UK: The Association of Festival Organisers has announced the details for this year’s AFO Conference, set to take place from November 10 – 12 at Ettington Chase Conference Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Steve Heap, General Secretary of AFO, said: “We are excited to launch AFO Conference 2017. We have some great speakers and sessions in the pipeline. Delegates can expect regular Conference highlights such as the popular roundtable discussions and the famous Colin Irwin Interview, whose past interviewees have included Andy Kershaw, Tom Robinson, Oysterband’s John Jones and Ian Telfer, amongst others. This year’s interview promises to be just as insightful…
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UK: Crowd Connected is rolling out a major update to its suite of location intelligence services with the integration of its proprietary audience segmentation and engagement engine. The Colocator platform now includes a new Engage module which provides geo-behavioural targeting capability. It enables audiences to be segmented based on a person’s activity history, not simply their proximity to a fixed location – allegedly surpassing existing solutions that typically depend on the use of beacons, and / or prior knowledge of an individual’s interests. Colocator Engage interfaces out of the box with existing third-party push notification message delivery systems such as…
Since its first edition 10 years ago, Sally Booth has held various roles with Bearded Theory Festival – from site manager to artist liaison and PR. As a qualified lecturer, Booth currently spearheads Bearded Theory’s UK Festival Award winning Festival School. When I tell someone that I run a 250-place Ofsted approved school in the middle of a field for a day, I usually get one of three reactions: “Why?”, “How?” or “Cool!” Why? Since the very first Bearded Theory, we have always aimed to be a family festival. A large portion of our usual demographic of attendees – from…
Encompassing music, culture and travel under its umbrella, the Global-partnered Broadwick Live is a multifaceted mainstay of the festival circuit whose portfolio has dramatically increased in scope over the last year. Its flagship festivals are favourites amongst UK and European crowds – having accrued a number of Festival Awards in their respective lifespans – and these too have undergone recent expansion with the launch of Snowbombing in Canada. If there weren’t already enough strings to its bow, Broadwick is now co-managing The Printworks alongside London Warehouse Events. The two organisations have effectively capitalised on the industrial aesthetic of the former…
UK: After a history of partnering with Europe’s premier dance music brands to support and promote local causes, charity The 10,000 Hours Foundation has announced its first UK campaign in collaboration with We Are FSTVL. The collaborative project is set to establish a homeless kitchen during the week of festival build, staffed by volunteers from the We Are FSTVL fan base. In partnership with homeless charity Hope 4 Havering and Havering Council, Harold Hill Church will host a charity initiative organised by The 10,000 Hours Foundation that invites down DJs and attendees from We Are FSTVL, involving them in community…
UK: Energy Revolution, the festival sustainability initiative, has been awarded charity status. The pioneering project turns fossil fuel festival ‘travel miles’ into 100% clean renewable energy. Energy Revolution has already balanced three million festival miles to date, investing in 100% clean renewable energy through its partnerships with Converging World in India and the Bristol Energy Co-op in the UK. This has been achieved thanks to its festival partners encouraging audiences to balance their travel miles, and through the Supplier Member Scheme to help industry suppliers account for, and balance, their event-related travel. Becoming a registered charity is a significant milestone…
UK: eps, the global event service provider, is opening its first branch in the UK. With the new eps UK subsidiary, the business is expanding its offer as a worldwide service provider and partner in the events and construction sectors. eps has been involved in many of the world’s major music, sporting and cultural events worldwide over the last 20 years. With offices in Germany, Denmark, Italy, Poland and Switzerland as well as Australia, Brazil and the USA, eps has supplied infrastructure and planning for numerous tours and shows including Beyoncé, Coldplay, Rihanna and Adele as well as festivals like…
SPAIN: Mad Cool has revealed that all 45,000 tickets for its 2017 festival have sold out, just under three months before the event takes place. Headlined by Green Day, Foo Fighters and Kings Of Leon, the three-day festival will take place at Madrid’s Caja Magica tennis centre from July 6 – 8. Mad Cool Director Javi Arnaiz said: “Our goal is to create a festival with an eclectic line-up where you can enjoy a global experience that differs from others. A festival that can have main international artists, future talents that are growing and emerging bands which are the upcoming…
SPAIN: The International Music Summit, a three-day educational summit held annually in Ibiza, has announced a new wave of speakers for this year’s event. IMS, heralded as ‘the TED of music conferences’, has been responsible for industry-leading initiatives and in 2017 will continue to help set the agenda for global electronic music via its summits in Europe, North America and Asia. This year’s Ibiza summit presents a programme of talks, technology masterclasses, networking opportunities and events, spearheaded by skilled experts, experienced music business minds, established artists and the next generation of breaking talent. In addition to those already announced, IMS…
UK: Kevin Thorborn has been promoted to Director of Mojo Barriers UK, following his role as UK Manager for the past 17 years. Having started at Mojo Barriers in 2000, Kevin has managed the provision of stage and crowd safety barriers to over 1,000 festivals, from its local Medway Castle Concerts to Glastonbury Festival. His diverse experience spans venues from student unions to the O2 Arena, supplying concerts and European tours, which this year have included Bruno Mars, film premieres, award shows such as the Brit Awards, major public and sporting events and he has even supplied police forces in…