An Interview With Pure Groove Sound Systems
Despite the music ostensibly remaining the primary reason most people attend music festivals, there's often a painful lack of attention given to the quality of onsite sound systems. This is especially true for large...
An Interview With Shailendra Singh, Inceptor of Sunburn Festival
With a background in advertising, intellectual property, feature films, music promotion, event and talent management, sports marketing, wedding management and literature, it’s safe to say that Shailendra Singh has his fingers (pictured) in an...
Bestival Part II
UK: In our second and final instalment of this year’s Bestival coverage, we discuss the ways some of the festival’s sponsors integrated their brands - from concept-driven paint parties to a gig atop a...
An Interview with Wrong Festival
If the mainstream musical landscape is akin to a climate-controlled domed city, then the bands populating Wrong Festival's line-up are the irradiated mutants scavenging beyond its facade, wholly unconcerned with the sterility and sanctuary...
BoomTown Fair
BoomTown will host the eighth edition of its wildly idiosyncratic festival this weekend in Hampshire, with an increased capacity of 60,000 and featuring nine fully themed and diverse districts, over 80 street venues, all...
An Interview with The Vinyl Festival
The first edition of The Vinyl Festival will occur from September 23 - 24 at London's most talked about new venue, The Printworks. Launched by the relatively new hobbyist magazine, Long Live Vinyl, the...
Speculation begins after Astroworld tragedy victims named.
Every tragedy has its victims and foremost in our minds, as well as the minds of anyone connected with large scale events, are those that lost their lives or were injured at...
Government Publishes Response to Spiking Report, NTIA & UKDSA Comment.
The Home Affairs Committee publishes the Government’s response to its report on spiking.
The report warned that spiking would remain an invisible crime unless more was done to improve...
Tramlines – Nurturing Emerging Talent With Community in Mind
Following their win as Best Festival for Emerging Talent at the 2023 UK Festival Awards, we caught up with Marketing Manager, Charlie Barton to get the low down on how the festival, firmly rooted...
Gaywise Festival
UK: Not that they’re required to be, but it’s rare that festivals are concerned with anything beyond purveying good vibes and raking in inordinate amounts of dollar. Environmentalist initiatives are becoming increasingly common,...
