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    ‘Sometimes more isn’t better’: Green Island, and the power of community music festivals

    September 16, 2025

    Garden centres are known for a pretty limited amount of things. They sell plants, and…

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    ‘We’re obsessive innovators’: the secrets to Shambala Festival’s 25 year success

    September 9, 2025

    It’s been 25 years since Shambala Festival first made itself known to the world. Like…

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    ‘You can always get better’: Way Out West’s Filip Hiltmann on making major festivals sustainable

    September 2, 2025

    Sweden’s Way Out West may have been able to rest on its laurels as a…

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    In pictures: Revellers celebrate 25 years of Shambala Festival

    August 25, 2025

    Another sun has set on Shambala Festival. This year’s sold out event, which took place…

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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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