Bute Park, at the Campaign Tech Awards which took place at London’s Hilton Bankside hotel on 8th June. The Campaign Tech Awards exist to celebrate and showcase the companies that represent the industry’s trailblazing thinkers, imaginative clients and cutting-edge technology. Championing the collaboration between agencies, brands and the technology communities, recognising the outstanding work produced together to drive the creative industries forward. The awards are designed to honour successful innovators, celebrate amazing work,…
Author: Andy Lenthall
A music charity created to improve access to the music industry for young people in the Highlands and Islands has announced its sponsorship of a stage at the growing music festival, Woodzstock, held in the Woodside of Drumnamerg at the heart of the Black Isle. The move will see several young singer-songwriters win opportunities to perform live at the festival which will be held on the 18th June 2022 and is headlined by chart topping singer songwriter, Sandi Thom. The Liam Colgan Music Fund (LCMF), set up in memory of a young Inverness musician who tragically lost his life in Hamburg…
UK Music is supporting Counter Terrorism Policing’s initiative this summer to help music fans enjoy gigs and events this summer. The #BeSafeBeSound campaign was created in 2019 with the aim of sharing safety and security advice. In addition to UK Music, Creamfields, Radio 1’s Big Weekend and The O2 are among those supporting the campaign. UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin said: “An incredible amount of work has taken place to make venues and festival sites as safe as they can be. The security and safety of music fans is everyone’s top priority in what promises to be a brilliant…
The world is full of rags to riches stories, but in the world of festivals, there are perhaps more stories of fortunes heading the other direction. As the classic gag goes, if you want a million quid, start with 5 million and launch a festival, it’s probably better to start with nothing like James Dean, whose eponymous events company has enjoyed an impressive, sometimes bumpy, growth curve from the humblest beginnings. Raised in a family blighted by their father’s drug addiction but seemingly united in their journey out of poverty, Dean didn’t see any option but to leave school early,…
BeOn1x Open Mind Music Festival, is set to change the musical landscape of Cyprus forever, with its much anticipated initial events from 23rd – 25th September and 30th September to 2nd October. The world class line-up at this oceanside spot in Larnaca, includes Carl Cox, Boris Brejcha, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Paul Kalkbrenner live, Guy Gerber, Satori live, Sasha & Digweed, Sven Väth, Deborah De Luca, Chelina Manuhutu, Fatima Hajji, Guy J and more to be announced. Pre-order tickets are available now at beon1x.com; Early Bird tickets will be available at the beginning of June. More than 12000 people are expected…
Unless you were stuck in a foreign airport with a suntan and a dead mobile, you’ll have heard that rail workers, unlike the railways’ fuel and energy suppliers, can’t just put their prices up to cope with inflation. No, they have to get tough and go on strike, on 21st, 23rd and 25th June, effectively shutting down the UK’s rail network for a week and disrupting travel plans for, well, me for starters; then there are the other 20 odd million journeys to consider (we did some rough sums), many of which relate to travel to festivals and other pleasurable…
Not a festival, but definitely an entertainment venue striving to lower its environmental impact, The O2, which is owned and operated by AEG Europe, has today announced a series of new measures to make the world’s most popular music, leisure, and entertainment venue even more sustainable for fans, bands and brands. Coinciding with the venue’s 15th birthday and Billie Eilish bringing her ‘Happier Than Ever’ tour to the venue this month, alongside a cross-campus climate festival Overheated, The O2 will be implementing various changes within the arena to reduce single use plastic, promote a plant-based menu, and better enable customers…
Respected music industry educators Remi Harris and Tamara Gal-On are delighted to announce the latest iteration of their hugely successful women’s leadership development programme, the Music Leaders Network. Beginning in September 2022, the programme will beopen to both company employees with a minimum of 5 years industry experience and self-employed women in music. Businessesare being urged to invest in their women leaders and future-leaders, while bursaries will be provided for the self-employed to assist with costs. Additionally, there is a focus on encouraging black women to be encouraged to apply to the programme by their employers. Based around individual coaching…
In what they describe as an historic moment for the e-ticketing industry, scalable and boutique ticketing solution XTIXS in partnership with GET Protocol today announced a new, disruptive decentralised finance (DeFi) funded event when Lewis Capaldi plays on August 23rd in Reykjavik. It means the show is backed up by a bespoke application of blockchain technologies – DeFi, NFT and GET Protocol’s utility token $GET- where future ticket inventory serves as collateral for a loan, the conditions of which are programmed into a smart contract. In addition to this, all tickets are claimable as an NFT, which makes fraud, scalping and secondary sales of…
After 7 years with PlayPass (merged with Weezevent in 2020) and a decade pushing RFID cashlesswristband technology into the festival market, Festival Awards co-founder Jenner has launched his own venture ‘MetaFests’, to unlock new revenue opportunities for festivals using Blockchain-powered technology. Steve explains: “Coachella’s toes-in-the-water NFT drop success, followed by my own conversationswith several prominent UK and European festival organisers, inspired me to make these new channels accessible to any event, regardless of size, genre or location. MetaFests will provide a full turnkey solution for festivals to immediately start harnessing significant new NFT revenue opportunities.” Jenner’s initial research quickly revealed…