Edinburgh’s Terminal V have announced the full line-up for their new event series concept. Terminal V Presents Halloween Trilogy will run over one weekend, with three momentous events planned across two stages, over thirty artists, over 5,000 people each day and epic new stage designs. Taking place across two stages in the cavernous halls at The Royal Highland Centre that is the home of their festival, Terminal V and their events have become an unmissable fixture in the clubbing calendar. Renowned for their cutting edge production and mind blowing visuals Terminal V Presents Halloween Trilogy will not disappoint. On Friday…
Author: Andy Lenthall
Our friends at Mustard Media are hosting an exclusive webinar with TikTok, Mastering TikTok advertising for festivals and events. The webinar has been designed to unlock TikTok’s Ticket selling potential, with Caitlin Cunningham, Senior Paid Media Executive, Mustard Media and Eleanor Kearney, Agency Partnership Manager, TikTok. This is your chance to get your burning TikTok questions answered, your opportunity to unlock the power of TikTok to boost your ticket sales. The webinar will be covering be covering: How to drive ticket sales for your event through effective advertising Creative best practices Tips for launch season, Q4, 2024 and beyond How to…
North African destination festival, Oasis: Into The Wild, has announced its complete 2023 line-up, with a raft of exciting new additions including ARTBAT, OK Williams, and Rodriguez Jr. The Moroccan festival’s Opening Party, presented by The Mbari House, is also unveiled today, featuring performances from Walshy Fire, Draganov, Ouenza, Alo Wala, Goya Gumbani, and more. The newly announced acts will join Honey Dijon, DJ Koze, Jyoty, Partiboi69, Romy, Sofia Kourtesis, and more at Morocco’s very own slice of Hollywood, Atlas Studios in Ouarzazate, from 27-29 October. Oasis: Into the Wild has been inviting music fans to dance somewhere different and…
Britannia Row Productions has supplied L-Acoustics PA systems across four of WOMAD’s stages: Open Air, Saddlespan, Siam and Taste the World, on behalf of Judgeday Productions Director, Dave T. The Open Air Stage is the second festival environment in which Britannia Row has deployed the new L Series L2 system, following exceptional results at Soho House Festival. System Engineer Sergiy Zhytnikov worked across the Open Air Stage. It boasted main hangs of L2, K2 stacked on the platform for side coverage, KS28 subs in a cardioid configuration across the stage, and A15’s for front fill. He comments: “As WOMAD is…
When Birmingham Festival 2023 took place from 28th July – 6th August to mark the one-year anniversary of the Commonwealth Games, JA Productions (JAP) delivered all event, site and operations management on behalf of organiser Birmingham City Council. Building on the Commonwealth Games’ legacy, a cultural programme of entertainment was curated by JAP’s programme partner OPUS with tens of thousands coming to Birmingham’s Centenary Square to enjoy local and international art, culture and entertainment. As with all JAP’s projects, a key consideration during both the planning and delivery phase was minimising the event’s environmental impact. JAP set out a sustainability…
Sustainability Not for profit A Greener Future (formerly A Greener Festival) have released release insight into festival carbon footprints. Key findings revealed audience travel contributed on average to 41% of the carbon footprint when a more complete account of scope 3 emissions is included. When including wider travel such as production, traders, and artists, travel and transport represent closer to 58%, with food and drink responsible for an average 34% of a festival’s carbon footprint. Audience travel is commonly stated as 80% or more of a festival’s carbon footprint. However, most studies omit impacts of food & drink, materials purchased,…
Kendal Calling has revealed that this summer’s festival has raised a whopping £55,735 for local charities, organisations and other deserving causes. Funds were raised just last month at Kendal Calling through donations, merchandise sales, guest list donations, on site activations and more, thanks to the continued, truly impactful generosity and support of Kendal Calling’s attendees. Those benefitting from the funds include Hospice At Home whose bright yellow sunflowers could be seen across the site as festivalgoers bought them in support of the charity, wearing them proudly all weekend, North West Air Ambulance who operated an on-site post office selling postcards…
Safer Spaces Now CIC worked in partnership with Notting Hill Carnival, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police again this year, to provide specialist support to prevent and respond to incidents of violence against women and girls and all forms of domestic abuse and sexual violence. Safer Spaces Now CIC is a non-profit organisation supporting women and girls, by tackling domestic abuse and sexual violence at festivals and large events. Safer Spaces are gender informed but gender inclusive, turning no one away that is in need of support and offering gender specific spaces if required. This…
Togather, the conflation of the words gather and together is one of those names that you probably wish you’d thought of when considering company nomenclature for the festival industry. It took founders Digby Vollrath and Hugo Campbell several years of trading, growth and investment as Feast-It to make the switch that better fits what their F&B finder has become. Fresh from an $8.5m investment round, we caught up with Digby to chart the trip from concept through to growth beyond initial expectations. Middle man? Broker? Agent? Facilitator? Introducer? Describe Togather. “We’re a marketplace that, essentially, connects the best independent suppliers…
Romania’s UNTOLD Festival, has climbed to 6th place in the Top 100 Festivals by DJ Mag, according to 100,000 fans from all over the world wi voted for their favorite festivals. This year, the European festival that put Romania on the global map of events is in the top 3 festivals in Europe, among Tomorrowland and Glastonbury. With an eclectic lineup, stunning visuals, pyro, and fireworks, each edition of UNTOLD is a new and unique story. Fans who come from over 100 countries to this festival enjoy the time of their lives in the magical realm created for 4 days…