UK News
HYDRO XL expands on 2025’s HYDRO stage by 150% and moves to Downtown.
Ex-chief executive Christopher Joell-Deshields was suspended from Pride in London in August 2025, and his employment terminated this month.
Cure for Paranoia, Oxlade and K-pop star YUNJIN have been announced for the 1-6 June festival and conference.
The director who refutes the allegations has agreed to step down from Slam Dunk operations while the matter is ongoing.
PBP said that its latest challenged is “about protecting Brockwell Park by trying to ensure events are run lawfully.”
Insights
Elena Beltrami, Director at La Linea festival, on how Latin music is thriving in the UK.
Finally, some good news in the UK…at least when it comes to our events industry.…
Shambala Festival is a UK festival success story. At least in all the obvious usual…
The founder of the crowdfunded jazz and electronic music gathering talks us through the ups and downs of starting a festival in 2026.
Interviews
Is it becoming harder to throw a party in a green field? Do music festivals…
Muddy fields, warm beer and questionable food stuffs were once synonymous with the festival experience.…
Cornish musician, Jon Stafford of Haunt the Woods, is set to bring a new festival…
In 2015 the former Paralympic gold medallist took his talents from the saddle to become…
Welcoming around 75,000 people per day to Barcelona, with most of those being international attendees,…
Finland’s Weekend Festival returns to Espoo’s new Vermo Arena for a second time on August…
60 years under the stewardship of the same family, Towersey is unique before you start…
TRENDS
Industry news and updates from Festival Insights
The festival says the entirety of this surplus will be donated to humanitarian, charitable and cultural work.
South Africa’s Burning Man had a moving performance stage with LED Strip Studio controllers in a custom-fabricated enclosure.
The lighting and rigging supplier has donated a to Music Support’s 10th anniversary fundraising campaign.
