Insomnia Festival next in line for We Are Europe

NORWAY: From October 27 - 29, Insomnia Festival will run for the 15th time in Tromsø. As part of the We are Europe programme, the Norwegian event will invite Reworks Festival, Reworks Agora (Thessaloniki,...

Northern Festivals Network commissioned for two disability–led pieces of art

UK: The Northern Festivals Network – a consortium of festivals committed to raising the quality of arts available to families at Greenfield festivals – has teamed up with Unlimited, an organisation that believes disabled...


EXIT launches new festival in Croatia

CROATIA: After nearly 20 years of running one of the most successful festivals in South East Europe, the EXIT team has announced the launch of a new festival in Croatia, dubbed Sea Star. The...

ILMC 29 conference agenda revealed

UK: The conference agenda for the 29th International Live Music Conference (ILMC) has been announced. This year sees several firsts for ILMC, with the long-running conference tailoring its agenda to reflect innovations in the...

Erykah Badu, Solange and more for North Sea Jazz

NETHERLANDS: North Sea Jazz Festival has added a bunch of predictably fantastic artists to the line-up for this year’s event, which returns to the Ahoy venue in Rotterdam in July. The three-day event is...

Dancesafe restructures national team

USA: Harm prevention service DanceSafe has restructured its leadership in order to take its work 'to the next level'. After serving as Dancesafe's National Outreach Director since 2014, the organisation has promoted Mitchell Gomez to...

We Are FSTVL launches The 10,000 Hours Foundation in the UK

UK: After a history of partnering with Europe’s premier dance music brands to support and promote local causes, charity The 10,000 Hours Foundation has announced its first UK campaign in collaboration with We Are...

Firefly Music Festival goes cashless

USA: Firefly Music Festival, the east coast’s largest music and camping festival, has announced that it will work with payments and point of sale company, Square, and will be using its newest contactless and...

Smirnoff Sound Collective teams up with IMS on gender diversity initiative

WORLDWIDE: The International Music Summit – a three-day educational platform focused on electronic music – celebrated its 10th anniversary this year and once again held discussions on some of the key issues facing the...

Tramlines wraps up ninth successful year

UK: Tramlines Festival, which took place from July 21 - 23, spanned five stages with over 70 performances from Primal Scream, Kano, The Libertines, Metronomy, All Saints, The Coral, The Pharcyde, Toots & The...