Skiddle finds that over 25% of young people think mobile phones should be banned...

UK: The events and ticketing agent Skiddle has conducted research into young people's attitudes towards phone usage at gigs. According to its research, over a quarter of young people (27%) think that mobile phones...

European Festival Awards 2014 Winners Announced

EUROPE: Europe’s best music festivals, artists and promoters of 2014 were revealed at the 6th annual European Festival Awards, which took place at Groningen’s De Oosterpoort in The Netherlands, crowning the opening night of...


Fourth annual Industry Green Survey results released

UK: Powerful Thinking's fourth annual Industry Green Survey shows that more event organisers are embedding sustainability into their operations and getting savvy with waste and energy in 2018. 70 events took part in the...

BBC Music Introducing Live to return in October

UK: BBC Music Introducing Live has revealed the first details of its sophomore edition, set to return to London's Tobacco Dock from October 31 - November 2. Once again the event will consist of...

AEG signs up Festicket as official partner for 2020 UK festivals

UK: Festicket and AEG Presents have come together in a partnership that sees Festicket named as an official ticket and exclusive travel package partner for the 2020 edition of All Points East, headlined by Tame...

Glastonbury Festival is cancelled

UK: The organisers of Glastonbury Festival have announced the cancellation of its forthcoming edition — which was set to take place from July 24 - 28 — due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are so...

Festicket resumes North American expansion with new LA headquarters and appointment of Stephanie Rosa,...

Appointments come as Festicket rolls out a new primary ticketing, cashless and travel offering via the Event Genius platform Festicket, the world’s largest platform for music festival experiences, is announcing a renewed North American expansion...

Halloween Town – A rarity, a new festival in 2021.

Any new festival is worthy of investigation, but launching in 2021 after mass postponements, cancellations and a supply-chain busting condensed season is the stuff of nightmares. Welcome to Halloween Town.

Tomorrowland and Rock Werchter In CORE Collaboration

A 'sensational collaboration' and an 'unprecedented effort' has led to Tomorrowland and Rock Werchter creating CORE, a new, two day boutique festival in the capital of Europe, or at least the joint...

Lost In A Moment by Innervisions Returns to the UK for the 1st time...

After a 3 year hiatus Innervisions’ Lost In A Moment is returning. The unique open air event conceptualised by Dixon will take place on Saturday July 9th for the first time globally...