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    Opinion: when festivals go bust, why do we so often pay the bill?

    October 29, 2025

    UK News

    UK News

    Deftones to headline All Points East x Outbreak

    By James RobertsonNovember 12, 20250

    Outbreak has announced Deftones as the headliners for All Points East x Outbreak. Following the debut of a London event…

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    UK News

    Terminal V Festival announces first wave of artists

    By James RobertsonNovember 11, 20250

    Terminal V Festival returns to Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre & Showground on 18-19 April 2026.…

    UK News

    CMAT to headline LIDO Festival

    By James RobertsonNovember 11, 20250

    LIDO Festival will return to Victoria Park in 2026 following its debut in June 2025…

    UK News

    Alkaline Trio, Lambrini Girls, Glassjaw and more announced for 2000trees

    By Jack NeedhamNovember 5, 20250

    Alkaline Trio, Lambrini Girls, Glassjaw and Cancer Bats have been announced as some of the…

    UK News

    Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park headline Download 2026

    By James RobertsonNovember 4, 20250

    Download Festival returns to Donnington Park from 10 – 14 June 2026 with Limp Bizkit,…

    Insights

    Insights

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

    Insights

    In pictures: Revellers celebrate 25 years of Shambala Festival

    Another sun has set on Shambala Festival. This year’s sold out event, which took place…

    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…

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    ‘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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    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

    Snowbombing announces first wave of acts for 2026

    Ski festival Snowbombing returns to Mayrhofen, Austria from 6-11 April 2026. UK…

    World News

    Open’er Festival announces headliners for 2026

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

    World News

    Pitch Music & Arts announces the line-up for its ninth edition

    Taking place from 6-10 March on the Grampian Plains, Pitch Music &…

    World News

    Sónar festival founders step down

    After more than 30 years, the three founders of Sónar – Enric Palau,…

    World News

    Florence + The Machine to headline NOS Alive 2026

    Florence + The Machine is set to headline Nos Alive’s 2026 edition,…

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