Rhythms Sans Frontières (RSF) is a brand new music and arts festival taking place from 1st-3rd July 2022 at Euston Park in Suffolk. The event brings together performers and workshops in genres including indie, Latin, R&B, Jazz Fusion, Reggae, Bluegrass and Afro-Beat as well as immersive speaker tents shining a spotlight on key environmental and human rights issues. The impressive, carefully curated music line-up includes a varied mix of global acts, including The Turbans, Addictive TV, The London Afrobeat Collective, Electric Jalaba, Muntu Valdo and all-female Afro-Latin jazz ensemble Colectiva. RSF are thrilled to announce a collaboration with Wild Paths…
Author: Andy Lenthall
When a festival announces a ‘Bring Your Grandparents For Free’ initiative, we just have to find out a little more about the people behind it. We had questions and In It Together Festival Director, Mark Hopkins, from organiser Escape Records, was kind enough to answer them. Escape Records is the largest independent music festival company in Wales and is responsible for delivering over 500 annual events – with four, and with the addition of In It Toether, soon to be five, major music festivals in South Wales. The festivals offer a range of entertainment for a wide age demographic, attracting…
The first edition of the NTIA Night Time Economy Summit is set to take place from the 7th & 8th April 2022 at Bristol Beacon in conjunction with Bristol Nights & Savenightlife CIC. Night Time Economy businesses across the UK have been at the sharpest end of the pandemic, but throughout this crisis have shown true community spirit. The summit will aim to continue to bring the sector together to collectively debate, as well as share experiences but more importantly give businesses the opportunity to reset, reflect and work from ground zero, and effect change for a better future.The sector…
DHP Family have announced a partnership with leading alternative independent music festival Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering. The coming together of two huge names in the Midlands heralds an exciting future for the four-day event that kicks off the outdoor festival season on the late May Bank Holiday weekend each year. DHP Family will be working in partnership with the incumbent festival owners to ensure its continued success for many years to come at Catton Park, located on the borders of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands. As a venue owner, festival organiser and national live promoter, Bearded Theory will complement…
DHP Family Promoters On Championing Emerging Talent as Dot To Dot Festival Announces Line Up for 2022 Dot To Dot Festival, the award-winning festival with a reputation for bringing the hottest new talent to city-centre stages, has announced the first artists to join the bill for 2022. The multi-venue metropolitan festival’s rich tradition of championing emerging talent is once again front and centre with the news that SQUID will headline the festival in Bristol and Nottingham on May 28 and 29 respectively. The English post-punk band are currently riding high on the success of their debut album Bright Green Field,…
Not for Profit organisation A Greener Festival (AGF) has revealed the results of their industry leading green event certification for 2021, which highlights festivals and events striving to reduce waste and emissions and enhance equality and ecosystems and commends those who have achieved high standards in sustainability and reduced their environmental impact. Launched in 2007, the AGF Awards is a pioneering certification setting the standard for sustainable events. Each application involves a detailed self assessment, on-site independent audit, post event supporting evidence analysis, and recommendations for improvements. The standards have been developed over 15 years in consultation with 1000s of…
Trade associations, defined as groups of individuals and companies with a common interest, really came to the fore over the past two years. While you get on with the things that directly affect your business, like renting sites and infrastructure, booking acts and selling tickets, your trade associations deal with the things that indirectly affect them; the taxes and fees that you pay, the legislation around safety, traffic, licensing, environmental impacts and the like. A trade association, like the Association of Festival Organisers will, from time to time, parade those that it speaks with in the course of its activities,…
Horao Group have added to their suite of festival friendly services by announcing a partnership with Glownet, whose technology will power Venueserve Pay. Glownet is the market leading provider of RFID event payments, access control, staff accreditation, digital reporting, and fan engagement technology to power live entertainment & sports events across the globe.Venueserve Pay combats ticket fraud, reduces queues, slashes transaction times, increases spend per head, cuts staffing costs at gates and bars and stops theft. As part of the three-year exclusive deal, Venueserve Pay will use Glownet’s next generation POS and RFID/NFC technology platform to deliver superior experiences for…
Back from the ashes of 2021, El Dorado is rising in flames of glory to light up this festival season with a summer of sun-drenched grooves and eclectic beats. Celebrating their 6th anniversary, and their first-ever 4-day long event, will return with an impressive selection of huge acts, a whole new party area and integrated sustainability efforts. Bringing hit after hit and their happy-go-lucky vibes to create an unbelievable party atmosphere, Grammy Award winning and multi-platinum recording artist Al McKay creation Earth, Wind & Fire Experience will take over the Garden stage alongside one of electronic music’s most innovative, influential…
After two years of unforgettable sell out shows in Dubrovnik, mighty Manchester duo Solardo aim for a hat trick in 2022. In conjunction with Pollen Presents, Solardo announce their largest festival to date from September 23-27th: The pair curate their biggest ever line up with international tastemakers, showcasing some of the world’s top house and techno talent, a testament to the Manchester duo’s musical depth. The first wave of names include Marco Carola, FJAAK, Nicole Moudaber, Mall Grab, Maya Jane Coles, Vintage Culture, Nic Fanciulli, Lee Foss and many more. After multiple sell out shows at WHP, Circus Liverpool & London, Higher is now set to grow into a multi venue event across this historic city.…