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NETHERLANDS: At the sold-out STRAF_WERK Festival, four Meyer Sound systems helped transform Amsterdam’s Sportpark Riekerhaven into a playground for electronic music fans. Led by a LYON linear sound reinforcement system, the systems were provided...

USA: Eventbrite, the world’s largest self-service ticketing platform, has announced it has started offering an RFID (Radio-frequency identification) solution, designed to help large, multi-day festivals and events streamline entry-management operations, create and enhance revenue...

PORTUGAL / SPAIN: The Iberian Festival Awards has announced that the application process for its debut edition is now open. All festivals, companies, brands, promoters, concessions or other entities eligible for entry into one...

SPAIN: From this year forward, those behind Primavera Sound’s professional meeting, PrimaveraPro, will actively participate in the organisation of master's degrees and other postgraduate courses across several Spanish universities, all dedicated to training and...

UK: Bristol-based lighting and visual specialists Fineline continued their busy summer / autumn event season by supplying lighting, LED screens and rigging to Boomerang Hickstead, a brand new two-day music event staged at the...

ITALY: Movement Torino Music Festival has announced the line-up for its tenth edition, set to elevate several locations into contemporary electronic music venues from October 24 - November 1. The world famous techno gathering promises...

NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world's biggest club festival and business hub for electronic music, will take place this week, from 14 - 18 October. ADE is preparing for its 20th anniversary edition...

BRAZIL: Rowan Hoban and Sarah Bird, Directors of Wild Rumpus – who produce immersive, outdoor large scale family arts events in natural landscapes – set up Just So Festival in 2009 to create a...

CANADA: More than 35,000 people descended upon the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto recently to experience OVO (October’s Very Own) Fest. Eighth Day Sound, headquartered in Highland Heights, Ohio, was on hand to deploy...

UK: Liverpool-based sound, lighting and AV supplier Adlib is celebrating a highly successful summer of festivals. Here’s a roundup of a few of the highlights from this season: Creamfields Lighting The company has been involved with various...