If You Want a Greener Festival, Stop Collecting Cigarette Butts
As the sustainability manager of Roskilde Festival, Mikkel Sander is trying to prove that 135,000 drunk youngsters can party for eight days without destroying the world. Roskilde Festival has been non-profit since 1972 and...
How Creative Production Companies are Transforming Festivals
Nathaniel Hanna is the Managing Director of Stax Creations. After studying Visual Communication at the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design, he took his expertise into the third dimension in 2014 by founding Stax...
AR Will Revolutionise Festivals
Jimmy Woodard is a Business Development Manager at 360 Designs, a leading virtual reality company with expertise in live production and advanced custom cameras. He also has a partnership in place with an award-winning...
The Cashless System: Friend or Foe?
Having frequented many bars and festivals themselves, brothers Jonathan and Julian Gomma set up Beetle Juice in 2012 along with their best friend Harry Sloan to create a unique and truly mobile pop-up bar...
The Role of a Ticketing Agency in Banishing Festival Queues
Simon Carpenter has been business development manager at Gigantic since October 2015, with almost 10 years' experience in the ticketing sector. His job includes discovering new business, events and promoters to work with across...
The Importance of Supporting Experimental Artists
Sally Golding is an artist and curator who has run experimental audiovisual, sound art and performance events in both Australia and the UK, as well as having presented curatorial programmes and her own performances...
The European Festival Market Report 2017
Festival Insights and the Festival Awards are proud to release the European Festival Market Report 2017, an in-depth examination of consumer demographics, preferences and behaviour based on research undertaken during October 2016. The insights...
Finding a Niche and Nailing It
Craig Mathie is Managing Director at Bournemouth 7s Festival. A Sports Management graduate and Prince 2 qualified Project Manager, Craig has a growing reputation within the live events industry. A hugely passionate events man,...
Why Brands Shouldn’t be the Headline Act at Festivals
Tim Collett is Head of Live Events at WRG. A graduate of Event Management, Tim has over 15 years’ experience in the live events industry, including over 11 years at Jack Morton as an...
The Ins and Outs of Temporary Structures for Music Events
Mark Guirard is the Managing Director of Scaffold Tower, a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of bespoke scaffold towers for several UK festivals, music events and more. Here he provides details on the ins and...
