Flare Audio Appointed as Sole Audio Supplier to LEAF

UK: Flare Audio has been selected as the only audio supplier for this year’s LEAF (London Electronic Arts Festival), set to take place at Tobacco Dock from March 6 - 7. The event, created...

Former Goodwood director launches unique creative event agency

UK: Christopher Salmon – who steered Festival of Speed, Revival and the inaugural Vintage festival as Events Operations Director at Goodwood – has launched his own creative agency. Salmon Event Evolution (SEE) comes to...


Intellitix joins forces with Electric Castle

UK: The Romanian festival Electric Castle will provide 100,000 festivalgoers with high tech RFID wristbands for fast and secure entry through the event gates and campsites this year. The RFID wristbands will also be...

Void Acoustics to power Northern Nights Music Festival

USA: Full Circle Productions and Basscraft are set to provide Void Acoustics sound systems to the upcoming Northern Nights Music Festival in California, which will be utilised by a unique line-up of artists and...

Watch Edward Snowden address thousands at last month’s Roskilde Festival

DENMARK: Beyond its music line-up, exotic food, and colourful campsites, a standout fixture of this year’s Roskilde Festival was Edward Snowden’s live interview with activist duo The Yes Men. The famous US whistleblower’s talk...

Mysteryland releases vinyl sampler with Dave Clarke

NETHERLANDS: In collaboration with Dave Clarke Presents, Mysteryland has released an exclusive vinyl sampler featuring artists from its 2016 line-up. The sampler showcases artists playing on Sunday August 28 at Dave Clarke’s hosted stage ‘Dave...

RG Jones and MLA add Sunfall to London’s festival map

UK: In a crowded festival season, trying to establish a new concept within a relatively untested site in central London can prove hazardous. But in initiating the new Sunfall Festival at Brockwell Park promoters...

StreetTeam raises $10 million in funding round

UK: Peer-to-peer sales software StreetTeam has closed a $10 million funding round led by Spring Partners, Frontline Ventures, Kindred and Backed. Additional strategic investors include Universal Music Group, Saatchi Invest and Peter Davies. StreetTeam is...

Founder and CEO of Julie’s Bicycle honoured as Campaigner of the Year at Women...

UK: Alison Tickell, founder and CEO of Julie’s Bicycle, has been honoured as Campaigner of the Year at the Music Week Women in Music Awards 2016. The Campaigner award was presented to Tickell at...

Intellitix acquires controlling stake in LOC Pay Systems

NETHERLANDS: Intellitix, the global RFID cashless payment and access control innovator, has acquired a controlling stake in Netherlands based LOC Pay Systems. LOC Pay Systems supplied 200 festivals and venues across Europe in 2016 with...