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Over 40 Festivals Have Signed Up For Festival Vision: 2025

Over 40 UK music festivals have pledged to work together to create a more environmentally sustainable festival industry by signing Festival Vision: 2025 — the vision and roadmap for a sustainable future presented by industry think-do tank Powerful Thinking in its seminal environmental report, The Show Must Go On.   Festivals both large and small, with genres from rock music…

Tickets on sale and first details announced for Festival Congress 2016

AIF Confirms Flagship Event Dates & Program  The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), the London based trade association that represents UK festival organisers, has announced the dates of Festival Congress, which will take place in Cardiff for the third year running later this year. Confirmed for 1st and 2nd November 2016 Festival Congress, which will take place at the Wales…

Measuring Towards Event Sustainability

As the season gets going, here’s a quick reminder of what festival organisers can do to contribute to a more environmentally responsible festival industry. The three most important and easiest things you can do this year to begin a successful journey toward a more sustainable event are: 1. Measure your impacts onsite — ask contractors for data on water consumption,…

Deer Shed Festival – Monsters Vs Machines Trailer

Need Festival Volunteers? Talk To BIMM

If you are an employer that needs a switched-on, knowledgeable volunteer for your festival who will be vetted before referral- please get in touch with Nicky Kingsbury-Williams at BIMM Brighton-nickykingsburywilliams@bimm.co.uk Nicky works in the Careers and Industry department and sources students from degree courses which include Events Management, Music Business and Live Sound. BIMM regularly send 100s of students out…

Glastonbury Fined Over Human Waste Pollution

District judge Simon Cooper has ordered Glastonbury Festival to pay £31,000 after thousands of gallons of human sewage leaked out of a tank in 2014, contaminating a nearby stream and killing 42 fish. The judge said the festival could’ve acted more swiftly in letting the correct authorities know about the leak but had largely dealt with the incident well. The judge…

Which? Secondary Ticketing Report

Consumer rights watchdog Which? has released new research revealing that tickets to live music events are still being sold unlawfully on secondary ticketing sites. This will come as no surprise- despite the Government introducing amendments to the Consumer Rights Act in to create greater transparency around secondary sales in 2015. Which? state that the conditions are being flagrantly ignored. The act…

UK Festival Awards Release 2015/2016 Market Report

The UK Festival Awards & Conference have just released their Market Research Report for 2015/2016. Majority of respondents were in the 18-25 (38.4%) age group and some interesting stats to come out of it include: – That 60% of those surveyed think ticket prices are ‘about right’ – Cider is the most popular alcoholic beverage of choice – Some of…

ID&C Announce Recipient of 2016 Grass Roots Bursary

Each year ID&C offer a £2500 grass roots bursary to small to medium sized festivals to put toward their security wristband and accreditation requirements. The 2016 bursary recipient is AIF member Elderflower Fields which kicks of this weekend in East Sussex. “The Grass Roots Festival Bursary is donated annually and open to applications from new festivals with a single day ticket…

Jack Daniel’s Announces 2016 Festival Partnerships

Jack Daniel’s has announced the details for it’s Jack Rocks brand partnerships at this years festivals including the likes of Liverpool Sound City, Isle of Wight Festival, Hackney Wonderland and SWN festival. Two more festivals are still yet to be announced. Michael Boaler said: “Working with venues and promoters to give a stage to great talent is something that Jack Daniel’s takes immense pride in….

Hourly Car Insurance App Launched at TGE

A new car insurance app called Cuvva, targeted towards festival-goers was launched at The Great Escape last week. The app allows festival friends to share the driving responsibilities of a car that might’ve gone unused over the weekend rather than spending loads more money and hiring a car. “With Cuvva, with a few clicks you can have a friend helping with…

Drone Safety Workshops

Drones are becoming a very common sight in the skies over the United Kingdom as well as at events. The Crowd Management Academy are running workshops for those interested across the UK. They already work with various events with UK who have drone issues and have designed these low cost workshops to allow events to “self-help” without having to pay consultants to…