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    ‘Pride can be a powerful driver’: Bauer Media’s Charlotte Adley on attracting new festival audiences

    April 29, 2026

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    Boomtown scales up hydrogen-powered stage

    By James RobertsonApril 29, 20260

    HYDRO XL expands on 2025’s HYDRO stage by 150% and moves to Downtown.

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    UK News

    Former London Pride head admits contempt of court

    By Jack NeedhamApril 27, 20260

    Ex-chief executive Christopher Joell-Deshields was suspended from Pride in London in August 2025, and his employment terminated this month.

    UK News

    SXSW London reveals full line-up for 2026

    By Jack NeedhamApril 27, 20260

    Cure for Paranoia, Oxlade and K-pop star YUNJIN have been announced for the 1-6 June festival and conference.

    UK News

    Slam Dunk festival releases company statement in response to director allegations

    By James RobertsonApril 25, 20260

    The director who refutes the allegations has agreed to step down from Slam Dunk operations while the matter is ongoing.

    UK News

    Protect Brockwell Park ‘challenges’ large-scale commercial events with third judicial review

    By Jack NeedhamApril 22, 20260

    PBP said that its latest challenged is “about protecting Brockwell Park by trying to ensure events are run lawfully.”

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    Sorcerers, screamo and alien psych: how Bristol’s Outer Town created its own festival fantasy world

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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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    ‘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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    Glastonbury Festival 2025: in pictures

    The dust has settled on Glastonbury 2025, even if the hangovers probably still persist. And…

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    ‘Fans don’t just want music. They want scenes, experiences, and identity’: Michael Adex on how festivals can help break new artists

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    Visual Architects unveils new installations for the 2026 festival season

    The immersive design studio has revealed its four new themed ‘worlds’, Boho Beach, Emerald City, Reggae Revival and Alchemist’s Garden.

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    Swallow Events launches ‘world’s first’ event trading operating system

    The UK-founded platform introduces fixed-price, auction and tender system designed to help source and manage vendors across festivals and live events.

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    Ticket Fairy launches AI-powered operating system, Ticket Fairy 3.0

    The platform combines AI agents, embedded multi‑currency banking and working capital financing for independent festivals and event promoters.

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    BEONIX Festival announces first acts for 2026

    Camelphat, Adam Beyer and Röyksopp play the Cyprus festival in Cyprus from 25–27 September.

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    Byron Bay Bluesfest 2026 will not take place

    The Byron Bay festival, which took place for 36 years, has entered liquidation and cancelled its 2026 edition.

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