Killswitch Engage, Down and more for Download

UK: Download Festival, in one of its biggest announcements yet, has confirmed 33 new additions for 2016 including Shinedown, Killswitch Engage, Down, Don Broco, Architects, Neck Deep, Tremonti and more. Download Festival takes place...

White Light makes the right noise at UFest 2015

UK: Taking place from November 27 - 29, UFest was London’s first ever Youth Culture Festival. Organised exclusively for 14 - 25 year olds, the event was held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park...


OpenAir St. Gallen 2016 set to go cashless with Intellitix

SWITZERLAND: Following Intellitix’s cashless success at the SummerDays Festival in Arbon, Switzerland over two consecutive summers, Intellitix and its strategic partner Swisscom Event & Media Solutions will deliver their proprietary cashless payment and access...

Pangaea Festival returns for Level 10

UK: Pangaea Festival – the thrice yearly Manchester-based festival – will undergo a digital revolution this January, drawing on Sonic, Space Invaders and Spyro to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a retro games theme....

Be Prog! My Friend Festival announces co-headliners Steven Wilson & Opeth

SPAIN: Since its inception in 2014 the Barcelona based festival Be Prog! My Friend has played host to the likes of Anathema, Devin Townsend, TesseracT, Camel, Meshuggah, Katatonia, Riverside, Isahn and Alcest. Taking place...

Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline Reading & Leeds

UK: Reading & Leeds have announced Red Hot Chili Peppers as the first headliners for 2016, in their only UK festival performance of the summer. Also included in the announcement are The 1975, DJ...

Sigur Ros, M83 and more for Sziget

HUNGARY: Sziget Festival has announced the first wave of acts of its 24th edition, set to take place on the Island of Freedom in Budapest from August 10 - 17 2016. The first eight...

Eurosonic Noorderslag expands line-up with 116 new acts

NETHERLANDS: Eurosonic Noorderslag, the key exchange and networking platform for European music, has extended its line-up with no less than 116 new and promising acts. Taking place from January 13 – 16 2016, the...

Nearly 400 Robe fixtures utilised at Amsterdam Music Festival

NETHERLANDS: Two days of the world's most gratuitous EDM DJs pulled thousands of music fans into the Amsterdam Arena for the 2015 Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF). This topped off the five day annual Amsterdam...

Henley Festival announces 2016 dates; Elton John to headline

UK: Henley Festival has announced that Elton John will headline its 2016 edition, which will occur in Henley-on-Thames from July 6 - 10 2016. Tickets will be going on sale to the general public...