First held with a single stage in 2004 by founder Alex Trenchard and expanding to a two day festival in 2006, the festival was postponed in 2023 and due to make a return in 2026. According to the BBC ...

After weeks of deliberating, the judges have cast their votes, and we are thrilled to present the UK Festival Awards 2025 Shortlist. We’d like to thank our judging panel, who have read all of the ...

Open’er Festival returns to Gdynia’s Baltic coast from 1–4 July 2026. The festival has announced its first wave of acts with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Calvin Harris and The xx joining The Cure as ...

Fluisteraars are the final act to join Fortress Festival‘s 2026 line-up. The Dutch atmospheric black metal duo will perform a UK exclusive show at Scarborough Spa from 30-31 May 2026. Fluisteraars ...

Environmental charity onboard:earth has launched a Green Travel Toolkit for Events in Wales which aims at educate event organisers in measuring and reducing their carbon footprint. onboard:earth’ says ...

From Beach Bar to Festivals, Growing Tunes in the Sand. Becoming a festival owner wasn’t exactly Tommy Job’s destiny, but his dad, Bob’s acquisition of a beach bar near home on Cornwall back in the ...

John Drury is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. His research focus is crowds and collective behaviour. He has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, most of ...

Just over 25 years ago, the Danish festival Roskilde suffered a tragedy that would be unimaginable if it didn’t happen in real-time. Pearl Jam took to the stage. The crowd surged, people became ...

Glasgow's celebration of folk and roots music and culture, Celtic Connections, has announced the first acts for its 33rd edition.

Ginger Owl Productions, which offers pro services for live events in accreditation, artist liaison, event management and more, is toasting 12 months of GOAllAreas, a software service for live events.

Serious Stages’ first major festival of the ’23 summer season began with a sold-out Download Festival at Donington Park Circuit, providing the stages and site structures. Accommodating the multi-ton ...

Despite recent cancellations, a report derived from the responses of UK Festival Awards voters and compiled by CGA Strategy, suggests that the festival industry is set to thrive, with a third of ...