Skiddle wins two industry awards

UK: Primary ticketing agency Skiddle won two Ticketing Technology Awards at the Ticketing Technology Forum on April 5, bagging the Moving On Up and Customer Service accolades. The former recognised how the Skiddle App, which...

Primavera Sound increases its commitment to electronic music

SPAIN: The 17th edition of Primavera Sound has increased the festival's commitment to representing electronic music through its revamped space, Primavera Bits. During the 18 hours of uninterrupted daily programming, a total of 62...


A Greener Festival announces training dates for 2017

UK: A Greener Festival has confirmed the dates for its 2017 training courses, entitled 'An Introduction to Environmental Assessment of Festivals and Events' and 'A Greener Festival Assessors Training', with just a few places...

Ultra eyes 20th anniversary after another sell-out edition

USA: The sold out 19th edition of Ultra occurred this past weekend at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami. Future, Louis Tomlinson, Alessia Cara, Kygo, 2 Chainz and Lil Jon were just a few of...

Dancesafe restructures national team

USA: Harm prevention service DanceSafe has restructured its leadership in order to take its work 'to the next level'. After serving as Dancesafe's National Outreach Director since 2014, the organisation has promoted Mitchell Gomez to...

150 artists added to The Great Escape line-up

UK: With just seven weeks until The Great Escape kicks off the festival season, another 150 artists have been added to the already massive line-up. In total, 450 artists will perform in 30+ venues...

Truck Festival sells out

UK: Celebrating its 20-year anniversary this July, the award-winning Truck Festival has sold out four months ahead of opening its gates to the public. This year’s event – which will welcome over 13,000 revellers...

Just So releases details for 2017 edition

UK: The multi award-winning family arts festival Just So will have a new programme of events centred on food and sustainability in 2017. Now in its 8th year and recently awarded Best Festival by...

Carl Cox, Sven Vath and more for Kappa FuturFestival

ITALY: Kappa FuturFestival is set to return for its sixth edition from July 8 - 9 in Turin. Already recognised as one of the most successful techno gatherings in Europe, 2017's edition of the...

Greencopper extends partnership with Crowd Connected

UK / CANADA: The UK based Crowd Connected and Canadian app vendor Greencopper have extended their existing partnership to provide enhanced location based services to Greencopper’s portfolio of music event clients. Greencopper, recently listed in...