UK: The final list of A Greener Festival 2014 award winners has been released, acknowledging events taking part in the scheme for their efforts and successes in promoting and implementing sustainable practices in 2014. The new award winners bring the final count to 46 events globally, newly topped off with an ‘Outstanding’ award for the Boom Festival in Portugal and ‘Highly Commended’ Awards for the UK’s Glastonbury Festival, Heart of Glass, Heart of Gold in France and Rocking The Daisies leading the way in South Africa. The list of winners, and their accolades, are as follows: OUTSTANDING Boom Festival (Portugal)…
Author: Festival Insights
MALTA: Annie Mac’s debut Lost & Found festival has announced the line-ups for its 2015 boat party schedule. Featuring a range of artists from the festival’s line-up that includes Dusky, Hannah Wants, MK, My Nu Leng, Route 94, Skream, The Martinez Brothers and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs amongst an array of special guests and surprises – plus an ‘All Star’ boat headlined by Annie Mac herself. With two boats scheduled to run per day, as well as a welcome boat on April 2, each party has been carefully programmed to complement the festival’s mix of day and night parties that…
UK: Jaymo & Andy George have announced a raft of new artists to be included in the inaugural Lost Village festival (May 23 – 24) with Tale of Us added as additional headliners. Other additions include rising stars such as Citizen, Doorly, Jasper James, LXURY, Alexis Raphael and masterful Aussie synth specialist Harvey Sutherland. These new acts will join the likes of Four Tet, DJ Koze, Jamie Jones and many more. Set amongst derelict buildings in an abandoned woodland village, deep in the Lincolnshire countryside, Lost Village is one of the UK’s most dynamic boutique festivals, ranging from house and…
UK: Arrested Development, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Seasick Steve and 21 other artists have been announced to play Boardmasters 2015. They will be joining headliners Bastille, Rudimental and Faithless when the festival returns to the Cornish coastline from August 5 – 9. Check out the full line-up here. Tickets are on-sale now via the festival’s official website.
FRANCE: Airstar, a world leader in lighting balloon technology for the event and staging industry, has been at the centre of the Val d’Isère Airstar Night Light since 2012. Every Thursday evening, between December and March, the manufacturer showcases various lighting technologies, and all its savoir-faire, to illuminate the French ski resort. This year, over 30 Airstar lighting balloons of various shapes, sizes and colours were deployed: The Tourism Office square boasted a magnificent Star shaped balloon as well as four hanging Crystals of various sizes (130cm to 160cm), covered by a printed planet cover, while the main road hosted…
SOUTH AFRICA: Future Fusion Festival – a three-day electronic music festival set to take place from April 24 – 26 near Johannesburg – has announced the first wave of acts for its 2015 debut. The inaugural festival will don a ‘Futuristic Safari’ theme and will present over 60 international and local artists across seven carefully constructed stages and arenas. These include a slew of first time performances in Africa. 8000 of Africa’s electronic enthusiasts will have three days to experience the festival’s radical production – featuring large main stages, big top tents, a sunken round dam arena, an old sleeping…
Mark Laurie is the Director of NCASS and has been with the business for six years. On a day-to-day basis he advises caterers, event organisers and street food traders on all areas of running businesses and events legally and safely. He also sits on a number of government panels, including the Business Advisory Group for the Food Standards Agency. At present he is spearheading the development of the NCASS Connect programme – working with EHOs and event organisers to create a food hygiene passport for businesses across the UK. Mark is a massive foodie and has a personal interest in…
UK: Small to medium-sized festivals in the UK now have the chance to receive a £2500 bursary courtesy of security wristband and lanyard suppliers, ID&C. Each year, The Grass Roots Festival Bursary awards one fledging festival £2500 towards security accreditation products. Applications are accepted from UK festivals with a single day attendance of up to 10,000, and that have been running as a business for five years or less. Around 40 festivals applied for the bursary in 2014, with the Cornwall-based Looe Music Festival announced as recipients. Festival director Tanya Brittain commented: “Winning ID&C’s Grass Roots Bursary had a massively…
UK: Big-beat twosome Basement Jaxx, British rapper Example and Drum n’ Bass producer DJ Fresh have been revealed as headliners for Brownstock, taking place from July 10 – 12 in Essex. Festival fashion will be flaunted to the tune of superstar dance, pop and urban sounds with Sub Focus, Lethal Bizzle and more featuring across an eclectic line-up. Weekend tickets are now available through the festival’s official website.
UK: Flare Audio has been selected as the only audio supplier for this year’s LEAF (London Electronic Arts Festival), set to take place at Tobacco Dock from March 6 – 7. The event, created by Bestival founder and DJ Rob da Bank, is a two-day cultural celebration of electronic music, art, technology and digital futurism that will attract around 20,000 electronic music fans into the heart of London. The LEAF conference is aimed at electronic music fans and the ‘pro-sumer’ market, with day one focussing on talks, demonstrations and discussion groups aimed at fans, enthusiasts, apprentices and connoisseurs, as well…