UK: London club promoter LWE has revealed plans for a brand new festival in summer 2016 named Junction 2. Taking place on Saturday June 4 at a never before used green-field location in London, the festival hopes to expand LWE’s growing reputation for curating credible parties and delivering the very best in electronic music. Collaborating with three respected establishments – Drumcode, The Hydra and Closer, Junction 2 will be a celebration of their shared ethos with a clear message that’s focussed on great sound, high-end production, an attention to detail, extended sets, no VIP, no plastic tents and a music…
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CROATIA: Electric Elephant has announced the first wave of acts for its 2016 adventure on the Adriatic. Included in the line-up for next July’s edition are Greg Wilson, Bicep, Todd Terry, Kerri Chandler, Jacques Renault, Secretsundaze, Maribou State, Laura Jones, Optimo, Nightmares on Wax, Nick Höppner, Psychemagik, Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s A Love From Outer Space, Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton’s Lowlife, Dicky Trisco, Chris Duckenfield, Chris Massey and Unabombers. This roster joins a muscular club partner line-up, with the likes of Secretsundaze, Homoelectric, Bugged Out!, Gottwood, Festival Number 6, Feel My Bicep, Disco Deviance, Electric Chair, Stop Making…
On Wednesday January 13 2016 the annual European Festival Awards will see one of France’s most distinguished event organising duos receive the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’, presented by Yourope. Jean-Louis Brossard and Béatrice Macé have been the driving forces behind Les Rencontres Trans Musicales de Rennes throughout its rich 36 year history – a festival that set out to support local performing artists in its hometown of Rennes in France and ended up enriching the musical landscape of the entire country, attracting such artists as Lenny Kravitz, Portishead, Major Lazer, LCD Soundsystem, Metronomy, Ben Harper, Björk, Daft Punk, 2manydjs, Stromae, Jungle,…
NETHERLANDS: On January 15 2016, Candice Morrissey, Music Strategic Partnerships EMEA at Google, will deliver a keynote speech about YouTube at Buma Music meets Tech during Eurosonic Noorderslag 2016. YouTube celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015, and a lot has happened throughout the year, with the launch of separate apps for Kids, Gaming and Music, as well as the launch of the Red subscription service in the US. Eurosonic attendees can join YouTube for a recap of the year and a small glimpse of what you can expect in 2016. Buma Music meets Tech is the innovative programme initiated by…
UK: Finding and buying tickets is set to be even easier thanks to a new, fully integrated mobile application from Skiddle – one that’s so clever it can even get revellers to an event in time. Skiddle’s new event application, Weekends Matter, allows users to discover more events than any other platform, much more readily than ever before. Its unique integration with on-demand taxi app Uber also helps users get to the venue quickly, in just a couple of clicks. As the UK’s biggest what’s on guide, Skiddle’s database of things to do includes more than 100,000 events at any…
HUNGARY: Balaton Sound is celebrating its 10th edition in 2016 with top names of the electro and hip-hop scene. Ten names have been revealed for the five days of non-stop beach party, including: A$AP Ferg, Armin van Buuren, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Hernán Cattáneo, Lost Frequencies, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Oliver Heldens, Paul van Dyk, Robin Schulz and W&W. Balaton Sound
UK: Following a landmark summer in 2015 that saw Found fully emerge from a clubbing to festival series, the team behind one of London’s most prolific party brands reveal their collaborators for the fourth edition of Found Festival, taking place on Saturday June 11 2016. Returning to their new South London home at Brockwell Park in Brixton, Found Festival 2016 will journey deeper into underground music than ever before. Joining forces with leading instigators of underground club culture, arenas will be hosted by Find Me In The Dark, Feelings, secretsundaze and Art of Dark. Strong believers in solidarity amongst underground…
UK: Eventbrite, the world’s largest self-service ticketing platform, has been selected by WOMAD to boost its online ticket sales, particularly from mobile devices. Mobile ticketing is a focus of the WOMAD deal, with Eventbrite the exclusive ticketing partner for the festival which has been running for over 30 years. Since it was founded WOMAD has grown into a truly international arts festival, with events taking place across the world, as well as its UK birthplace. The agreement sees WOMAD benefit from Eventbrite’s innovative ticketing technology, particularly when it comes to mobile conversion, social media integration and world-class onsite access control.…
UK: Download Festival, in one of its biggest announcements yet, has confirmed 33 new additions for 2016 including Shinedown, Killswitch Engage, Down, Don Broco, Architects, Neck Deep, Tremonti and more. Download Festival takes place from June 10 – 12 2016 in Donington Park. Download Festival is the self-professed home of rock music and takes place on the grounds of Donington Park, which have been associated with rock since the eighties. The festival attracts icons of rock and metal to its Main Stage, plus the best hot and new acts in the world. AC / DC, KISS, Metallica, Aerosmith, Guns N’…
Shaun Barnett is the CEO of Quantum Special Effects. Established in 2009, Quantum has since supplied festivals such as Glastonbury, Bestival, Coachella, Reading and Leeds, and tours as diverse as Metallica, Muse, Take That and Katy Perry. His main passion is using bespoke effects to help events achieve those truly iconic moments an audience will never forget. Quantum Special Effects won the UK Festival Awards’ Best Use of New Technology accolade in 2015, in conjunction with Glastonbury Festival and Arcadia Spectacular for its pioneering biofuel flame system utilised on the latter at the former. Here Shaun talks us through some…