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    ‘We do this to show you can carve out a career in the arts’: Stendhal Festival on keeping going

    August 5, 2026

    UK News

    UK News

    Mutations Festival announces first wave of artists for 2026 line-up

    By James RobertsonAugust 5, 20260

    Acts including Dove Ellis, Squid, Working Men’s Club and more will join Fat Dog and Mike D 5D at the Brighton festival from 23–24 October

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    UK News

    The Avalanches, Hannah Diamond, Olof Dreijer and more join Simple Things line-up

    By James RobertsonAugust 4, 20260

    Simple Things festival, which takes place across various venues in Bristol on 7 November, has…

    UK News

    DIIV, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Nirosta Steel and more added to Pitchfork Music Festival London line-up

    By James RobertsonAugust 4, 20260

    The festival will take place at various venues across London from 2-8 November 2026.

    UK News

    Findhorn Bay Festival announces its full programme for 2026

    By James RobertsonJuly 29, 20260

    The ten-day arts and culture festival takes place from Thursday 24 September to Sunday 4 October, across the coastal and rural communities surrounding the Bay of Findhorn.

    UK News

    Full line-up announced for Jorja Smith and Tems headline show at All Points East

    By James RobertsonJuly 28, 20260

    Maverick Sabre, Katy B, Bricknasty and Crazy Cousins and more will play on Friday 21 August in London’s Victoria Park.

    Insights

    Insights

    ‘It’s welfare infrastructure, not a nice-to-have:’ how Samaritans delivers its support to festival-goers

    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…

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    ‘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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    Trends

    Industry news and updates from Festival Insights

    Trends

    DICE partners with Untitled Group for Wildlands Festival

    Trends

    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.

    Trends

    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.

    Trends

    Nottingham’s Beat The Streets raises more than £50,000 in 2026

    Beat The Street’s total fundraising has reached £604,155 since it was launched by DHP Family in 2018, the festival says.

    Trends

    Gravity Media are the official Audio Visual production provider for Montreux Jazz Festival

    The company will work alongside the festival’s in-house audiovisual production arm to deliver coverage across the festival’s stages.

    Trends

    Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery partner to present ‘the UK’s biggest festival’ Everywhere At Once

    Everywhere At Once will take place in “hundreds of grassroots music venues…from Inverness to Penzance.”

    Trends

    Brockwell Live planning application for 2026 approved by Lambeth Council

    Brockwell Live comprises of four festivals held at Brockwell Park, and includes Field Day, Cross The Tracks, City Splash and Mighty Hoopla.

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    ‘You have to box clever’: Mustard Media’s Sian Bennett on how festivals can thrive through data

    The strategy director tells us what festivals should be doing to cultivate its crowd.

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    INTERVIEWS

    Interviews

    Winner Profile: Teddy Rocks

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

    Interviews

    Winner Profile: Midnight Mango

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

    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…

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    World News

    World News

    EXIT Festival arrives in Montenegro

    EXIT brings two events to Montenegro as part of its World Tour 2026.

    World News

    Terminal V to announce new location for 2027 and launches Australian edition

    The Scottish festival leaves Edinburgh for a new location in Scotland for the 10th Anniversary in 2027 and expands with the launch of Terminal V Australia.

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