Helsinki’s University of the Arts to host art installations at Flow Festival
FINLAND: Finland’s Flow Festival will collaborate with The University of the Arts Helsinki to create a series of art installations around the festival site.
The disused power station the festival calls home will be...
Firehouse Productions gives iHeartRadio Country Festival A-list treatment with Harman and Crown
USA: For the second year in a row, Firehouse Productions provided sound reinforcement for the iHeartRadio Country Festival, held at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. And just like last year, Firehouse used...
Hard Rock Rocks to debut in Edinburgh this July
UK: Hard Rock Cafe has announced its first-ever music festival in Scotland. Hard Rock Rocks Edinburgh will be a three-day music festival in the Scottish capital, taking place at the iconic St. Andrew Square...
Craft beer festival North Hop announces music line-up
UK: An abundance of top Scottish musical talent, including NME magazine’s artist to watch in 2015, is set to perform at the Inverness incarnation of North Hop this summer, as the craft beer festival...
Open’er Festival announces Fashion Stage line-up
POLAND: Open'er Festival has announced the nine designers that will form the roster for this year's Fashion Stage. The bill - formed in association with Glamour magazine and Showroom - comprises students, fashion TV...
Festival sector protests potential application of business rates to event sites
UK: On June 16, UK Music - the campaigning and lobbying group for the live and recorded music industries - published 'Wish You Were Here', a report elucidating the economic impact of 'music tourism'...
UK Music releases report on festivals’ economic impact
UK: UK Music - a campaigning and lobbying group for the recorded and live music industries - had published Wish You Were Here 2015 – an economic study that reveals the vast contribution of...
Capital, MLA and Wild Life establish new festival site
UK: Although the weekend of June 6 - 7 wasn't the first time Capital Sound has deployed almost 200 Martin Audio MLA elements simultaneously on major festival duty, it was unique in that one...
First wave of acts announced for Simple Things Festival
UK: Simple Things Festival will return to Bristol on October 24 for its fourth instalment. The multi-venue, one-day festival has announced the first wave of acts for the event.
This year's standalone opening party...
EGX Rezzed to return in April 2016
UK: EGX Rezzed will return to London's Tobacco Dock on the April 7 - 9 2016. The event organisers have announced that 2015's event saw 12,000 visitors enjoying over 150 playable games, developer sessions...