Connecting Coachella
John Shubin is a Director of Business Development at ADRF, in charge of driving sales revenue from carriers, enterprises, and third-party operator customers in the west region of the United States. He has nearly...
AGF Sustainability and Waste Reduction Tips for Your Audiences.
A Greener Festival's (AGF) CEO Claire O'Neill has put together some useful tips on how festival fans can all do their bit for the environment and do festivals more sustainably. It's a great set...
Climate EQ Launches Carbon Literacy Course for Music Sector.
You’d obviously have to have had your head down an oil well to not get the message that we’re on the verge of climate catastrophe and urgent action is needed. Sure, there...
Campsite Waste – A Single-Use Plastics Problem
*An abridged version of this article first appeared in Issue 82 of IQ Magazine.
Teresa Moore is a Director of A Greener Festival. She has been researching the problem of tent waste at festivals for...
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...
The Future Tech of Music Festivals
Marino Fresch is Eventbrite's Marketing Director for the UK and Ireland. He is an experienced online marketer and e-commerce professional with over 15 years' experience defining marketing and web strategies, and executing strong online...
Togather Reveal 2024 Festival F&B Trends
Events management platform Togather has analysed festival food and drink trends seen throughout the year across 2024 and have put together a report on some of the most interesting stats.
The company tracked data at over 100...
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...
No Uncertain Terms: Protecting Your Festival from the Ambiguity of Artist Riders
Ben Challis is a UK lawyer specialising in music and entertainment law. His clients include the world famous Glastonbury Festival and Ben also acts for Africa Express, Damon Albarn's eclectic collaboration of African and...
Why RFID is the Smartest Choice for Payments at Festivals
Alex Trenchard is the Founder and Festival Director of Standon Calling, a 17,000 capacity festival in Hertfordshire. Standon Calling was the first UK festival to embrace RFID technology and has continued to do so...