Brighton Music Conference announces dates and venue change
UK: Brighton Music Conference has announced a change in venue for its sixth year. BMC19 will take place at the British Airways i360 beachfront complex from April 24 - 27, following its most successful...
80s music festival Rewind to return this summer
UK: Rewind, the world’s biggest 80s music festival, will return with three UK festivals during July and August 2016.
Rewind Scotland will return for its sixth year at Scone Palace, Perth from July 22 -...
Broadwick Live joins AIF’s Drastic on Plastic campaign
UK: Broadwick Live has joined the Association of Independent Festival's Drastic on Plastic campaign. The promoter joins more than 60 independent festivals in a pledge to ban the use of plastic straws onsite this...
UK festivals demonstrate improvements in sustainability
UK: A major shift in the way UK festivals approached energy management and travel planning in 2017 has been revealed in the annual Festival & Events Industry Green Survey.
The survey, run by festival think...
MelodyVR virtually transports fans to performances with their favourite artists
UK: When MelodyVR launches later this year fans will be able to experience performances by their favourite artists remotely via virtual reality headsets. MelodyVR’s diverse catalogue of content has been curated to ensure that...
Portugal to be showcase nation at next year’s Eurosonic Noorderslag
NETHERLANDS / PORTUGAL: In January 2017, Portugal will be the Country Focus at Europe's biggest professional conference and showcase festival: Eurosonic Noorderslag.
The musical programme of Eurosonic 2017 will therefore feature an exponentially higher presentation...
PlayPass announces summer cashless partnerships
UK: PlayPass' latest collaboration with PayPal saw the successful deployment of cashless payments at Amsterdam Open Air Festival, making it the second year the RFID specialist made the event fully cashless. This time round,...
Great British Beer Festival coming to London this August
UK: This year’s Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) will return to Olympia London from August 9 - 13, with everything from limited edition brews and one-off specials to award-winning favourites from microbreweries across the...
Shipsomnia moves to Europe for 2017
EUROPE: The music and arts cruise festival Shipsomnia has unveiled its next global edition, scheduled to embark on a Mediterranean round trip between Barcelona, Ibiza and Sête from June 14 - 18 2017.
Having impressed...
Junction 2 announces return
UK: Following an electrifying debut this year, Junction 2 has announced the first details for its second edition, set to unite a cast of electronic music luminaries on June 10 2017 with areas hosted...
