Danielle Dong a Yakan is the Social Media Manager at madamePee, a manufacturer of women’s urinals. An estimated 100,000 women used madamePee last year, at 15 events across France, including the Women’s World Cup. Whether you are a direct casualty or simply escorting your valiant significant other, sister or mother, the waiting lines at women’s toilets are a nightmare we wished we never had to experience. Legend has it that women have queued for the loos since time immemorial and this situation is supposedly set in stone. However, it would be a mistake to think things cannot change. In fact,…
Author: Michael Baker
Q&A with industry Sustainability expert Chris Johnson Chris Johnson serves as the co-founder, Operations Director and Sustainability Lead for award-winning festival Shambala as well as the co-founder of Powerful Thinking, the UK’s event industry Think-Do Tank on Sustainable Energy and the Chair of the Vision:2025 committee behind the UK’s leading Outdoor Event Industry Environmental knowledge hub. Chris is a passionate change-maker in the festival, events and music industry, with twenty years’ experience working in the UK and Europe to overcome the climate crisis. Has the current COVID-19 crisis put the conversation about climate crisis on hold? Has it been difficult to position the climate crisis…
Unum Festival is to return to the gorgeous beaches and pine forests of Shenghin on the Albanian Riviera from June 3rd to 7th 2021. After careful discussions with the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, and the Ministry of Health, all necessary measures will be undertaken to ensure that rapid tests will be offered at the open air festival venue so that you can enjoy world class music in a stunning, sun kissed setting next summer. This makes Albania the first country in the world to approve of testing for social and cultural events. The advancing technology and accuracy of rapid…
Over the last 10 years, Clubbing TV has successfully produced and broadcast more than 1500 hours of live streams from all around the globe. From studios, clubs, roof tops and crazy boat parties to some of the biggest festivals in the world, Clubbing TV has hosted impeccable live broadcasts to over 50 different countries where their TV channel is broadcasted. With the lockdowns, the live scene has been forced to rest, but live DJ streams have flourished all over the web on various platforms such as Facebook, Twitch, Youtube and Instagram — all of which have prompted a new wave…
Professionals from across the global concert touring industry have joined forces to form the PSA Tour Production Group (PSA TPG), in order to provide a unified response to the impact of COVID-19 on live music events. The group is a new arm of the Production Services Association – the largest UK trade body for the live event production industry – and includes tour managers, production managers, safety professionals, venue and festival managers, travel and logistics specialists, promoters, and leading industry suppliers, who work with artists at all levels of touring, from emerging acts to the biggest performers in the world.…
An overwhelming majority of festival-goers who have received refunds on their tickets for 2020 say they will rebook tickets for next year, new research commissioned by UK Festival Awards and Brothers Drinks reveals. Before the Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown in March, more than three-quarters of festival-goers had already bought tickets for this year’s events, with consumers planning to attend an average of 2.76 live events in 2020, setting the industry up for a bumper year. In what will come as a confidence boost to beleaguered festival organisers who then had to cancel events because of the pandemic, nearly all (91%) festival-goers requesting a…
The Covid19 virus had a devastating impact on the events industry and its suppliers in the North-West. Many companies have had to postpone or cancel their events and the industry has come to a halt leaving thousands of suppliers, service providers and freelancers out of work. A network of event organisers and suppliers large and small in North-West has been created to pool their resources and work together to assist with requests from the NHS, local government, charities and any other organisations that need support right now to help with any efforts to support the community in the fight against…
These are incredible times. With such times, there are understandably many vital questions. As many in government, the media and commentators have put forward, rather than there being ‘the answer’ currently, there are lots of urgent and essential questions. That is why the NTIA thought it would be useful to bring together a number of people who are thinking deeply about the various issues currently and how they are impacting us generally and specifically. From scientists to sociologists, business owners to CEO’s, operators to lawyers and more. Have a read on what they’re saying: Sacha Lord – Nightlife Advisor to…
People Powered UK was formed to provide support to the NHS, including in ITUs (intensive treatment units) where the need is greatest, to relieve pressure on the health service and assist with flattening the curve. People Powered UK has 915 members and counting from across the entertainment and live event industries. People who usually work at venues like the London Roundhouse and provide production services to festivals are working together across the entire UK. They’re using skills and ingenuity honed building festival infrastructure to provide structures quickly and effectively, and sourcing equipment from outside the NHS’s usual supply chain to…
‘Events 4 Covid 19’, based in the North West aims to connect event industry resources to support those on the frontline by lending their equipment and expertise to health workers and other people supporting those affected by the coronavirus. A network of event organisers and suppliers large and small in North-West has been created to pool their resources and work together to assist with requests from the NHS, local government, charities and any other organisations that need support right now to help with any efforts to support the community in the fight against the virus. The group includes suppliers that…