The Rise of Unique Party Destinations
Alex Jukes is the founder and director of Jukebox, a press company that has grown from humble beginnings in Leeds to become a globally respected business. Working in the music, tech, leisure and nightlife...
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...
Arguing for the Danger – reintroducing risk to the pro festival
Tim Wilson is a Director of VAULT Festival, whose 2017 event runs from January 25 – March 5 and features almost 200 performances. Visit the official website for full programme information and tickets.
Groupthink is...
The Role of a Ticketing Agency in Banishing Festival Queues
Simon Carpenter has been business development manager at Gigantic since October 2015, with almost 10 years' experience in the ticketing sector. His job includes discovering new business, events and promoters to work with across...
Why Are So Few Disabled Musicians Playing at Festivals?
Paul Hawkins is the Festival Project Manager for Attitude is Everything, a charity that works with audiences, artists and the live events industry to improve access to live music for deaf and disabled customers....
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 Win Stakeholders and Influence Them
Rob Tominey is CEO of Mainstage Festivals, a pioneering festival and travel company. Mainstage started with Snowboxx – now the fastest growing winter festival in Europe – and has since set up Kala Festival...
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...