UK Festival Awards reveals details for 2017 edition; opens application process

The UK Festival Awards has announced that its 14th edition will take place on November 30 2017 at its new home of The Printworks in London. The completely revitalised event comes with a considerably lower...

Sound City returns to Liverpool city centre; announces dates for 2018

UK: Sound City, the award-winning metropolitan festival of live music and arts, will take place from May 5 - 6 2018. Returning to its roots, the festival will move back to Liverpool city centre...


Matt Ephgrave joins Festicket as Chief Operating Officer

UK: Matt Ephgrave – alumnus of ticketscript, YPlan and Seatwave – has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at Festicket, and will oversee all daily operations including global customer service, fulfilment, account management and campaign...

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....

Latitude launches 2020 ‘Art Caravan’ competition

UK: After its debut in 2019, Latitude Festival’s Art Caravan competition will return in 2020. Latitude has once again teamed up with Will Hardie, the craftsman behind Channel 4’s Amazing Spaces and Shed of the Year to offer several designers grants...

Europe’s clubbing elite choose Event Genius

Some of Europe’s most revered and established clubbing events, festivals and venues have put pen to paper to make Event Genius their primary ticketing and event technology partner. The legendary Ibiza superclub Amnesia has joined...

Linecheck Music Meeting And Festival Announces Germany As Guest Country, Second Wave of Speakers

ANNOUNCES 2021 DATES, CONFIRMS MAIN THEME AND FIRST SPEAKERS REVERSE: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY LAUNCHES HYBRID...