dbn Lighting illuminates Hull Freedom Festival

UK: Manchester-based dbn Lighting recently designed and supplied lighting equipment to two innovative site-specific shows in Hull, created by outdoor arts and performance specialists Walk The Plank in their role as artistic directors of...

giffgaff announces ‘Happenings’ at Community Festival 2015

UK: giffgaff, the award-winning mobile network, has teamed up with Live Nation and Festival Republic to bring a series of ‘Happenings’ to Community Festival 2015. There’s less than a week to go until Community...


ticketscript joins forces with X Music Festival

UK: ticketscript, Europe’s leading self-ticketing provider, has announced its partnership with X Music Festival to bring exciting and unforgettable events to hundreds of thousands of students around the UK. Owned and run by Aran and...

Gottwood to co-host Refugee Crisis fundraiser

UK: Gottwood Festival is teaming up with Freerotation and Field Maneuvres Festival for a special one-off Refugee Crisis fundraising event on Saturday November 14 at the Bussey building in Peckham. Nicolas Lutz, Archie Hamilton, Tony...

The Lincoln Center Festival in New York flies with RCF TT+ Series

USA: The Philharmonia Orchestra of New York, along with the Concert Chorale of New York and several soloists, performed at the Lincoln Center Festival in Manhattan’s world-class venue Avery Fisher Hall this year. The...

Sónar and Sónar+D travel to Latin America

SOUTH AMERICA: From November 24 - December 7, Sónar will take place in four Latin American capitals: São Paulo (November 24 - 28), Buenos Aires (November 28, 29 and December 3), Santiago de Chile...

Festival cruise Shipsomnia sells out

SINGAPORE / THE SEA: Tickets to the world’s most talked about music and arts festival-cruise vacation, Shipsomnia, have sold out – five months after it launched its early bird tickets for its maiden voyage....

Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline Roskilde Festival

DENMARK: The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been confirmed as the first headliner for Roskilde Festival 2016, twenty years after their first performance at the Danish festival. Having formed in 1983, the band released...

33 new artists added to WOMADelaide line-up

AUSTRALIA: WOMADedlaide has confirmed 33 additional artists for its 2016 edition. Boosting the already impressive line-up are the likes of Mercury Prize nominated Asian Dub Foundation, French-Cuban twin sisters Ibeyi, acclaimed Tex-Mex indie favorites...

BPM Festival partners with Tixr and Orbitz; reveals first line-up phase

MEXICO: Playa del Carmen's BPM Festival has revealed both its partnerships with Tixr and Orbitz, and the first names for its 2016 edition, taking place January 8 - 17 along Mexico’s colourful Yucatán Peninsula. Serving...