Scotland’s best loved, family-friendly music event, Eden Festival, can now reveal its headliners for 2025, plus a glorious selection of artists, musicians, and DJs also on the line-up… with more to follow. London two-piece and Festival Insights firm favourites Bob Vylan embrace their DIY roots while fusing Grime, the rush of Punk, Alt-Rap and Rock. Peerless and fearless, with big spiky tunes and the attitude of Bad Brains, their 3rd album released in 2024, Humble As The Sun was hailed as “electrifying, experimental and empowering” by NME. See you down the front. A cornerstone of Detroit Hip-Hop, legendary Rappers Slum…
Author: Andy Lenthall
Thanks to the brilliant support of d&b group, The Power of Events is to livestream its 2 Year Anniversary. broadcast from d&b’s Immersive Technology Experience Centre (ITEC), located at the heart of London’s Science Museum, with support from Giant iTab for lending one of their devices to showcase the Events Industry Insight App – both these Supporters have made this a must-watch digital experience. Join The Power of Events online on Thursday 13th February at 11.00am on its Linkedin channel for one hour, to hear contributions from over 20 industry leaders from across the sectors, including many supporters and partners and the core team. The…
Global electronic music icon Solomun is set to headline Labyrinth on the Thames, London’s newest and most exciting open-air series, on 8th August 2025. Taking place at the historic Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, this massively anticipated event is set to bring Solomun’s signature deep and emotive sound to this breathtaking venue, in a London summer exclusive. Solomun will play a mammoth 5 hour set through his expansive record collection. Renowned for his ability to craft immersive musical journeys, Solomun has redefined the art of DJing. His “Solomun +1” residency at Pacha Ibiza has become legendary, prioritising intimacy, connection, and…
Scotland’s most magical and vibrant independent festival, Kelburn Garden Party, returns in 2025 to celebrate its 15th edition. Nestled at the foot of a stunning Scottish glen, surrounded by ancient woodlands, waterfall plunge pools, and secret pathways, Kelburn is more than just a festival—it’s an immersive adventure where music, art, and nature collide. Across four spectacular days this July, the grounds of Kelburn Castle, an iconic 13th-century painted castle, will be transformed into a kaleidoscope of music, performance, and creativity, with surreal interactive experiences and pioneering art installations woven throughout. Renowned for its genre-spanning line-ups, cutting-edge club culture, and boundary-pushing…
Nevill Holt Festival returns in 2025 with a stand out programme for lovers of music, literature, comedy, politics and food all set in the exquisite surroundings of Nevill Holt’s beautiful theatre and award-winning gardens. Programmers today announced the first set of acts with many more to be confirmed in the coming weeks. 2025’s programme includes opera, jazz and classical, in conversation strands covering politics, literature, arts and culture, food, sports and wellbeing. The Festival will also include comedy and specially curated events for family audiences. 2025 will also see the addition of a 300 seat Spiegeltent to boost the variety…
The festival sector is well-versed in extolling the virtues of the wider economic impact of events, with many attracting visitors from far and wide, adding to a region’s tourism revenues. But what of those events that wish to cater only for local audiences, removing travel-related impacts and lessening the strain on local infrastructure? Spain, in particular, has seen protests against over-tourism, which led Duncan Wheeler to look at their festival sector from a local perspective. In my professional capacity as a Professor of Hispanic studies, and as a dilettante music journalist, I have attended my fair share of press conferences…
The first three guest acts have been announced for a historic show this summer as Jeff Lynne’s ELO take to the Great Oak Stage at American Express presents BST Hyde Park for their final ever performance. They will be joined on Sunday 13 July by Californian rock legends The Doobie Brothers, iconic songwriter and guitarist Steve Winwood and composer and songwriter Dhani Harrison. Tickets have already sold out for the show which will see one of Britain’s best-loved bands put on a spectacular finale for Jeff Lynne’s ELO, which was founded 55 years ago in Birmingham. “My return to touring…
Celtic Connections 2025 in partnership with Innis & Gunn has closed on a high note, marking another stand-out chapter in its storied history presenting the world’s best trad, folk, world and roots music to Glasgow audiences each winter. The 32nd edition of Scotland’s premier winter music festival reached attendances of 110,000, with 125 sold out shows across its 18 days. Despite a day of rescheduled events, the festival made a triumphant return from Storm Éowyn to match 2023 festival attendance figures and had been on track to surpass 2024 audience numbers. Around 1,500 musicians and artists spanning 40 nationalities took…
Debuting this summer is the UK Festival Little Fields. Residing in South Wales amongst the picturesque settings of Three Pools, festival goers will have the opportunity to soak in the sounds of artists such as innovative electro connoisseurs Quest, Onur Özer, and Radioactive Man, but simultaneously the animated UK flavours of Alec Falconer, Lukas Wigflex and many more to be announced. The limited 500 capacity camping festival takes place on the bank holiday weekend of 2nd – 4th May and is partnered with a host of essential brands including Half Baked, Art Of Dark, Zuku, Discotech, Space Tours amongst several…
AEG Presents has announced that one of the hottest parties on the planet is coming to The Warwick Sessions 2025, with Craig David presents TS5 announced for this summer’s flagship concert series on Saturday 5th July. The Warwick Sessions is a series of concerts bringing global names from the world of pop to the Midlands. 2025’s season is bigger than ever, presenting previously announced headliners Elbow (Sunday 6th July), The Stranglers (Friday 4th July), Train (Wednesday 2nd July) and Beverley Knight and Will Young (Thursday 3rd July) to the star-studded event at St Nicholas’ Park near one of the UK’s…