Elevate Festival’s Discourse & Activism component to focus on European issues

AUSTRIA: Austria’s Elevate festival will host its 12th edition from October 20 – 23, and its forum component, entitled Elevate: Discourse & Activism, will focus exclusively on European issues. In association with C/O Pop...

The Great Escape to launch extra showcase events

UK: The Great Escape – the acclaimed Brighton based emerging talent festival – has revealed First Fifty, a series of exclusive gigs taking place over days in East London featuring some of the first...


BBC Radio 1Xtra heads to Liverpool for series of outreach sessions

UK: BBC Radio 1Xtra – in partnership with LIMF Academy – has announced a range of distinctive and bespoke outreach sessions ahead of 1Xtra Live, the station's annual flagship live music event. From...

Reeperbahn Festival launches Anchor Award for emerging talent

GERMANY: Reeperbahn Festival has announced the jury for its new international music award for emerging music talent, which will be awarded at this year's event. Longtime David Bowie producer Tony Visconti; Icelandic pop music...

K-array performs in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest for Rock in Rio

BRAZIL: K-array was chosen as the sound reinforcement for the Amazonia Live opening show, held on August 27 in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Brazil. To provide complete coverage for the...

Danny Wimmer Presents partners with Vibes Hi-Fidelity Earplugs

USA: Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP), one of the largest independent music festival producers in the United States, has announced a brand partnership with Vibes Hi-Fidelity Earplugs. With this initiative, DWP aims to give back...

Junction 2 announces return

UK: Following an electrifying debut this year, Junction 2 has announced the first details for its second edition, set to unite a cast of electronic music luminaries on June 10 2017 with areas hosted...

Skiddle launches Android app

UK: Following the enormously well received release of the Skiddle app for the iPhone in November 2015 – currently sitting at over 150,000 downloads and a frequent presence in the top 25 music apps...

Thomas Gerdon brings Nature One into the light with GLP

GERMANY: Nature One, Germany's biggest electronic music festival, this year attracted a crowd of 65,000. For four days, top acts like Robin Schulz, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth, Adam Beyer, Laidback Luke and Sander...

Serious Stages makes its V Festival debut

UK: Serious Stages continued to expand its client roster by supplying the main stage and ancillary structures to V Festival for the first time from August 20 - 21. V Festival 2016 boasted a...