Keep Music Centre Stage at Your Festival
As Head of Public Operations at music licensing company PPL, Sarah Mitchell has significant expertise in customer service operations. She has over 19 years’ experience heading up customer service and operational divisions across global...
Why the Festival Atmosphere is More Important Than the Line-Up
Robin Travis is the Managing Director of Renby, a UK based provider of fogging and bulk solids handling systems.
A staple of the British summer and a rite of passage for many people,...
Defining Our Place in the Events Industry
We asked Power of Events founder, Rick Stainton, how the organisation's work can turn confusion into definition.
Here is a history lesson. We all know that in the chaos of Covid the whole of the...
3 reasons why we want female urinals at every festival
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...
More Than a Temporary Success
Dave Withey is the UK Sales and Marketing Director at temporary event infrastructure supplier Arena Group. In this article he gives Insights the lowdown on the importance of developing strong relationships with suppliers, and...
Delivering Results to Sponsors: Five Steps on How to Maintain Sponsorship Relationships and Increase...
Darren Gallop is the CEO of Marcato, an innovative Canadian company that specialises in the creation and development of web-based management solutions designed to maximise efficiency in the festival & entertainment industry. Their two...
The Challenges and Rewards of a Remote Festival Site
Caroline Maclennan is the director of the Hebridean Celtic Festival, one of the most renowned Celtic festivals in Europe. Maclennan remains its only full-time employee, with the event being run largely by volunteers. She...
What Safeguarding Advice Should Festivals Share With Audiences?
By Mark Balaam, CEO and Founder of imabi
Summer sees the UK’s festival season in full swing. Whether it's music, art, or other cultural events, crowds gather in large numbers, creating vibrant and exciting environments....
Making Lockers the New Norm at UK Events
Alice Favre is one third of A Man About A Dog, which owns London Warehouse Events (promoters and producers of some of the biggest electronic music shows in London), Ticket Tannoy (a new ticketing...
The Story of Stax Creations
Nathaniel Hanna is the Managing Director of Stax Creations. After studying Visual Communication at the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design, he took his expertise into the third dimension in 2014 by founding Stax...
