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    Glastonbury and a £408 wristband: are ticket prices going too far?

    September 10, 2026

    Glastonbury has crossed the £400 ticket barrier and sets a bad precedent for the festival industry, thinks Jack Needham, Festival Insights Head of Content.

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    ‘I’m locked into this idea that if you spread culture around a town, in the end it pays off’: can a festival revitalise the high street?

    September 9, 2026

    Adam Page, festival director of Midhurst Jazz, Food & Blues Festival, is trying to transform his small town through a weekender. Should others do the same?

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    ‘People are willing to spend for the experience’: how festivals (can) make money

    September 7, 2026

    How festivals can earn a profit in the modern day is an elusive question. But as an analyst in the festival market, Annick Maas is finding the answers.

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    ‘Line-ups are not meant to be comfortable’: Deer Shed on reinventing the family festival

    September 2, 2026

    Bringing the family to watch political comedy and sweary headline acts isn’t the norm. But Deer Shed’s Megan Evans explains why it should be.

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    ‘We have our own story that we want to tell’: PITCH Scotland on bringing the hip-hop world to Glasgow

    August 26, 2026

    Scottish hip-hop is thriving but is being overlooked. Through PITCH Scotland, Richy Muirhead and Mobolaji Agoro are changing that.

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    ‘We do this to show you can carve out a career in the arts’: Stendhal Festival on keeping going

    August 5, 2026

    When there’s a lack of cultural support, you build it for yourself. Founder Ross Parkhill speaks on how he did that through Northern Ireland’s Stendhal Festival.

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    ‘It’s welfare infrastructure, not a nice-to-have:’ how Samaritans delivers its support to festival-goers

    July 27, 2026

    Sally Washtell-Blaise, Samaritans Festival Branch deputy director of comms and fundraising, speaks on how the charity is providing crucial support for field revellers.

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    ‘It’s just really good fun’: Download Festival on bringing daftness to Donington

    July 13, 2026

    Five, Vengaboys and bingo aren’t usually associated with the rock and metal festival, but through talent buyer Dannika Webber Download are embracing the absurd.

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    ‘We can do exactly what we want’: debut festival Let Loose on leaping into the unknown

    July 1, 2026

    Vicky Parsons, co-founder and director of Let Loose Festival, on doing the unthinkable – creating a new festival for 2026.

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    ‘People love to brag about the first time they saw a band. That only happens in small venues’: Music Venue Trust’s Toni Coe-Brooker on building the UK’s biggest festival

    June 22, 2026

    The MVT’s campaigns and comms manager tells us about the truly UK-wide Everywhere at Once festival and why grassroots venues need to be saved.

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