Christina Bilde is the spokeswoman and Head of Corporate Communication at Roskilde Festival. After more than a decade as Communications Manager at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, she became the spokeswoman for the non-profit festival in 2010. Most readers of this column are probably aware that Roskilde Festival is 100% non-profit. We have been since 1972, actually. But what does it mean to be a non-profit festival? To us, it’s our very raison d’être. Donating to social and cultural charities is a major part of what we do, of course, but there’s more to it. It’s a way of thinking,…
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EUROPE: GoGroup – the pan-European think-tank that brings together hundreds of festivals, scientists, initiatives and suppliers to exchange expertise on green and sustainability related issues – is holding its sixth Workshop for Festival and Event Sustainability from April 11 – 12 in Cologne. The two-day seminar at the Hochschule Fresenius (University of Applied Sciences), will be hosted by Hochschule Fresenius Cologne and GreenEvents Europe Conference. The sixth GO Group workshop for Sustainable Festivals and Events will focus on ‘Audience Psychology’ on the first day, and ‘Social Aspects and Responsibility’ on the second. Tickets are available here. Speakers confirmed for the…
NETHERLANDS: Mandala Festival is a new festival from the team behind Eindhoven’s Extrema Outdoor, taking place from June 3 – 6 at Holiday Park De Bergen in the Netherlands. Promising a theatrical, artistic and musical twist, Mandala will take place across hundreds of hectares of rolling green land with a beach, a pool and plenty of forested areas. The family-friendly festival was conceptualised via a drawing by founder Marcel Mingers’ daughter when she was four years old. Mandala will comprise music on the beach and pop-up parties in the forest as well as chefs, bars and performances by renowned artists.…
UK: Cardiff’s X Music Festival has announced that Flume, one of the world’s most influential electronic music stars, will be appearing in the Welsh capital on June 4 in what will be one of only a handful of UK festival appearances he will make this summer. Having made his mark on the scene 2012 with his self-titled album, Flume then proceeded to sell out shows in Sydney, New York, Berlin, and Paris. His cult following in the UK lead to his recent London Roundhouse show selling out in just three minutes. His latest release ‘Never Be Like You ft. Kai’,…
UK: Latitude Festival has announced the colossal comedy line-up for its 11th edition, set to take place from July 14 – 17 in Suffolk’s Henham Park. Featured in the announcement are Russell Howard, Josh Widdicombe, Reggie Watts, Paul Merton’s Impro Chums, The Boy With Tape on His Face, Al Murray, David O’Doherty, Robin Ince, and Josie Long, to name a few. For those with an all-consuming list fetish, the line-up also features Mark Watson, Sara Pascoe, Hal Cruttenden, Nick Helm, Simon Evans, Mark Steel, Simmons, Joe Lycett, Kerry Godliman, Pappy’s, The Horne Section, Daniel Sloss, James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Alex…
UK: The award-winning, Wild Rumpus-produced Just So Festival has started to reveal its programme for 2016. An annual, intimate, weekend-long camping festival, Just So showcases art, music, literature, comedy and theatre for families amidst the woodland landscape of the Rode Hall Estate, Cheshire. Just So was awarded Best Festival in 2015 by the National Outdoor Events Association and claims to be the only combined arts festival dedicated solely to families in the UK. With a mix of regional, national and international artists and performers, the festival promises to treat attendees to ‘an expedition of mischief and mayhem, to lands full…
UK: A study conducted by self-service ticketing and registration platform Eventbrite has found 60% of those surveyed heard about nightlife events they attend via social media. Social platforms eclipse all other channels for event marketing; nearly one-third (32%) of those asked said they discover nightlife events through contacts they follow on social media and a similar level (28%) cited social media advertising as being key to discovery. Eventbrite surveyed 2,500 people in both the UK and Ireland about their night-time going out patterns, and it also revealed how much they paid for a ticket to a night out. Email mailing…
SERBIA: Viber – one of the world’s leading messaging apps, with more than 711 million unique users worldwide – has launched a global sticker design contest in conjunction with EXIT Festival, entitled ‘My EXIT Adventure’. The title refers to the two flagship events under the EXIT umbrella, both the eponymous festival and Sea Dance – its sister festival in Montenegro. The goal of the My EXIT Adventure sticker design contest is to reach creative minds throughout the world and see their take on the EXIT Adventure package in the form of instant messaging stickers. The contest will be hosted on…
UK: Mark Harding has highlighted the challenges faced by the security industry after being given a mandate to drive forwards progression with his re-election as Chairman of the United Kingdom Crowd Management Association. The Managing Director of Showsec will serve in that position for a further two years at a time when the organisation’s commitment to raising industry standards is compromised by highly significant developments impacting upon that work. The number of SIA Licence holders and the opportunities for security staff to undertake essential training are of particular concern to the UKCMA. “Our prime objective is to improve industry standards,…
USA: Forecastle Festival, Louisville’s three-day music, art and environmental activism festival, is bringing back its Kentucky Bourbon Trail outpost, The Bourbon Lodge, with a unique line-up of bourbon offerings, education, bourbon-inspired cuisine, and the revamped return of the charitable partnership, Bourbon Cares. Wall Street Journal best-selling author Fred Minnick hailed Forecastle Festival as ‘bourbon’s most important festival for new consumers,’ praising its creation of ‘future connoisseurs.’ Set to take place from July 15 – 17, 2016, Forecastle will feature a diverse collection of Kentucky bourbon brands uniting to offer dozens of bourbon selections within the Bourbon Lodge, including those from…