BELGIUM: Legacy Festival has announced the line-up for its 2015 edition, set to take place on June 20 at the picturesque Belgian beach setting of Zilvermeer, Mol. The line-up includes names such as: Felix Da Housecat, Ken Ishii, Sash!, DJ Regi, Jan Van Biesen, Bonzai All Stars, Dave Lambert, Yves Deruyter, 2 Fabiola, DJ Wout, DJ F.R.A.N.K, Phi Phi, CJ Bolland, Marko La Rocca, DJ Philip and many more. For more information, check out Legacy Festival’s official website.
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UK: The Big Feastival – set to take place from August 28 – 30 on Alex James’ farm in The Cotswolds – has added The Feeling, Badly Drawn Boy, Heaven 17, a DJ set from Groove Armada, Dizzee Rascal and Paloma Faith to this year’s line-up. The food and music festival has also announced a plethora of rising stars in an attempt to champion emerging talent. Joining established acts on the Main Stage will be breakthrough artist Rae Morris, London-based quartet Flyte, Irish pop duo Hudson Taylor and rockabilly siblings the Ruen Brothers. The Main Stage music line-up so far…
James Turner is Senior Business Development Manager at Eventbrite. He joined Eventbrite in 2011 as part of the company’s European founding team and has been dealing with some of the largest festivals in Europe since, giving him a keen eye for festival trends. In this article, James outlines seven trends that are impacting the Live Music Business right now. As an event director and promoter, you can take advantage of what’s happening across the industry to plan smarter, operate with greater speed and flexibility, and develop new revenue sources for your events. Here are seven trends you should be aware…
UK: Following last year’s success at both Camp Bestival and Bestival, The Feast Collective has been confirmed to return to the former festival from July 30 – August 2. Individual members of the cuisine-centric clan include: Biblos, where the Middle East meets the Caribbean, multi-award-winning family concern The Cake Shop Bakery, artisan beverage makers Caravan Coffee, and winners of Best Sandwich at the British Street Food Awards 2014, The Cauldron. Also involved will be the East Asian meets West Dorset offerings of Dorshi, sushi rolled fresh to order from Happy Maki, wine tasting with the wildly popular Knackered Mother’s Wine…
BELGIUM: Dave Clarke, Baron of Techno and all-round decent dude, has unveiled the four techno titans who will join him on his stage at Tomorrowland on July 26. In addition to Clarke himself, Chris Liebing, Green Velvet, Paul Kalkbrenber and Pierre will take to the decks, bringing a broad range of cutting-edge underground dance music to the Opera Stage. Entrusted with the 2nd largest stage for a 4th year running, Dave Clarke will share his undying passion for techno to a sold out crowd of music fans from 220 different countries. Clarke said: “I can’t wait to come back to…
Clarifi Media’s latest venture Festyvent, an exciting new events app that offers organisers a fun, feature-packed and innovative new platform to communicate with and engage their audience, launched on May 21 2015. A dedicated – and full-service – companion app for event attendees, Festyvent offers a unique outreach platform for events organisers, venue owners and promoters, giving users content they want to see. With Festyvent, event organisers benefit by being able to engage and measure audiences before, during and after their events as well as provide space and triggered promotions for sponsors to increase the value of their investment. Allowing…
UK: Groove Festival – a new dance event set to take place on the banks of Loch Ness on August 22 – is hosting a launch party for 60 people on June 27, aboard Cruise Loch Ness’s flagship cruiser, ‘The Legend of Loch Ness’. Dougie Brown, one of the festival’s founders said: “To thank all of the people who have supported the festival and already bought their tickets, we have teamed up with Cruise Loch Ness to put on a very special one-off super yacht party on Loch Ness!” “To show our thanks, we will select and notify winners from…
UK: Following on from recent announcements across the music arenas including headliners Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Portishead and alt J, Latitude has added more names to its expansive and eclectic line-up. Highlights of the latest reveal include Nitin Sawhney, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, Summer Camp, Zola Jesus, Grandbrothers, Oscar, Izzy Bizu, Seafret, Rat Boy, Tuff Love and Cove Hithe. Also announced for BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction Lavish Lounge Stage are Eska, Polar Bear, Jesca Hoop, Zun Zun Egui, Noura Mint Seymali, Marcus Hamblett, and Monoswezi. Latitude will also welcome one of Ireland’s most unusual musical events, ‘Other…
USA: Bandit Lites recently supplied the lighting for Alabama’s Hangout festival, which took place May 15 – 17 and featured sets from Foo Fighters, Beck, the Zac Brown Band, Umphrey’s McGee, Skrillex, My Morning Jacket, Foster the People, Paramore and Spoon. With a Ferris wheel, a beach house hangout, VIP areas, gourmet beach fare and a viewing tower known as the ‘Mega Drop’, this year’s festival also touted a craft beer courtyard that boasted draughts from Goose Island, Lagunitas, New Belgium, Straight to Ale, Southern Tier and Abita. Designed by Dizzy Gosnell, Bandit provided six trusses for the main stage’s…
IRELAND: Curated by HomeBeat Events, Body&Soul’s newly announced Tree Haus stage will host cutting edge contemporary Irish culture and music, from folk to electronica. The stage’s line-up will include My Tribe Your Tribe, Carriages, Planet Parade, Liza Flume, Buffalo Woman, Ghosts, SlowPlaceLIkeHome, and Hilary Woods. Further acts confirmed for the stage include: Skelocrats, Little Xs For Eyes, Elephant, Hare Squead, Participant, I Have A Tribe, Nubus, Margie Lewis, SignA, Idiot Songs, Skelocrats, Tomorrows, Taste DJs, Somadrone, Lyttet, Leo Drezden and Lasertom. These names will join a roster already comprising Super Furry Animals, Savages, Leftfield, Flight Facilities, Nightmares On Wax, Clark…