Festivals Edinburgh publishes report detailing impact of Edinburgh’s festivals

UK: Independent research published in late July confirms the huge contribution that Edinburgh’s festivals make to the quality of life, international reputation and economic vitality of Edinburgh and Scotland at large. The latest in the...

Rock am Ring’s Marek & Andre Lieberberg confirmed for IFF Keynote

UK: The International Festival Forum (IFF) has announced that the German impresario Marek Lieberberg and his son Andre will be the joint subjects at this year’s IFF Keynote. The Lieberberg dynasty has been at...


JBL helps Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival overcome the elements

USA: Palmetto Soundworks recently deployed JBL VTX Series line arrays to provide live sound at the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival. Located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, the three-day festival was inundated...

Sziget and Viber team up for real-time communications service

HUNGARY: Sziget Festival and Viber – one of the leading global messaging apps with more than 754 million unique users worldwide and over 2.7 million in Hungary alone – are collaborating on a unique...

d&b audiotechnik announces extra seminars for September 2016 in London and Dublin

UK / IRELAND: d&B has announced that it will host two more of its renowned electroacoustics seminars in London and Dublin this September. The events will take place on Wednesday 7 at the Royal...

Mary Anne Hobbs to host UK Festival Awards 2016

UK: The UK Festival Awards – set to take place at The Roundhouse in London on November 28 – has revealed that the host of its 13th edition will be international DJ, radio presenter...

Death Grips and Nina Kraviz to headline Simple Things

UK: Bristol's pioneering multi-venue festival Simple Things has announced a second wave of artists for its 2016 edition, including two new headliners: seminal noise-rap group Death Grips – appearing as part of their first...

WIcreations supplies scenic elements to EDC Las Vegas

USA: Leading Belgian automations, engineering and scenic construction specialist WIcreations was asked by staging experts StageCo – in tandem with production company Insomniac – to produce key scenic elements of the main circuitGROUNDS stage...

EnTEEtainment handles EDC UK’s production management

UK: On behalf of Festival Republic, Dick Tee of EnTEEtainment was asked to look after the technical production management of the recent Electric Daisy Carnival show in Milton Keynes Bowl, working alongside his counterpart...

Above & Beyond, Alesso and Zhu to headline Ultra Singapore

SINGAPORE: With just six weeks to go until show time, Ultra Singapore has unveiled the second phase of the line-up for its inaugural edition, taking place from September 10 - 11. The names confirmed for...