Accreditation needs Sustainable Suppliers, Not Just Sustainable Products
With event organisers on a mission to become more sustainable. We asked ID&C and Identilam about the moves they are making to help them reduce their environmental impact while reducing waste going to landfill.
Elle...
How to Price your Event and Boost Ticket Sales
Katie McPhee joined Eventbrite as the company's first UK hire, helped open Eventbrite's very first international office in London in 2011, and supported the growth of the UK and Ireland region into one of...
The UK Government Needs to Step Up Its Fight Against Touts
Stuart Cain is the Managing Director of The Ticket Factory, one of the UK’s leading national ticketing agents, selling around 2.5m tickets a year for a range of comedy events, concerts, sporting events, exhibitions,...
Making the Most of Special Effects
Shaun Barnett is the owner and Managing Director of Quantum Special Effects, one of the UK's leading special effects companies. With over 60 years combined experience, Shaun and his team design, build and supply...
Where Brand Sponsorships & Live Streaming are Heading in 2018 (Part I)
Kim Owens is the founding editor of Kaffeine Buzz, a veteran technology and entertainment journalist, and a marketing consultant with over two decades of expertise in delivering branding and content strategy services to a...
The F-List and How To Achieve Gender Balance in Line-ups
We asked F-List founder, Vick Bain to outline gender inbalance in festival line-ups and explain routes to solutions. Splendid Events' Eddie Barcan also documents his success in achieving balance when programming for...
From Grassroots to Center Stage: Nurturing the Future of Black Music in the Changing...
There can be no doubt that festivals play a crucial part in the nurturing of grassroots music, but we perhaps need to delve into the genres that are benefitting most from our sector and...
Why Are So Many Festivals Short Changing Their Guests?
Jonathan Gomma is a co-founder of Beetle Juice, which serves the nation’s festivalgoers with freshly made cocktails via its array of converted Volkswagen bars. Beetle Juice is currently in the process of franchising and...
Organisers Should Choose Their RFID Cashless Payments Supplier Wisely
Aidan Pawson is the Head of Operations at Ticket Arena and Event Genius, a primary ticket seller and event technology supplier based in Leeds, UK. His role includes developing strategic partnerships, programme management, event...
The Drugs Do (Sometimes) Work: Sustaining EDM and the Festival Experience
Professor Duncan Wheeler holds the Chair of Spanish Studies at the University of Leeds, where he also co-convenes the European Centre for European Popular Music(s). In 2016, he was inducted into the Spanish Academy...
