Awakenings announces line-up and dates for 16th edition

NETHERLANDS: Awakenings, the Netherlands-based outdoor techno festival, has announced the dates for this year’s edition. From June 25 - 26, Awakenings will take place at Spaarnwoude Houtrak for the 16th time. There will be eight...

PlayPass festival clients shine in the European Festival Awards

EUROPE: PlayPass – the European RFID and cashless payments provider – has congratulated a number of its festival partners that took home trophies at last week’s European Festival Awards. These include: Hörstmann Unternehmensgruppe (Germany), winners of...


Multiple European festivals form We Are Europe association

EUROPE: We are Europe is the newly-created association of eight major European events joining forces in order to promote, create and produce innovative cultural practices, defined by creative diversity and exchanges. Its common project...

ID&C expands operations into the US

USA: A key player in the adoption of RFID technology at live events, ID&C has supplied more than 10 million ‘smart’ RFID wristbands to festivals since 2011 and has now announced the expansion of...

London’s VAULT Festival to return on January 27

UK: Since its inception in 2012, VAULT has hosted over 250 productions – from outrageous comedy acts to hard-hitting political theatre and experimental new work from Britain’s most exciting emerging artists. 2016 promises to...

Cambridge Science Festival reveals theme for 2016

UK: The annual two-week Cambridge Science Festival, which will run from March 7 - 20 and stage more than 300 events, will this year examine the growing interaction between humans and technology. The festival will...

Primavera Sound announces full line-up

SPAIN: Primavera Sound will return to Barcelona from June 2 - 4, with Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, and PJ Harvey set to perform, amongst many others. Also included on the line-up are: Tame Impala, Sigur Rós,...

Details revealed for Extrema Outdoor

BELGIUM: The 5000-capacity Extrema Outdoor (XOBE) will once again transform Belgium into the entrepôt of electronic music on July 9, and has announced many of its acts, club partners and details. For over twenty years,...

Billy Bragg, The Wonder Stuff and more for Towersey Festival

UK: Towersey Festival has announced that Billy Bragg, The Wonder Stuff, Kate Rusby and Midge Ure are among the headline acts lined up for its 52nd edition, set to take place from August 26...

Northern Festivals Network awarded £179,500 to deliver family entertainment

UK: The Northern Festivals Network has been awarded precisely £179,500 in the latest round of the Arts Council’s Strategic Touring Fund to deliver spellbinding arts programming for family audiences and build a resilient sector...