Electronic Sound Summit will return to the Liverpool Waterfront from February 28 – March 1, inviting an array of guest speakers to shed light on the diverse issues facing emerging musicians in 2020. Insights spoke with Phil Noone – Director of Electronic Sound Summit – about its curatorial process, Liverpool’s pre-eminence as a champion of emerging talent, and more. Festival Insights: Could you please tell us about your professional background and how it led you to create the Electronic Sound Summit? Phil Noone: I come from a DJ’ing background, which transitioned into producing my own music. After playing in a…
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PORTUGAL: One of the world’s biggest hip-hop festivals, Rolling Loud, will come to Europe for the first time ever this summer and will partner with Event Genius by Festicket, taking advantage of the company’s new end-to-end service. The festival’s flagship edition makes its home in Miami with alumni including Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Future, Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign and more. 2019 saw the festival attract 60,000 fans per day in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, and the inaugural Australian edition of the festival sold out its 20,000 tickets in less than 40 minutes. With A$AP Rocky, Future, Wiz Khalifa and more…
UK: Event industry associations The Association of Event Venues (AEV), The Association of Event Organisers (AEO), and the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), have begun to offer the ‘Heads Up’ mental health tool kit to new members. The tool kit contains a variety of resources and advice; a library of links and case studies; and signposts to material for improving, maintaining and looking after the mental health of oneself and others. Cheryl Busby of Clarion Events, and Raj Pragji of QEII Centre, led the group in setting long-term objectives to address mental health awareness and the wellbeing of everyone working…
UK: Manchester based events agency Event Cement has launched a new division focussed on providing carbon-neutral events. Net Zero Events will offer full event management – for everything from large business events to smaller private parties – and will also audit and advise existing event planners on the best ways to reduce and offset their carbon footprint. Founder and industry veteran Jay Tyson – previously with Reed Exhibitions, Euromoney and the Golf Show Group – explained the reasons behind the move: “When I compare the 1990s to now, the industry has come such a long way in reducing waste. “Venues, especially…
CANADA / GERMANY: eps – purveyor of temporary event flooring and crowd control solutions – has expanded its international operations by opening a new division in Canada. Okan Tombulca, Managing Director of the eps group, commented: “We’ve been working in the Canadian market for many years. After numerous requests from our clients to work there directly, we wanted to fulfil their wish. Therefore, I am very pleased that we managed to make this possible and that we founded eps canada.” The new headquarters is headed by Toronto native Joe Novak. He has an abundance of experience in the sports and…
Paul Hawkins is the Festival Project Manager for Attitude is Everything, a charity that works with audiences, artists and the live events industry to improve access to live music for deaf and disabled customers. In previous articles for Festival Insights, I have looked at how to improve your access for deaf and disabled customers. Attitude is Everything started in 2000 and, as we approach our 20th anniversary, we can see a real difference in terms of accessible facilities at festivals. When we started, facilities such as viewing platforms, accessible campsites and Personal Assistant tickets were the exception rather than the…
UK: Organisers of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) have revealed the event’s 2020 programme. Spanning the global touring and festival businesses, topics on the ILMC agenda range from ticketing and festivals to greener touring and mental health. “This is the largest and most diverse agenda in ILMC history,” said conference head Greg Parmley. “As the contemporary live music business gets broader and touches more fans and sectors than ever, reflecting that growth in just three days at ILMC gets harder. We owe a huge debt of thanks to the 150 professionals around the world who’ve contributed to the planning…
EUROPE: Seventy-four artists and music industry professionals from 12 different countries have been selected by industry and export experts as the future leaders that will take part in the Keychange development programme in 2020, after an open call that received over 650 applications. Launching with a full network meet-up in Stockholm on February 13, this extensive programme led by Reeperbahn Festival in partnership with PRS Foundation and Musikcentrum Öst will give the 74 women and gender minority participants all the skills and opportunities they need to get to the next stage in their career. This is the first of three…
UK: The Event Supplier and Services Association’s quality assurance programme, Accredited, has accrued 25 member companies since its launch in November. ESSA Accredited is an annual company level health & safety qualification – independently audited and providing demonstrable proof that a member company is operating at the required level to meet agreed industry standards. Whilst for those companies involved in construction, it additionally measures against stage one requirements of assessing competence under CDM 2015. ESSA director, Andrew Harrison, commented: “We had a strong indication that members were keen to start the process of becoming accredited, however, I was not expecting…
UK: The East of England Arena and Events Centre (EEAEC) has announced that the Festival of Vintage – an event celebrating the music, fashion and style from the 1930s to the 1960s – will be coming to the venue in September 2020, organised by former EEAEC marketing manager, Keeley Harris. The festival will include vintage entertainment, fashion parades, classic vehicle displays, shopping and live music, and is aimed at meeting the growing interest in vintage clothes, vehicles, music and lifestyle. Keeley Harris, founder and organiser of the Festival of Vintage, said: “I’m really excited to be bringing the Festival of…