Field Day has announced its stage splits for the 2025 festival which will see Folamour, Bubble Love (Ross From Friends), Girls Don’t Sync, Jayda G, and Emerald joining headliner Peggy Gou on the South stage. The Bowl has Skream and Benga taking the helm, backed up with the likes of James Blake b2b Mala, Special Request b2b Yung Singh, Y U QT, 4AM Kruand Storm Mollison. Bugged Out recently celebrated their 30th year as one of the UK’s primo alternative club nights. With more eras than Taylor Swift. Bugged Out’s formative years in Manchester centred around Chicago house and Detroit…
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Shrewsbury Folk Festival has released its second wave of artists for this August’s event including Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright and a special focus on Scottish music. Wainwright, who is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her eponymous first studio album in 2025, will make her Shrewsbury debut as will Cajun Roosters, Kezia Gill, Mad Dog Mcrea, Morganway, Naragonia Quartet (Belgium), Rainbow Girls (USA) and Tin Giants with The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican returning by popular demand. The festival has also joined forces with Showcase Scotland Expo to programme 15 established and developing musicians and bands across four stages across the…
Nick Morgan, CEO of We Group, has joined the board of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), a leading organisation representing and advocating for the entertainment, nightlife and hospitality sectors in the UK. The CEO, who is also Vice Chair of the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), has been a driving force in campaigning for support across the independent sector, with a particular focus on festivals and events. A vast amount of this campaigning has been driven through independent festival production company The Fair, one of three divisions that sit under the We Group umbrella, alongside creative production agency, We…
Glastonbury has announced details of its 2025 EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION, which is once again supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation. The competition gives new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the chance to compete for a slot on one of the main stages at this year’s Festival. The winners of the free-to-enter competition will also be awarded a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation to help take their songwriting and performing to the next level. Two runners-up will also each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize. Acts from any musical genre can…
Music Support has hired experienced executives Kimberley Goddard and Laila Khan to key positions in the charity. Goddard has been named Head of Fundraising and Corporate Partnerships, while Khan has been hired in the position of Major Event Fundraising and Engagement Specialist. The hires come after Music Support recently announced that it has directly impacted at least 1,000 people from the UK music industry in the last year across its core services and seen an increase of 51% in calls and emails to its Helpline. Khan is a highly skilled relationship manager with over 20 years of proven experience working…
Wellnergy, London’s unique wellness festival, is back this summer on Friday 13 June and Saturday 14 June at Wimbledon Park. Tickets will be available starting from Tuesday 28 January for this transformative event, uniting top experts and wellness enthusiasts from around the world. With an exciting lineup of performers to be announced and a special focus on corporate wellness for Friday, Wellnergy promises to deliver an unforgettable experience. This year, Wellnergy is proudly partnered with YuLife, an insurance and employee benefits company that’s reimagining the role of wellness at work. YuLife brings joy and purpose to the traditionally rigid world…