Chauvet creates dance club look at OnBlackheath

UK: The OnBlackheath festival in South East London has quickly established itself as one of the capital’s most popular late summer music events. Set on the picturesque Blackheath Common, the two-day gathering features an eclectic...

Star seating for Showman’s Show

UK: Star Events returns to Showman’s Show on the back of a phenomenal season in 2015, which saw it providing infrastructure and ingenuity on grass, on tarmac and on water. The Star stand, at the...


dbn Lighting illuminates Ramsbottom Festival

UK: Manchester's dbn Lighting returned to the annual, 5000-capacity Ramsbottom Festival this year. It’s the fifth year that dbn has lit the event’s main stage, in which time the production has grown steadily under...

First seven acts announced for country focus at Eurosonic Noorderslag

NETHERLANDS: In January 2016, the Central Eastern European (CEE) region will be the focus region at Eurosonic Noorderslag. The first seven acts confirmed to perform at the 30th edition of the European Music Platform...

Spotify becomes an official partner of ADE 2015

NETHERLANDS: From October 14 - 18, the city of Amsterdam will only have one thing on its mind: Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s biggest electronic dance music event and conference. With 2200 artists...

Meyer Sound Leopard leads line-up of LEO Family systems at Way Out West

SWEDEN: Gothenburg's Way Out West festival offered an immersive showcase for the recently expanded Leo Family systems from Meyer Sound. With the newest Leopard linear sound reinforcement system leading a family of Leo and...

Snowbombing 2016 announces first wave of acts

AUSTRIA: Snowbombing has revealed the first wave of acts for its 17th edition, including headliners The Prodigy. Also topping the bill is award-winning drum and bass pioneer, turntablist and producer Andy C, along...

Flow Festival once again reduces carbon footprint

FINLAND: The carbon footprint of the main production of Flow Festival is calculated each year, so that the organisers can follow and develop their environmental work and compensate for the festival's carbon footprint. The...

X-Line Advance deployed at Ottawa Bluesfest

CANADA: The Ottawa Bluesfest is one of the ten largest festivals in North America. This year, around 300,000 fans heard over 250 acts on various stages, including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kanye West, Keith Urban and...

FestivalMonitor launches in the UK

UK: UK festival management marketers are about to have access to another weapon to use in their marketing arsenal with the UK launch of FestivalMonitor, Europe’s leading festival monitor which is now being made...