Meadows in the Mountains – Meeting the challenges of growth at 850 metres.
Party leads to rave leads to festival, it’s easy when you say it; but add the logistical challenges of a site 850m above sea level in Bulgaria’s Rhodope Mountains and the inevitable growing pains...
Moving Mountains (and Sites) to Deliver Summer Love
You may know Richard West, most likely as Mr C, front man of The Shamen, or as a nightclub owner (The End) , studio owner, DJ, label boss… a true pioneer and still a...
Superbloom – Seeing With All Your Senses.
If you’re given the chance to interview Superbloom Festival Director, Fruzsina Szep, you take it; but you do so in the knowledge that the story of its launch will be the story of a...
Lakefest Appoints MetaFests to Become First UK NFT-enabled Festival
Lakefest has partnered with MetaFests, to be the first UK festival to enhance the experience for all attendees with full scale NFT collectibles and technologies for 2023.
We sensed that something new was in the...
Paul Reed to step down as CEO of AIF
Paul Reed will step down as CEO of The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) in November, after nine years at the trade body.
Reed has had a transformative impact on The AIF both as General...
Festival Awards 2022 Announced – Entries Now Open.
UK Festival Awards 2022 announces new venue and Ticketmaster as Official Ticketing Partner for its 17th Edition
Festival Insights is proud and more than a little excited to announce the date and venue for the...
Sound Diplomacy & The Art of Noise Management.
Back in May, when we spoke to Access The Festival, the name Acoustech dropped into the conversation about suppliers; Access Co-Founder Will Darley was quick to sing the praises of the noise consultants and...
Green Supplier Kitemark Launched by AGF
AGF (A Greener Festival), the founders of the world's first green standards for festivals and events have launched ‘A Greener Supplier Kitemark’ to provide green suppliers with independent and trusted verification and recognition of...
Serious Ambition Sets the Stage
Production People Profiled
The business of temporary outdoor staging can be seen as a bit, well, temporary to some, what with the seasonal nature of outdoor events. It’s certainly what Abbey Thomas found when she...
15 Years of Lovefest: Zlatana Pavlović on How to Sustain Festival Success
Lovefest is back once again in 2022, this year celebrating 15 years since its inception. The event is set to take place in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia from August 4-6th, with an extra special lineup...
