Romania’s Beach, Please! debuted in 2022 on the beach of Costinești, initiated by Andrei Șelaru(Selly) and Lucian Ștefan (Global), with around 30,000 participants. The festival’s audience almost tripled for 2023 with around 80,000 people attending what became eastern Europe’s largest urban seaside festival. Over 200,000 attendees are expected on July 10th – 14th for the 2024 edition. This year’s investment amounts to 12 million euros, with approximately 7 million allocated for artists. Global stars like Travis Scott, Anitta, Yeat, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Spice, Don Toliver, Chief Keef, and over 200 other artists will take the stage across five platforms for…
Author: Andy Lenthall
Superstruct, the world’s second largest festival operator, has been acquired by global investment firm, KKR, from Providence Equity Partners. Details of the deal were not disclosed but a valuation of €1.3bn had been previously reported. Since its establishment in 2017 by Providence, Superstruct has grown organically and through acquisitions into one of the world’s premier live entertainment groups. Their portfolio includes festivals, such as Wacken Open Air, Defqon.1, Parookaville, Sziget, Tinderbox, Boardmasters, Kendal Calling, Bluedot, Truck, Victorious, Tramlines and Sónar. In a statement, KKR stated that demand for live entertainment has grown significantly over the past decade and is expected…
The Secret Garden Party has announced Ren’s return with an exclusive show titled ‘Asylum’. This performance will delve further into the narratives derived from his number one album and lead track ‘Sick Boi’. The showcase is set to take centre stage at this year’s festival, produced and created by Ren Gill & Secret Garden Party. This is set to be a one of a kind and an unmissable spectacle that’s already earmarked to become one of 2024’s key events. Leaning into his life journey and finding beauty in the bleakest of situations, Ren spent years bed-ridden with illness. It was…
60 festivals are taking part in a pioneering project to establish a green events code of practice across England. Creative climate non-profit Julie’s Bicycle, host of festival industry project Vision: 2025, is collaborating with ten local authorities and more than 60 festivals to test how a Green Events Code of Practice (GECoP) can be adopted nationally. Vision: 2025 Chair and Shamabla Festival Director Chris Johnson states: “I’m very proud that our industry is making the environment a key priority to deliver more sustainable festivals in the future. I’m surprised that we’ve heard so little about environmental issues during this election…
Glownet, the digital toolkit providers, have launched their first report of 2024, detailing how digital wallets are set to further impact the scene for ticketing and cashless payments, as well as personalisation and campaigns. Those that want to know more can download the report HERE
Secretsundaze presents: Multi Multi 2024 Festival was already set to be the biggest edition ever but it just got a whole lot larger again with a new 1500-capacity open-air venue added to its list of host spaces. The Garden at Hackney Bridge in Hackney Wick has never been used for a party before so is a great addition to the wide range of indoor and outdoor spaces, innovative stage hosts and more than 80 acts who will play all across the East London site on Saturday 13th July. The Garden at Hackney Bridge is a vast canal-side green space, well…
The Buskerteers Choir has launched the video from the Big Busk 2024, held in March at The Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea. The event saw over 1,200 choir singers unite to perform a stirring rendition of Carole King’s classic, ‘You’ve Got A Friend’. Alongside the video, a single version of the song has also been released, with the aim of raising £10,000 for Samaritans, the renowned mental health and suicide prevention charity. In a significant show of support, Carole King and James Taylor, the legendary songwriters of ‘You’ve Got A Friend’, have both endorsed the campaign and shared the video to…
UK Music has unveiled the findings of its 2024 Workforce Diversity Survey, which gives a revealing snapshot of those working behind the scenes in the UK music industry. The results show significant improvements in the areas of gender and ethnicity. However, the findings also highlight areas where more progress is needed. A total of 2,874 people from across the industry responded to the UK Music Workforce Diversity Survey, carried out between January 17 and March 31, 2024. The findings are published now in the UK Music Diversity Report 2024. The survey has focused on the music industry workforce and not…
Tixel, the honest resale marketplace has just announced the expansion of its remit to Cross The Tracks, Wide Awake and Project 6 and City Splash, part of Brockwell Live series in London. This comes as an addition to its partnership with a range of Superstruct UK festivals including Boardmasters, Kendal Calling, Tramlines Festival, Truck Festival, and Y Not Festival, for which Tixel is already the exclusive resale platform, The news comes as Tixel scales at pace since launching operations in the UK in 2021, seeing 97% growth year-on-year in events trading on the platform between ‘22 and ’23. Matt Kaplan,…
The South West’s iconic club series IN:MOTION has announced the lineup for its 2024 edition, to be held in Bristol venues including Motion, DOCUMENT and The Marble Factory across autumn and winter 2024. Following a 3-year hiatus, Bristol’s flagship event series made its long awaited return in Autumn 2023. Now it’s back for more, with a lineup boasting UK legends and rising stars such as Goldie, Paul Woolford, Ewan Mcvicar and many more. Voted as DJ Mag’s 11th best club in the world and the UK’s best large club, Motion is one of the world’s most exciting and ever evolving venues. For the opening on September 14th, running from 3pm…