CROATIA: Dimensions Festival has announced a second wave of acts for its return to Croatia’s Fort Punta from August 26 – 30. Joining the festival’s 4th edition will be George Clinton of Parliament / Funkadelic, Mala, Gerd Janson, Dusky, Blawan, Bicep, Daniele Baldelli, Sadar Bahar, Recloose, Hunee, Antal, Legowelt, Lone, Dorian Concept, Kon, Kaidi Tatham, Alexander Nut, Telephones, Eric Lau and more. These additions will be joining Moodymann, Ben Klock, Lil Louis, Mount Kimbie (DJ set), John Talabot, Surgeon, Rødhåd, Anthony Parasole, Truncate, Hessle Audio: Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, Pangaea, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Daniel Avery and more. Four Tet,…
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UK: Ahead of revised HSE guidelines for the new Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations that will affect all event sites, an industry group* has collaborated to create a new guidance document. The ‘Guidance for the Management & Use of Stages and related Temporary Event Structures’ brings clarity to working practices within the temporary structures and staging industry. The comprehensive guidance is freely available from contributors’ websites to help anyone who has duties under the revised CDM regulations to prepare in advance of their introduction on April 6. It builds on the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) draft guidance issued…
Nick Morgan is the CEO of Big Cat Group and founder of The Fair, the Group’s events division. Nick has over 20 years’ industry experience working for clients including MAMA & Company, GLA, Radio1, Film4, Secret Cinema, Hammerson and HOLI ONE World Festivals. He has particular expertise in large-scale event production and health and safety management, and regularly shares his knowledge as a speaker at Confex, The Event Production Show and IMEX. In this article he discusses the widening gap between the developments of RFID technology and its implementation at festivals. The pressure is increasing on large-scale outdoor events to…
UK: Isle of Wight Festival has revealed that The Charlatans will headline its Big Top stage on June 14. Also announced are Sunset Sons, Larkin Poe, The Shires and Stiff Little Fingers. The new additions will be joining Fleetwood Mac, The Black Keys, The Prodigy, Pharrell Willians, Paolo Nutini, James, First Aid Kit, Kool & The Gang and more at this year’s edition of the historical festival. The full-line up can be viewed here, and tickets purchased here.
UK: Lovebox will return to London’s Victoria Park from July 17 – 18, this year playing host to Snoop Dogg, Rudimental, Little Dragon, Flume, Kaytranada, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Nils Frahm, Squarepusher, Bonobo (DJ set) and more. Nice. Real nice. Tickets can be purchased here and the full line-up can be checked out here.
UK: Wickerman Festival has added pop-rock band Squeeze, Scottish superstar Lulu and seminal punk performance poet John Cooper Clarke to its 2015 line-up, which also includes The Waterboys, Tom Odell and Example & DJ Wire and more. The Wickerman Festival’s Grainne Braithwaite commented: “We are so excited to have Squeeze, Lulu and John Cooper Clarke joining this year’s line-up. All three acts are icons in their different musical genres, so to bring them all together alongside The Waterboys and Tom Odell, will make for an unforgettable celebration of British talent, past and present.” For more information check out the festival’s…
BELGIUM: With the addition of 21 new acts, and with a grand total of 108 confirmed bands the line-up for Graspop Metal Meeting 2015 has been completed. The new additions are as follows: Tremonti, Ensiferum, Evergrey, Pop Evil, The Haunted, Chelsea Grin, Code Orange, Evil Invaders, Heidevolk, Upon a Burning Body, Battle Beast, The Dead Daisies and King Hiss. They will be joining Kiss, Marilyn Manson, Judas Priest, Slipknot, Scorpions, Faith No More, Motörhead, Korn, Within Temptation and many more. Check out the festival’s official website for more information.
MOROCCO: Oasis (the cool new festival, not the lame old band) is set to bring a unique new experience to Morocco with its highly anticipated debut event. Taking place from September 11 – 13, the festival will be the first of its kind in Marrakech, set amidst the idyllic surroundings of the Fellah Hotel. The first wave of acts has been revealed today, with headliners including dance music pioneer DJ Harvey, Innervisions’ Âme and an exclusive B2B set from Guy Gerber and Matthew Dear. Additional billings include Axel Boman, Swiss duo Adriatique, an exclusive debut b2b set from Chloé and…
ESTONIA: The seventh Tallinn Music Week, set to take place from March 25 – 29, has announced the first round of speakers for this year’s two-day conference on March 27 and 28. Inspirational artistic figures and music business mavericks that have helped to shape the face of pop music will be at the forefront of the event. Influential women such as girl-punk-band pioneer, film director and writer Viv Albertine of The Slits, and the Swedish music industry’s most successful woman, Marie Dimberg – manager of Roxette – are confirmed to be a part of the proceedings. Legendary musicians, writers and…
Teresa Moore is Head of Department at Buckinghamshire New University, in charge of the University’s Music and Event Programmes. She is also a founding member of the European sustainability group GO Europe, with a special interest in Sustainable Event Management. In addition to carrying out a series of festival surveys in the past few years looking at audience attitudes and behaviour in respect of environmental issues at music events, she has initiated the development of a series of conferences and short courses on Sustainable Event Management at Bucks New University. In this article she discusses the growing need for professionalism…