Showsec Chairman aims to address key issues following reelection
UK: Mark Harding has highlighted the challenges faced by the security industry after being given a mandate to drive forwards progression with his re-election as Chairman of the United Kingdom Crowd Management Association. The...
Forecastle Festival confirms The Bourbon Lodge details
USA: Forecastle Festival, Louisville’s three-day music, art and environmental activism festival, is bringing back its Kentucky Bourbon Trail outpost, The Bourbon Lodge, with a unique line-up of bourbon offerings, education, bourbon-inspired cuisine, and the...
EventsTag launches Social Gaming for live events
UK: EventsTag, a social marketing business used by brands such as O2 and Southern Comfort, has launched Social Gaming from EventsTag, an extension to its existing live display technology for major events. The new...
The Great Escape confirms lead national and international partners
UK: The Great Escape has announced that is has teamed up with Music Export Latvia and The Lithuanian Music Business Association as its lead international partners for 2016, bringing a plethora of Baltic talent...
Cambridge Science Festival to conclude this Sunday
UK: The University of Cambridge Science Festival has teamed up with a number of performers to present a selection of creative events as part of this year’s festival, which ends on March 20.
The...
Debut edition of bluedot festival reveals details
UK: Taking place from July 22 - 24 at Cheshire's Jodrell Bank Observatory, bluedot is a new, space themed, three-day festival of artists, speakers, scientists and performers. Heading the music bill will be a...
Flying Lotus, The Roots and more for North Sea Jazz
NETHERLANDS: North Sea Jazz – the largest indoor festival in the world – has confirmed more artists for its 2016 edition, set to take place in Rotterdam from July 8 - 10. First ...
Friends of Finsbury Park formally opposes Wireless Festival application
UK: The London-based charity Friends of Finsbury Park has issued a formal objection to Wireless Festival's 2016 application. The letter presented by FOFP alleges that last year's Wireless – which attracted 50,000 attendees from...
Watch Barack Obama’s keynote speech at SxSW
USA: On March 11, President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a keynote speech at South By South West Interactive, the festival's emerging technology programme. In conversation with Editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune,...
First events announced for Sheffield Doc/Fest
UK: Sheffield Doc/Fest has announced the first confirmed events for its 2016 festival, set to take place from June 10 - 15.
Included in the first reveal is Michael Moore's Where to Invade Next,...
