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    ‘Crowd safety is not about reinventing the wheel’: how UK festivals can keep people safe from crowd surges

    August 11, 2025

    Just over 25 years ago, the Danish festival Roskilde suffered a tragedy that would be…

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    ‘It’s about reigniting the village fête. It’s about meeting your neighbours’: Arts Trust CEO Martin Collins on how hyperlocal festivals are building community

    July 30, 2025

    It’s late-July, and in what seems like a blink of the eye we’re edging ever…

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    ‘People are looking for experience’: seven insights from Beatport’s Ed Hill on building a touring DJ booth

    July 17, 2025

    Where do new DJs breakthrough in 2025? It’s a pretty rough landscape. In January 2025,…

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    ‘Our first party was in a disused public toilet under a Shoreditch pavement’: how BANG FACE became a cult music weekender

    July 7, 2025

    BANG FACE is one of the festival industry’s greatest, but most unlikely success stories. The…

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    Glastonbury Festival 2025: in pictures

    June 30, 2025

    The dust has settled on Glastonbury 2025, even if the hangovers probably still persist. And…

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    Insights: who will be 2025’s Brat?

    June 23, 2025

    The past few summers have been defined by massive cultural shifts, mostly into the mainstream.…

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    Glastonbury 2025: where to catch the action from the comfort of your home

    June 23, 2025

    Glastonbury 2025 is nearly here. Arguably the world’s biggest festival opens its doors on Wednesday…

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    Opinion: Vengaboys and McFly may have changed Download forever. I think that’s a good thing.

    June 16, 2025

    If Download Festival 2025 is to be believed, this is a summer of unseriousness. At…

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    Five things we learned from YungBlud about BludFest

    May 29, 2025

    BludFest has proven itself to be a music festival success story. Debuting in 2024, BludFest…

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    John Giddings: five things we learned from the Isle of Wight Festival promoter

    May 12, 2025

    Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Jay-Z, The Doors, Joni Mitchell and many more. The Isle of…

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