“As a pairing art and techno have form” said Mixmag on experiencing Art & Techno’s offering. The moment you start to delve into Torino’s art history, its connection with techno music soon becomes apparent. The ‘Futur’ in the festival’s name is after all a nod to Futurism, the early 20th century art movement that started in nearby Milan. The festival is very proud of Torino’s cultural heritage, and are keen for their community to embrace all the art and culture the city has to offer. Back for the fourth time, the ‘Art & Techno’ package for 2024 will include exclusive…
Author: Andy Lenthall
Gloworm Festival has announced Care Bears as a sponsor for this year’s event, bringing their good vibes with a range of fun activities and immersive experiences. The Care Bears are a beloved franchise known for spreading messages of kindness, love, and empathy. With their colourful personalities and iconic belly badge symbols, the Care Bears have captured the hearts of generations worldwide. Festival-goers can look forward to meeting Grumpy and Cheer Bear*, experience Good Vibes, make Forever Friends, and much more! There will also be arts, crafts, music, a chance to leave messages on their Good Vibes wall and, a chill-out…
The final wave of international music acts have been revealed for this year’s Africa Oyé Festival in Liverpool this summer. Taking place on 22nd and 23rd June 2024, the country’s biggest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture will take over Sefton Park for two packed days of live music, dance, workshops, DJ stages, food stalls, traders and more. Completing the international line-up of acts on the main stage is Congolese rumba royalty, Nyboma; Haitian multilingual poet and MC, Vox Sambou; and Senegalese griot, Batch Gueye. Nyboma Mwan’dido, known by his stage name Nyboma, stands as an illustrious figure in the realm of Congolese rumba music,…
Instead of becoming another 2024 casualty of soaring costs, Beat-Herder, fresh from their Northern Music Award win, have announce a reduced capacity for this year, without compromising on the unique experiences they’re famed for delivering. In a statement on their website, the organisers said: “Recently we’ve seen a lot of other festivals pull the plug on their 2024 editions, taking a fallow year to ride out the huge price increases and we can totally see where they’re coming from. Beat-Herder is not immune and the truth of the matter is, with the costs that are now filtering through, running this…
We Are FSTVL 2024, due to take place on May 25-26 at Dagenham’s Central Park, has been cancelled due to safety concerns. The local authority issued a statement stating: “We are sorry to announce that the We Are FSTVL event organised by Rebelia Ltd and scheduled to take place in Central Park, Dagenham on the weekend of 25-26 May has had to be cancelled. This difficult decision has been made due to health and safety concerns. “[Our] recent assessment of Central Park, after record levels of rainfall this year, has found the site cannot safely host the physical demands of…
Music producer and entrepreneur Vikram Gudi has launched Lila (Sanskrit: divine play) with a mission to bridge the gap between South Asian talent and inclusion in the UK music industry. Lila believes that South Asian artists and industry professionals should be able to thrive at the forefront of the UK music industry. Lila’s willingness to confront inequities and uplift artists directly has helped deliver the first-ever dedicated South Asian space at Glastonbury’s Shangri-La, the festival’s radical area known for celebrating underrepresented art and culture. The ‘Arrivals’ stage, programmed by cultural organisations Dialled In, Going South, and Daytimers, will showcase over…
Spitalfields Music has announced the full programme for its 2024 Festival, which will take place from 27 June – 10 July at iconic spaces and venues throughout East London. World premieres, cutting-edge new music, cross-artform collaborations and classic repertoire sits at the heart of the festival, which celebrates the extraordinary breadth of classical music. Curated by Spitalfields Music Chief Executive, Sarah Gee, the 2024 festival places a particular focus on the work of women and female-identifying composers and brings together acclaimed national and international artists of different styles, traditions, genres and artforms for two weeks of unique performances in beautiful…
The Arnold Sports Festival UK made a triumphant return to the NEC Birmingham over the weekend of March 15-17, 2024, boasting an impressive line-up of sports and activities, attracting a community of 30,000 competitors and visitors. In a testament to collaborative efforts, the festival’s rebirth was achieved in just nine months from the initial agreement between The Arnold Sports Festival, its executive director, Mr Brian Powers, and Dan Criscione, managing director of The Equinox Group. The festival showcased an expanded array of sports, including bodybuilding, strongman, combat sports, powerlifting, medieval fighting, extreme sports, and CrossFit, embodying the festival’s vision of…
With over £10,000 raised already, Festivals Unite have announced the extension of the Festivals Unite Prize Draw, with the new closing date on Monday 6th May 2024. Partnering with international charity War Child, Festivals Unite have seen 67 of the UK’s & Europe’s most beloved festivals come together to donate a pair of tickets to the prize draw in aid of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All funds raised as part of this draw will be split equally and donated to War Child and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) which will provide vital aid to those affected. Festivals Unite…
A new 3-day house music festival, curated by legendary Hacienda DJ, Graeme Park, will take over SteelYard Kelham, Sheffield’s premier mixed-use, live indoor / outdoor shipping container park this summer. From 28th to 30th June, Blueprint Festival will transform SteelYard Kelham into an immersive tropical wonderland creating the perfect backdrop for quality grooves from some of the most respected and influential names in the history of house music, including Graeme Park, Greg Wilson, Todd Terry, Norman Jay MBE, Fat Tony, Jon Pleased Wimmin, K-Klass, HiFi Sean, and many more. Weekend tickets start at £55 +bf Blueprint festival-goers can soak up…