Festivals including Deer Shed, Glastonbury, Y Not and Womad are amongst Hundreds of arts, heritage and cultural organisations across England that will receive a share of £107 million from the additional £300 million announced by the Chancellor at March’s budget for the Culture Recovery Fund, bringing the total cash support package made available for culture during the pandemic to close to £2 billion. Festival suppliers have also benefitted in this round, with organisations such as Innovation Power, Smart Power, Fourth Generation, Vans for Bands, GLS, Siyan and No Nonsense succeeding in obtaining a share of the fund. From this round…
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The International Live Music Conference (ILMC) will return in person and at a new, five-star location for its 2022 edition, celebrating the entertainment world’s emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic. The three-day ILMC 34 event will welcome 1,200 of the world’s top live music professionals from over 40 countries to the recently upgraded Royal Lancaster Hotel from 1 – 4 March 2022. The move marks the first venue change for ILMC in more than 20 years, in response to increasing demand for the industry-leading event. The Royal Lancaster will provide extra space for networking, private meetings and events, all in a…
Artists touring to Spain will no longer need visas for short-term engagements in a dramatic change to the current onerous rules. The change follows months of dedicated work from LIVE and the Association for British Orchestras (ABO), working alongside Spanish counterparts Asociación Promotores Musicales. The development represents a significant boost for the sector which has, as a result of Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, seen European touring become more expensive, more complicated, and more difficult to execute. Visas have been a significant issue for Spain which, despite representing the fifth largest live music market in the world, posed…
Dino Lupelli has been working in the music industry since 1990, now general director of Music Innovation Hub, the first social enterprise in Italy dedicated to the music ecosystem. From their headquarters in Milan’s hybrid center for culture and creativity BASE, Dino and his team promote training, incubation, acceleration and international networking programs such as Music Tech Europe, CreativeShift, and JUMP, as well as forward thinking annual music conference and festival Linecheck. Since 2015 he has been a founding member of Italian Music Festivals, the national association for the international promotion of Italian festivals, partner and consultant of Assomusica, the…
Leading this surge are event-goers from the UK, with 31% of all international orders for 2022 coming from music fans in the UK.
Any new festival is worthy of investigation, but launching in 2021 after mass postponements, cancellations and a supply-chain busting condensed season is the stuff of nightmares. Welcome to Halloween Town. A fan of the horror genre, Halloween has always been Greg Costa’s favourite time of year, taking the step from house parties to promoting ghoulish club nights. Around 7 years ago, selling out a big night in Milton Keynes well in advance led to the need to find a bigger venue, perhaps something that could expand to fit, perhaps an outdoor site, perhaps a festival. The notion was parked until…
Every tragedy has its victims and foremost in our minds, as well as the minds of anyone connected with large scale events, are those that lost their lives or were injured at the Astroworld event. Franco Patino, 21; John Hilgert, 14; Brianna Rodriguez, 16; Rudy Peña, 23; Danish Baig, 27; Jacob E. Jurinek, 20; Axel Acosta, 21; and an as-yet unnamed 8th victim all lost their lives. Travis Scott, the event’s founder and headliner, expressed his heartbreak and devastation in a video posted on Instagram. With lawsuits already filed by some of those injured, comment from organisers and promoters, ScoreMore…
Scottish Deputy First Minister and Covid Recovery Secretary John Swinney said recently that vaccine passports would be in place in Scotland until 16th November, when ministers would review whether they would remain in place depending on Covid-19 cases. Swinney said the scheme could be extended to other sectors, including workplaces, following the review. He also warned the Scottish Government is considering imposing additional restrictions if the situation with the virus worsens. Swinney continued: “obviously there may well be impact on night-time industries as a consequence, but there could be an even greater impact of closure and that’s what we’re trying…
Highest Point Festival has today released figures showing its economic impact in the Lancashire region is estimated to be £4.68 million, after 35,000 people came together to celebrate the annual music event this September. The new stats shared by the team behind Lancashire’s biggest open-air music festival, also show that the event brought in a huge amount of tourism to the city, and contributed to the growth in GDP* over the summer, which the ONS claimed has been led by the service industry. The event also created 280 jobs in the run up to and during the festival, creating vital income…
DF Concerts’ Colourboxx have today announced the line-up for their debut edition that will transform the leafy surroundings of Bellahouston Park into a kaleidoscope of music, performance art and togetherness. Pop icons will be joining some of the best DJs, cabaret performances and unmissable drag acts in Glasgow next summer across several stages and performances areas. This is much more than just a music festival. Platinum-selling Years & Years, fronted by Olly Alexander and now standing solo, will headline, bringing his critically acclaimed live performance to the city for the first time since 2019 at The Hydro, Glasgow. The news…