CROATIA: On June 30, BBC Radio 1 will once again partner with Hideout Festival for a Friday night broadcast as part of Radio 1’s summer festival coverage. Transmitting live from the event, Radio 1 will bring four hours of live music from the station’s very own Danny Howard and B.Traits, plus sets from Dusky, Solardo, Skream and Eats Everything. Over 100 artists will descend on Hideout Festival this year for five days and nights in Zrce Beach’s open air clubs and on its boat parties. Major Lazer Soundsystem, Diplo, Jamie Jones, Marco Carola, Stormzy, The Martinez Brothers, Hannah Wants, Hot…
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UK: Tramlines – Sheffield’s inner-city music festival – has unveiled the line-up for its 2017 edition, which will take place from July 21 – 23. Headline acts include iconic indie band The Libertines, legendary ska band Toots and the Maytals and R&B girl-group All Saints. The line-up spans internationally acclaimed talent as well as emerging acts, and also includes Metronomy, The Coral, We Are Scientists, Twin Atlantic, Loyle Carner, The Pharcyde, Hot 8 Brass Band, M.O, Omar Souleyman, Cate Le Bon, Nadia Rose, Akala, and many more. The ninth edition of Tramlines will be an exclusively outdoor event, held across…
UK: Having recently confirmed six headliners for this year’s festival, as well as an extensive supporting line-up, Kendal Calling has now announced that the festival has sold out its 25,000 tickets for the 12th consecutive time. Eager revellers who acted quickly will get the chance to see Franz Ferdinand, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls, Tinie Tempah and one last opportunity to witness Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds in the surroundings of the picturesque Lake District. Ben Robinson, co-founder of Kendal Calling, commented: “The team are truly humbled by the reaction to this…
Chris Johnson is co-founder of Shambala Festival, a Director of Kambe Events, and has managed over 50 festivals over nearly two decades. He co-founded and chairs Powerful Thinking, the UK festival industry forum on sustainable energy. A regular speaker at events, sustainability consultant, occasional lecturer and campaigner, Chris has practical knowledge of how to implement initiatives on the ground. Chris is also the Associate for Festivals and Events with Julie’s Bicycle. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two children and isn’t prepared to take a risk on their future by not taking action on climate change wherever he…
With roots in Serbian student activism and a comprehensive list of conscientious endeavours under its belt, EXIT Festival is proudly anomalous in a major festival scene that so often makes the bottom line its top priority. The unique appeal of the festival extends to its site – housed within the ramparts and tunnels of Novi Sad’s Petrovaradin Fortress. Since its inception at the turn of the millennium the festival has welcomed internationally renowned acts such as The Prodigy, Arcade Fire, Faith No More and countless others, consistently capitalising on its success by striving to improve both the world within its…
UK: Primary ticketing agent Skiddle has released details on its successes throughout 2016. After a period of almost 18 months of detailed research, debate and self-examination, the company unleashed its new branding in September 2016, and along with it a renewed focus on its core values and how it can make ticketing better for both customers and promoters. At the beginning of December Skiddle reported a record breaking three month run, with a 67% increase in ticket sales from the same quarter the year before. In general, in the nine months prior to the rebrand Skiddle’s conversion rate had increased…
UK: With the 2016 edition of Kendal Calling selling out and having once again won Best Medium Festival at the UK Festival Awards, the first acts have been announced for its 2017 iteration. Headlining this year are Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Franz Ferdinand, Brian Wilson, and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls. Joining the headliners are troubadour Jake Bugg, Scottish soul-bearers Frightened Rabbit, Seasick Steve, British indie heroes Editors, punk rockers Slaves, indie melody-weavers Circa Waves, anthemic alt-rockers Nothing But Thieves, grime don Lethal Bizzle, riot grrrl Kate Nash, rising stars The Hunna, man of the moment Loyle Carner and…
UK: Following an inaugural event last summer packed with performances from across the musical spectrum, all manner of scientific happenings and a mind-expanding programme of arts and culture, bluedot with Ovo Energy has revealed the first wave of its musical line-up for 2017, including all three headliners. After a five-year hiatus, Orbital will return to headline bluedot in their only northern show of the summer. Veteran alt-rockers Pixies will also headline, along with indie outfit Alt-J. Elsewhere on the bill are alternative rock / electronic band Soulwax performing with its full electronic live show; a UK festival exclusive from psych-swing…
UK: Following last October’s successful debut edition, Liverpool Disco Festival has announced that it will return on May 6. The event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Southport Weekender, which along with Hustle and SUNcéBeat will present an extensive showcase of music in the city’s thriving creative quarter, the Baltic Triangle. SUNcéBeat and Hustle promise to recreate what made the original Liverpool Disco Festival so special, whilst adding some more of the music and special touches that made the Southport Weekender unique. It’s a seminal event which has traversed the ages across the predominantly house and disco spectrums, having hosted…
CROATIA: Fresh Island has revealed another round of names for its next edition in Croatia this summer, including headliner and ‘Black Beatles’ duo Rae Sremmurd along with Sean Paul and UK MCs Krept & Konan. The new additions join the previously announced French Montana, Lady Leshurr, Tim Westwood and Jazzy Jeff for the festival, which takes over the open air super clubs of Zrce beach for a week of hip-hop, grime and R&B. Several UK crews will round out the proceedings, including Shorebitch, Faded, Rilla, Cheese on Bread, Gold Teeth, Gin N Juice (Dublin), So Fresh So Clean, and Rompa’s…