Marino Fresch is Eventbrite’s Marketing Director for the UK and Ireland. He is an experienced online marketer and e-commerce professional with over 15 years’ experience defining marketing and web strategies, and executing strong online marketing that has a proven, measurable impact to customers. Before he joined Eventbrite, he worked with leading brands including, eBay, Expedia, Eurostar, Ryanair, John Lewis and BMW. Marino holds an MBA from Cornell University. The original spirit of the music festival is to live for the moment and to enjoy a hedonistic weekend. Some festivals interpret this as a weekend away from your smartphone, but the…
Author: Festival Insights
UK: Henley Festival, a five-day celebration of UK and international music, comedy and the arts, continued its ascendancy by pulling in over 25,000 people this year. The event itself dates back to 1983, and as its longest-serving contractor RG Jones Sound Engineering was again contracted to deliver the PA system with John Harris as production manager and Jim Lambert as technical manager. Once again they fielded Martin Audio’s premium MLA Compact system — a winning formula for the main Floating Stage over the Thames, which has a difficult audience profile to cover, being only 30m from front to back but…
CANADA: The Canadian Arabic Orchestra (CAO) celebrated the conclusion of its successful 2016 / 2017 performance season on July 19 and announced a new venture, the first annual Festival of Arabic Music & Arts (FAMA). Running from October 28 – November 12, the Festival will present a series of concerts and other live performances across the GTA including Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton, comprising both free and ticketed events with almost 100 artists sourced both locally and from around the world. The CAO and FAMA aim to promote intercultural dialogue among the tapestry of Canadian society through music and art, and…
With international incarnations in Barcelona, Amsterdam, Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv, the DGTL Festival brand is widely becoming synonymous with innovation due to its predilection for emerging technology, high-end production, underground electronic music, and extensive sustainability practices. With the third outing of its Barcelona edition set to take place at the city’s Parc del Fòrum from August 11 – 12, Insights spoke with Dave van Dalen – DGTL’s Marketing Manager – about the festival’s commitment to the environment, its new record label, and more. Festival Insights: This year will see DGTL’s fifth edition in Amsterdam, as well as its third…
UK: The Buxton International Festival is a celebration of theatrical and literary excellence that attracts speakers, acts and audiences in large numbers. PRG XL Video are supporting Lighting Designer Mike Gunning and Production Electrician Tim Ball with a theatrical lighting package for the three operas headlining this year’s festival at the Buxton Opera House: Verdi’s Macbeth, Britten’s Albert Herring, and Mozart’s Lucio Silla. Although its heritage can be traced farther back, the current format of the Buxton festival has been running since the refurbishment of the opera house in 1979 and has grown to become the highly respected cultural event…
UK: Tramlines Festival, which took place from July 21 – 23, spanned five stages with over 70 performances from Primal Scream, Kano, The Libertines, Metronomy, All Saints, The Coral, The Pharcyde, Toots & The Maytals, Omar Souleyman, Twin Atlantic, We Are Scientists, Cate Le Bon, The Big Moon, Lady Leshurr, Loyle Carner, and more. Tens of thousands of festival-goers travelled from across the UK to attend the festival, which took place across three of the city’s parks and outdoor spaces. The Ponderosa played home to the Main Stage with performances from The Libertines, Primal Scream and Metronomy, and the new…
UK: Leading live and experiential agency WRG has appointed Paul Martin as Creative Director. Martin, who joins from events agency Innovision, will be based in WRG’s London office and lead the creative team, responsible for overseeing all creative output. He brings with him a wealth of experience working on campaigns for brands including Puma, Unilever and Amazon Prime and was instrumental in the creative development for briefs such as Facebook at Cannes Festival, the launch of BP’s Active Fuels, and British House Rio for the Department of Trade and Industry at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Martin, who will begin…
USA: The brainchild of NOFX’s frontman Fat Mike, the Punk In Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival will debut in the Western US this autumn with five special events featuring the best in punk rock music and regional craft beer. Named after NOFX’s classic album, Punk In Drublic, the festival will launch on September 16 in Tacoma, WA, with stops in Boise, ID; Concord, CA; Sacramento, CA; and Huntington Beach, CA. NOFX will co-headline each date of Punk In Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival alongside Flogging Molly in some markets and Bad Religion in others, and every show will…
UK: The Association of Independent Festivals has announced that its annual flagship event, the Festival Congress, will return to Cardiff for its fourth year in October. Selling out every year since its inception, this edition will have a ‘Pseudoscience’ theme, set to play homage to the nonsensical and weird experiments undertaken by scientists and festival promoters alike. The event will be led by a keynote from Artistic Director and CEO of Manchester International Festival, John McGrath. In addition, there will be quick-fire talks from renowned author Zoe Cormier about her book ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll: The science of…
UK: Splendour enjoyed its most successful edition to date on July 22, with the Wollaton Park festival site filled to capacity with 25,000 attendees who turned out to see a packed line-up across five stages that offered music, comedy and fringe entertainment. Anton Lockwood, director of promotions for the DHP Family, said: “Thanks to everyone who came along to another great Splendour Festival! While the weather wasn’t the best, everyone partied hard, and all the artists turned in great performances, putting paid to any dampened spirits. Special thanks to everyone on the crew and security who worked tirelessly to keep…