The Festival Academy’s workshop for Young Festival Managers to be held in Edinburgh
27 Mar 2014Edinburgh International Festival will host a 7 day intense workshop for young festival managers, initiated by European Festivals Association (EFA). 52 emerging festival organisers from 28 countries have been selected to partake in the Atelier from 3 – 10 April, as well as 8 renowned mentors. “The Atelier for Young Festival Managers EDINBURGH 2014” is set to continue the success…
End Of The Road announces UK exclusive appearance of supergroup to headline
26 Mar 2014End of The Road Festival today announced Gene Clark No Other Band, with members of Beach House, Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes as the final headliner for the Salisbury based Festival, taking place 29 – 31st August. In a UK premier and a UK exclusive of the unique collaboration, the headliners will be joining a bill also topped by Flaming…
The Secret Garden Party announces Public Enemy as headliner for 2014
26 Mar 2014The Secret Garden Party today announced that alongside Hercules and Love Affair and Foreign Beggars, US Hip Hop legends Public Enemy will headline the festival this summer. The Cambridgeshire festival is set to take place on 24 – 27 July, with an array of up and coming acts including Rae Morris, Deap Valley, Wolf Alice and Jagwar Ma. However, SGP…
Tom Jones to headline Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
26 Mar 2014The legendary Tom Jones is to headline the Friday main stage of Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (8th & 9th August 2014) for what is believed to be his first ever performance in the Highlands. And headlining the same stage on the Saturday night are the popular rock band Razorlight. “Sir Tom has long been a hero of mine and it…
Bestival reveals Big Top Stage Acts, hosted by BBC Radio 6 Music
25 Mar 2014LINE UP: BONOBO / SBTRKT / DARKSIDE / TEMPLES / DJ YODA / DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP / PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT: UNKNOWN PLEASURES / CATE LE BON / NICK MULVEY / DENAI MOORE / PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP / ADY SULIEMAN For the first time, Bestival has teamed up with BBC Radio 6 Music…
AIF member festivals make world music magazine Top 10 List
24 Mar 2014The Hebridean Celtic Festival has been selected as one of the top 10 UK summer festivals by an influential publication for the fourth year running, alongside other AIF members Shambala, Womad, and Larmer Tree. HebCelt is again the only Scottish festival on the list compiled by world music magazine, Songlines. The four-day event, which will be held from 16-19 July…
Sleigh Bells, TuneYards and 2manyDJs confirmed for Blissfields 2014
21 Mar 2014Award-winning Hampshire based festival Blissfields today announced that amongst a host of new acts, the 2014 line up now includes Hercules And Love Affair, Chloe Howl, Tune-Yards, Dan Croll, Snakehips, Luke Sital Singh and Nick Mulvey. Sleigh Bells and festival favourites 2manyDJs are set to headline the event. Check out Blissfields here: Blissfields will take place on 4th & 5th…
Band Of Skulls and The Bronx announced for 2000 Trees Festival
20 Mar 20142000 Trees Festival, held at Upcote Farm in Cheltenham, today announced that Band of Skulls and Public Service Broadcasting are to headline the festival which will take place 10 – 12 July. Among the many awesome bands set to play the alt. rock and indie festival are American punks The Bronx, and everybody’s local heroes Johnny Foreigner and Tall Ships….
Frightened Rabbit and MØ confirmed for LeeFest
19 Mar 2014LeeFest has confirmed its first acts for the 2014 festival at Highams Hill Farm, Sheepbarn Lane, Warlingham from 11 – 13 July, and among them are Scottish Indie band Frightened Rabbit who will headline LeeFest as one of only two shows in England this year, according to Virtual Festivals. Dan Le Sac vs Scoobius Pip will also be bringing their…
New Purple Guide to promote safer events launches at House of Commons
18 Mar 2014The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at music and other events relaunched this week, offering an in-depth guide to running safer music events. First published in 1992 by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in consultation with the industry, the guide is an invaluable guide to Health and Safety for large scale events organisers from the UK and…
Noisey article – The Majors Vs The Independents.
14 Mar 2014An interesting article in Noisey/Vice about the changes in festival culture. Are the independents the ones keeping it real? Has Reading and Leeds Festival forgotten what it means to choose creative and exciting acts? “With the exception of Glastonbury and the slick move of booking OutKast at Bestival, nobody seems to get truly excited about the Great British music festival…
How will ‘locally-set’ licensing fees affect Independent Festivals?
13 Mar 2014Norman Baker (The Minister of State for Crime Prevention) today informed Parliament of the publication of a public consultation to change the way fees are set under the Licensing Act 2003. The proposal is to introduce locally-set full cost recovery by Licensing Authorities from Licensed events. The government has indicated it may set a cap on these fees. Read the…