Summer Days Festival announces more acts
UK: Summer Days – the UK’s newest boutique music and food festival – has announced the first wave of acts that will support Simply Red on July 6 2016, the opening night of the...
Access Starts Online – new campaign launched by Attitude is Everything & AIF
UK: Leading music charity Attitude is Everything and the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) have announced a new online campaign to benefit millions of deaf and disabled music fans. Launched at AIF’s Festival Congress...
BeatSwitch acquires Buttons for Events and MECANO
BELGIUM: During the summer of 2015, Belgian company BeatSwitch made two intellectual property acquisitions: Buttons for Events, and MECANO – Alex Stevens’ impressive digital back office for the Dour Festival.
These acquisitions have allowed BeatSwitch...
EventServ named as Scotland’s Best Event Services Supplier
UK: EventServ – the UK and Ireland’s leading event infrastructure support supplier – has been named as Scotland’s Best Event Services Supplier for the second year running.
The company also took home the prestigious Event...
Airstar shines a bright light at European summer music festivals
FRANCE: As the festival season recently drew to a close, Airstar has announced that it lit up well over half a million festivalgoers this year. Summer has historically been a busy season for Airstar...
Continental Drifts launches new website
UK: Continental Drifts - the idiosyncratic multi-faceted event company - has launched a splendid new website. Comprising a small team of industry specialists, CD's work spans across event management, experiential brand activation, artist booking...
AIF and The Musicians’ Union announce details of ‘Fair Play for Festivals’ agreement
UK: The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) and the Musicians’ Union (MU) have announced details of an agreement that will mutually benefit emerging artists who are represented by the MU and the AIF’s 55...
Robe BMFLs light up Dance Afrique in Dubai
UAE: The 2015 Dance Afrique Festival, staged at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, was a celebration of African music headlined by international Senegalese superstar Akon. The line-up also featured Congolese musician Awilo Logombia and singer...
HARMAN delivers impactful sound to Rock In Rio
BRAZIL: In a demonstration of its unique ability to provide tour sound professionals with the most comprehensive array of complete system solutions, HARMAN Professional Solutions supplied leading tour sound provider, Gabisom Audio Equipment, with...
Meyer Sound LEOPARD delivers at Openlucht Film Festival
NETHERLANDS: The 23rd Openlucht (Open Air) Film Festival in Apeldoorn presented seven nights of blockbuster movies with 3.1 cinema sound provided by a Meyer Sound LEOPARD linear sound reinforcement system. Recently acquired by Aukes...
