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    ‘I am constantly having to prove myself in ways that white artists do not’: five key findings from The South Asian Soundcheck report

    October 7, 2025

    UK News

    UK News

    Manchester Pride goes into voluntary liquidation

    By James RobertsonOctober 23, 20250

    The board of trustees for Manchester Pride, one of Europe’s biggest LGTBQ+ events has announced that it has entered voluntary…

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    UK News

    Open’er Festival announces headliners for 2026

    By James RobertsonOctober 23, 20250

    Open’er Festival returns to Gdynia’s Baltic coast from 1–4 July 2026. The festival has announced…

    UK News

    Standon Calling ends as company goes into liquidation

    By James RobertsonOctober 23, 20250

    First held with a single stage in 2004 by founder Alex Trenchard and expanding to…

    UK News

    Fortress Festival completes its 2026 line-up

    By James RobertsonOctober 22, 20250

    Fluisteraars are the final act to join Fortress Festival’s 2026 line-up. The Dutch atmospheric black…

    UK Festival Awards

    The UK Festival Awards 2025 Shortlist is here

    By James RobertsonOctober 22, 20250

    After weeks of deliberating, the judges have cast their votes, and we are thrilled to…

    Insights

    Insights

    ‘We can book risks’: how Pitchfork London turns online influence into live experiences

    Insights

    ‘Crowd safety is not about reinventing the wheel’: how UK festivals can keep people safe from crowd surges

    Just over 25 years ago, the Danish festival Roskilde suffered a tragedy that would be…

    Insights

    ‘It’s about reigniting the village fête. It’s about meeting your neighbours’: Arts Trust CEO Martin Collins on how hyperlocal festivals are building community

    It’s late-July, and in what seems like a blink of the eye we’re edging ever…

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    ‘People are looking for experience’: seven insights from Beatport’s Ed Hill on building a touring DJ booth

    Where do new DJs breakthrough in 2025? It’s a pretty rough landscape. In January 2025,…

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    ‘Our first party was in a disused public toilet under a Shoreditch pavement’: how BANG FACE became a cult music weekender

    BANG FACE is one of the festival industry’s greatest, but most unlikely success stories. The…

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    Interviews

    Interviews

    Interview: the International Festival Forum’s Greg Parmley on the future of festival booking

    Interviews

    Primavera Sound: Collectivism in the face of adversity

    Welcoming around 75,000 people per day to Barcelona, with most of those being international attendees,…

    Interviews

    Weekend Festival Q&A

    Finland’s Weekend Festival returns to Espoo’s new Vermo Arena for a second time on August…

    Interviews

    Towersey: 60 Years of the Family Family Festival

    60 years under the stewardship of the same family, Towersey is unique before you start…

    Interviews

    Winner Profile: Teddy Rocks

    Teddy Rocks, winners of the 2023 Sarah Nulty Community Impact Award is a festival dedicated…

    Interviews

    Winner Profile: Midnight Mango

    Nurturing the live careers of acts is a role that is crucial to delivering a…

    Interviews

    Woo Yeah! The Award-winning Small Festival Making a Big Contribution.

    When Worcester local, John Simons, received a grave cancer diagnosis, his family’s worlds were rocked.…

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    World NEWS

    World News

    The Cure and Amyl & The Sniffers announced for Oslo’s Øya Festival

    Oslo’s Øya Festival has unveiled the first wave of artists for its…

    World News

    Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival returns in 2025 with Skrillex, Flowdan and over 15 continental collectives

    Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival is returning to its Kalagala Falls site in…

    World News

    Primavera Sound 2026 line-up announced

    The xx, Doja Cat, The Cure, Gorillaz and dozens more have been…

    World News

    Africa Rising Music Conference announced for 2025

    Africa Rising Music Conference is returning to Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, on 22–23 May 2026.…

    World News

    Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G to headline Coachella 2026

    The full line-up for Coachella’s 2026 edition has just been unveiled, and…

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