What Safeguarding Advice Should Festivals Share With Audiences?
By Mark Balaam, CEO and Founder of imabi
Summer sees the UK’s festival season in full swing. Whether it's music, art, or other cultural events, crowds gather in large numbers, creating vibrant and exciting environments....
From Grassroots to Center Stage: Nurturing the Future of Black Music in the Changing...
There can be no doubt that festivals play a crucial part in the nurturing of grassroots music, but we perhaps need to delve into the genres that are benefitting most from our sector and...
Electronic Music is Most Represented Genre at Festivals, Says NTIA Report
Here, the Night |Time Industries' Association NTIA Presents The Second UK Electronic Music Industry Report , Unveiling the Latest Insights into the UK's Electronic Music Industry
After the success of the first ever UK Electronic...
Your guide to planning a headline-worthy F&B festival lineup
UK Festival Awards F&B Partners, Togather, have assembled their top tips for festival F&B Success.
From researching to booking to load-in to the inevitable on-the-day disasters, managing a F&B lineup at a festival can be...
Is Now a Good Time to Go Into Events? Redevelopment of the Temporary Staffing...
It came as no surprise that after the pandemic, the events industry had to rethink its structure. With financial losses, changes in demand and lack of opportunity, many temporary event staff retrained in another...
Festivals and the Impact of Alcohol Duty Increases
Bryony Balmforth, Director at BAND, accountants and business advisors to the entertainment industry, explains this year's changes to alcohol duty and how festivals need to keep an eye out for the changes in consumer...
Defining Our Place in the Events Industry
We asked Power of Events founder, Rick Stainton, how the organisation's work can turn confusion into definition.
Here is a history lesson. We all know that in the chaos of Covid the whole of the...
Increasing Ticket Sales by Reducing Online Ad Spend
Steve Jenner, TagMix’s Director of Festivals, posits that the universal reliance on paid online advertising is a relic that's costing events more than it's saving. He points to a pioneering wave of marketers who...
Safeguarding and Raising Awareness of Spiking at Festivals
Dawn Dines has a mission: To stamp out spiking. We met at this year's Boardmasters Festival, where the message from the charity she heads up, the aptly-named Stamp Out Spiking, was clearly communicated with...
Amid This Cultural Crisis, it is Vital That Budget Expectations are Managed
Nick Morgan, CEO of The Fair gives his insights into the challenges facing the festival sector, and some potential solutions to help build strength and resilience into the industry.
It’s no secret that our industry...
