WATCH: Curating a Festival Panel at The Festival Congress 2014
20 Nov 2014Rob da Bank (Bestival), Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury), Katch Holmes (Knockengorroch), Ivan Milivojev (Exit Festival). Moderated by Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio Wales).
Secret Garden Party announces theme for 2015
18 Nov 2014AIF member The Secret Garden Party has announced its theme for 2015, called ‘Childish Things.’ Festival director Fred Fellowes talks about the concept behind the ‘Childish Things’ theme: “Why are we encouraged so much to grow up and leave, what adults call, the best days of our lives? Not that we needed that much encouragement; we spent our time hurtling…
Secret Garden Party 2014
17 Nov 2014Have you ever wondered what Secret Garden Party is really all about? Music? Comedy? Arts? Ridiculous amounts of sheer FUN? Check out 2014’s event here.
The Proclaimers to headline Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2015
10 Nov 2014Scotland based AIF member Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, today announced that The Proclaimers will headline 2015’s event (August 6 -8 2015; Beauly, Inverness-shire). The iconic double act will be returning to the festival exactly ten years after headlining it previously in 2005. Following success with the hit stage musical-turned-movie based on the music of The Proclaimers, Sunshine On Leith, next…
2000trees to launch deposit scheme for tickets
03 Nov 2014AIF member 2000trees has teamed up with GoCardless to launch a monthly payment scheme for tickets. Tickets can now be purchased over 8 monthly instalments of either £9.50 (2-day ticket) or £11.50 (3-day ticket). Organiser of the award-winning supporter of underground music festival, Simon Maltas said: “Everyone knows small, independent festivals are the best place to enjoy a relaxing, intimate…
End of the Road 2014
29 Oct 2014This great fan-made video displays the highlights of End of the Road festival this year perfectly: Take us back to summer!
Thanks to all who attended The Festival Congress!
21 Oct 2014Wow! What an incredible first year we’ve had. We’d like to say a big thank you to all the delegates, speakers, staff, sponsors, exhibitors, DJs, bands, hosts, curators, and anyone who helped or took an interest in this huge coming together of Independent Festivals in Cardiff. Not only was the event a complete sell out, but the quality of panels…
We Are FSTVL partners with Eventbrite
12 Oct 20142 day dance/drum ‘n’ bass festival and AIF member We Are FSTVL has signed a long term ticketing partnership with Friend of AIF, Eventbrite. Reece Miller, Director at We Are FSTVL commented: “We Are FSTVL for myself and the team has been a runaway success with its 2013 & 2014 sell-out shows and 2015 is showing early signs of selling…
THE FESTIVAL CONGRESS SELLS OUT
10 Oct 2014AIF yesterday announced that tickets for The Festival Congress have officially sold out. The 2 day conference and awards ceremony aims to celebrate the festival industry in the form of panels, discussions, networking and an awards ceremony and afterparty. Awards categories include the Mind-Blowing Spectacle Award, New Festival on the Block and the Emmet Brown Award for best use of…
Doc N Roll launches
03 Oct 2014A music documentary festival called Doc N Roll kicked off at London’s Hackney Picturehouse last week, with a four-day programme of both classic and newer music documentaries. The festival co-founder told ThisWeek London that he wanted to stage an event that focuses exclusively on music docs – “Other festivals have music documentaries within them, but our angle was to stage…