Energy Revolution awarded charity status
UK: Energy Revolution, the festival sustainability initiative, has been awarded charity status. The pioneering project turns fossil fuel festival 'travel miles' into 100% clean renewable energy.
Energy Revolution has already balanced three million festival miles...
Farr Festival announces new stage and new license
UK: Farr Festival has revealed its new main stage for 2017, dubbed The Factory. The 'super-size' stage comprises 52 shipping containers arranged into a rectangle formation that will accommodate an audience of 2500. The...
Ultra holds two simultaneous multi-day festivals in Singapore and South Korea
SINGAPORE / SOUTH KOREA: On the weekend of June 10 & 11 2017, Ultra successfully produced two multi-day festivals in two different countries in Asia – South Korea and Singapore – for the first...
NOFX’s Fat Mike launches touring music & craft beer festival, Punk In Drublic
USA: The brainchild of NOFX's frontman Fat Mike, the Punk In Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival will debut in the Western US this autumn with five special events featuring the best in punk...
A Greener Festival assessor training debuts in mainland Europe alongside Amsterdam Dance Event
NETHERLANDS: The international non-profit organisation, A Greener Festival (AGF), has teamed up with ADE Green to bring its training to Amsterdam this October for the first time. The training will run for two days...
Elrow Town will return to London in 2018
UK: Elrow Town London will return to the capital on August 18 2018, following a hugely successful debut edition that saw 25,000 people flock to London's iconic Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from August 19...
An Interview With Marcato
CANADA: I’m sure we can all agree that admin work is somewhat akin to the Sixth Circle of Hell, and this must be especially true for the lucid nightmare that is festival organisation.
Traditionally,...
12th edition of IMS Ibiza to be hosted by shesaid.so
SPAIN: International Music Summit (IMS) – the platform for business, culture and education in global electronic music – has partnered with the leading female empowerment organisation in the music industry, shesaid.so.
As the summit continues...
Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival partners with Dorset Mind and Bournemouth University
UK: Bournemouth’s arts and culture festival, Arts by the Sea, has announced two key partnerships for its ninth instalment. The mental health charity Dorset Mind and Bournemouth University will feature at the newly announced...
Truckfest secures four more years at East of England Arena
UK: Truckfest, the annual exhibition and festival of trucks and trucking, has agreed to extend its agreement with the East of England Arena and Events Centre, following its 35th consecutive year at the venue....
