AUSTRIA: Festival-goers at this year’s Snowbombing, which takes place from April 6 – 11 in Mayrhofen, Austria, will experience the future of hassle-free buying thanks to the introduction of RFID-enabled wristbands. The winter sports and music festival, which is set to welcome 7,000 visitors, will go 100% cashless for the first time. Snowbombers’ special wristbands will be linked to their own personalised online account, which can be charged up with cash before arriving. During the festival, guests can simply tap their wristbands on scanners to buy drinks, food and merchandise. The wristbands will also act as the official entrance ticket…
Author: Festival Insights
James Cobb has worked in the live music and event sector for over 20 years, starting out as a concert tour Production Manager. He has been a Director of a successful music festival, a text-messaging technology company, a stage lighting company and a live event safety consultancy practice. In 2013 he founded Crowd Connected, the technology company behind colocator – a location insight platform that provides festival and concert organisers with unparalleled customer insight and mobile engagement. He spoke about festival data at this year’s ILMC, and is set to speak at the Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar (April) and…
UK: Mind Over Matter has revealed its extensive and comprehensive 2015 calendar of courses, workshops, seminars and events, which form the Event & Crowded Space Programme. All courses, unless otherwise mentioned, are to be held in Harlow, at purpose built facilities. Check out the calendar below: Any businesses interested in participating can contact MOM’s Hayley Rogers.
UK: The London Electronic Arts Festival (LEAF) was a two-day cultural celebration of electronic music, art, technology and digital futurism, held at London’s Tobacco Dock this March. The event attracted around 20,000 electronic music fans into the heart of London, and Flare was selected as the event’s only audio supplier. The LEAF conference is aimed at electronic music fans and the ‘pro-sumer’ market, with day one focusing on talks, demonstrations and discussion groups aimed at fans, enthusiasts, apprentices and connoisseurs, as well as interactive panels from high profile artists from the many corners of music, tech and art. Among panellists…
UK: The fifth anniversary of FOCUS Wales will take place at venues across Wrexham, including the William Aston Hall (WAH) and the Centre for the Creative Industries from April 22 – 25. Last year, the University tied up a formal link-up with the not-for-profit event – which welcomes more than 5,000 people and 160 acts to the town – giving students the opportunity to gain experience in sound, lighting, marketing and event support. German comedian Henning Wehn will appear at the WAH on April 23, followed the next day by Australian singer-songwriter Phia, The Echo & The Always, Highs, The…
NETHERLANDS: Robert Hood, Juan Atkins and Gui Boratto have been revealed as the first conference speakers for the Amsterdam Dance Event, whose 20th anniversary celebrations will take place from October 14 – 18. The electronic music festival will once again temporarily transform the city of Amsterdam into a vast network of concerts, conferences, workshops, art installations and more. Widely regarded as the man who puts the funk into techno, Hood will be revealing what motivates him, how he keeps going 30 years into a career that continues to grow, and what he’ll be up to next creatively. Juan Atkins will…
UK: ANCA has launched a new structural anchor which brings easily certifiable ground anchorage to temporary structures. System 2000, the first model, is available now and hopes to help marquee companies, event organisers, building contractors and inspecting authorities measure the structural forces exerted on a temporary building below the ground as well as above the ground. The Structural Anchor, created with expertise provided by world-renowned temporary structure designers Special Structures Lab Ltd, removes the uncertainty suffered by traditional anchorage methods such as stakes and provides an effective, easily portable alternative to ballast, which is expensive to transport. The Structural Anchor…
USA: Allen & Heath consoles were the foundation of the entire sound reinforcement and sound streaming systems from the British Music Embassy venue at Latitude 30, the home of British music at SXSW. At the FOH position were the Dual Allen & Heath GLD series consoles, a GLD-112 equipped with Dante and AR2412 and AR84 racks, while a GLD-80 with Dante and AR2412 and the new AB-168 resided at Monitors. Michael Palmer, Vice President of Sales for Allen & Heath USA, said: “The ease of use, flexibility and processing capabilities are put to the test during festivals like this with…
UK: The team behind A Greener Festival have re-launched their website and announced that their annual AGF Awards scheme will be put on hold as the group ‘takes a year out to restructure’. Claire O’Neill, one of the campaign group’s co-founders explained: “After 8 consecutive years of delivering the Greener Festival Awards globally, we have really noticed how event sustainability has matured and moved into the mainstream. The fact that audiences want environmentally conscious events – and that sustainable practices are often money saving – means that the sustainable events industry has really grown up. AGF are using 2015 to…
NETHERLANDS: One of the world’s leading hard dance events has announced its 2015 line-up, with more than 270 artists set to perform across the three-day weekender. Featuring on the bill are: Ran-D, Brennan Heart, Gunz For Hire, Minus Militia, Angerfist, Atmozfears, Partyraiser, Wildstylez, Adaro, Mark with a K, and The Outside Agency, who will take over the 14 stages at Dutch event area Biddinghuizen. From June 19 – 21, hard dance aficionados from all corners of the globe will head to the Dutch festival site to become a part of ‘The Gathering’, ‘The Power Hour’,’The Endshow’ and ‘The Closing Ceremony’,…