Many readers will be well aware of the Purple Guide and its immense value to the outdoor events and festival industry. For some years, it has been in the care of the Events Industry Forum, overseen by the Health and Safety Executive. The chapters are written by voluntary sub-groups and chaired by that specific subject leader. All of these people are now being asked to review their chapter and make any changes they feel appropriate, or even necessary. In some cases, it will be none, in others it will be considerable. In addition to that we have new legislation e.g. The…
Author: Andy Lenthall
Mustard Media and From the Fields are among the Eventex Awards 2022 winners – the 12th global awards for events and experience marketing. The agencies worked together to create and market the multi-award winning event, Christmas at Bute Park in 2021, which has been awarded three prizes in the Global Eventex Awards, UK Event (Gold) Use of lights (Gold) Best outdoor event (Bronze). Not a bad haul considering the 606 entries from 33 countries. Christmas at Bute Park was a brand new festive light trail, which launched in November 2021 and took place at Bute Park in Cardiff. Mustard media drove…
Solar Carport Biddinghuizen was festively opened in the presence of influential decision-makers within the sustainability sector. The 35-hectare Solar Carport was realized by Solarfields and MOJO Concerts at the Lowlands Festival car park and is the largest solar carport in the world. Solarfields is a producer of sustainable energy and realizes solar energy systems and is the market leader in large-scale ground-based solar parks, intending to make the Netherlands more sustainable and supply clean energy to 1 million households by 2030. MOJO has been working for years to make the festival more sustainable, with energy consumptionof around 300,000kWH consumed at…
Albania probably isn’t on your holiday destination bucket list but Unum, the festival that attracts dance music fans from around the globe, may well be the catalyst for a change in perception, something that the Albanian government are keen to encourage. We met Grego O’Halloran, one of the faces behind the festival to discover how a career promoting in Ibiza led to the opportunity to put Albania on the music tourism map. Liverpool-born Grego O’Halloran first visited Ibiza in 1999, and eventually ended up staying. What may have started as a lifestyle choice soon became a choice to build a…
Skiddle, the event discovery platform, has partnered with London based youth charity, Young Urban Art Foundation (YUAF), to create a new programme that will give young creatives a platform to showcase short films about their London Music Scenes. The event discovery platform and the youth charity have partnered for the very first time to support young people in the London community, and will empower marginalised creatives in hard-to-reach areas, such as those where young people are at high-risk of child exploitation, being a victim of crime, or simply do not have access to opportunities. The young creatives will be challenged…
After announcing all the main stage artists, SUPERBLOOM is adding numerous newcomers to its line-up for the NeoNeo Stage. On 3 and 4 September, the SUPERBLOOM Festival will celebrate its premiere at the historic Olympic Park in Munich and in In addition to numerous superstars such as David Guetta, Megan Thee Stallion, AnnenMayKantereit and Rita Ora, upcoming artists will also have their own stage where they have the chance to present themselves in front of a large audience. This will be presented by media partner PULS – the young content network of Bayerischer Rundfunk, which already has numerous formats for…
UK Music and the UK Music Diversity Taskforce are hosting a digital seminar on bullying, harassment and discrimination on Monday May 16th at 10am.It’s open to all in the music industry and free to attend. UK Music’s Diversity Taskforce Chair, Ammo Talwar and Deputy Chair Paulette Long will be speaking with Charlene Brown, the managing director of Howlett Brown, a people intelligence company specialising in employee investigations, culture and HR consulting solutions. Sign-up to the event for free here.
South Facing, the open-air concert series at the lakeside Crystal Palace Bowl, today announces that Oxford’s iconic Ride will join Richard Ashcroft for a special all-dayer on Saturday 6 August 2022. From 3pm on Saturday 6 August fans will be treated to an incredible line-up that helped define an era headlined by Richard Ashcroft. With special guests Steve Lamacq, BDRMM, Tess Parks and Alan McGee now joined by Ride, this full-day event is a must for music lovers. Ride, who reunited in 2014, follow the release of their critically acclaimed ‘This Is Not a Safe Place’ with a string of dates celebrating…
Candidates in the upcoming local elections across the UK have been called upon by LIVE to support the live music sector, if elected this week. LIVE, the voice of the UK’s live music business, has written to all major political parties to ask their candidates to pledge support. The elections, which are due to take place on 5 May 2022, will elect local councillors and leaders with crucial devolved powers – including funding and control over licensing and planning processes – capable of helping the live music industry to thrive. Live music is a £4.5bn industry which employs over 200,000…
In cooperation with The Spanish Wave, ESNS is proud to announce the focus on Spain at ESNS 2023. ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) highlights the very best emerging acts from a different country every year, showcasing the diversity of musical talent across Europe. The artist applications for the upcoming edition – for all European artists – are open now. ESNS is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Altin Gün, Arlo Parks, Alyona Alyona, Celeste, Daði Freyr, Dua Lipa,…