Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Since the financial and banking crisis started in 2008 most business sectors have seen huge levels of decline. Banks have nearly gone bust, the housing market has collapsed and you can’t even get Pick n Mix at Woolworths anymore. High Taxes, non-existent pay rises and record breaking inflation have meant that the majority of people [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012
THE team behind Oxfordshire’s best-loved festival of new music, have announced that despite having previously gone into administration, the event has been saved. Brothers Robin and Joe Bennett, who set up and ran the event at Hill farm, in their home village of Steventon, near Abingdon, have this morning announced that the event will go [...]
Thursday, January 5, 2012
WeGotTickets is expanding their festival offering in 2012 with the launch of their custom-built festival ticketing site, WeGotFestivals. WeGotFestivals will offer customers easy access to WeGotTickets’ 200 plus music and non-music festivals, many of which might otherwise go undiscovered. Already on the site are Field Day, Bearded Theory, Electric Elephant, Meadowlands, Wychwood, All Tomorrow’s Parties [...]
Monday, December 5, 2011
The event organisers behind Oxfordshire’s Harvest Festival has left debts of £1m in its wake, affecting a string of people from big businesses to individuals. The number of people owed money after event organiser Big Wheel Promotions collapsed came to light a few days ago. What was described as a “lovely event” – backed by [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The great and the good of the UK Festival industry were out in force tonight at London’s Roundhouse to celebrate the eighth annual UK Festival Awards, which followed the Festival Conference, which took place during the day. Hosted by The Cuban Brothers, the event saw 16 trophies handed out throughout the evening, which featured exclusive [...]
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
On paper, many people would think that a metal and hard rock music festival on the grounds of a famous English country house shouldn’t work. Yet Knebworth House, site of legendary gigs by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, is once again building a reputation as an iconic rock venue since the launch of Sonisphere in [...]
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
‘VIPee’ charity auction gives punters the chance to bid for festival tickets and win their very own luxury portable loo for the weekend. Festival accreditation & access control company ID&C are sponsoring the award winning* LeeFest’s unique competition to win festival tickets and… the world’s most glamorous portaloo. The annual music festival in South-East London [...]
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Almost 30% of visitors to the Wychwood festival purchased their tickets at last year’s event, according to the show’s co-founder Sam Shrouder. The festival, which for several years running has been nominated as the UK’s most family friendly, attracts a total audience of 7,500. Speaking to Event Industry News (EIN) about these figures, Sam said, [...]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Dancing Horses, 40 tonnes of sand and two performance stages would present a challenge for most event organisers. But when the event happens to be on one of London’s busiest shopping and commuter streets and you only have eight hours to set it up, things can get complicated. This is the exact situation faced by [...]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
A FAMILY festival in Wootton had to close early after six people were arrested. The Walk in the Park festival, organised by Wootton and East Hunsbury Parish Council, at Wootton Community Centre in Curtlee Hill, Wootton, Northampton, was held on Friday and Saturday, but had to close 30 minutes early on the last night after [...]
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The inaugural Northern Lights Music Festival, which was due to be held in Aberdeen, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The organisers have had to cancel the event just four weeks before it was due to take place. The announcement was made using the festival official facebook and twitter pages. The event was [...]
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
UK production company LarMac LIVE (LML) continued an exceptionally busy summer providing full technical production and event management services for two major festivals the same weekend – Rockness in Inverness, on the shores of Scotland’s most famous Loch, and the new LED Festival at Victoria Park, London. Simultaneously, the design division of LarMac LIVE created [...]
Friday, June 17, 2011
The inaugural FOMFest was a testament to what can be achieved when contractors, organisers and acts pull together, according to festival owner Sam Gardner. The festival took place at Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire and featured Manchester bands like The Charlatans and Bad Lieutenant, the band of former New Order front man Bernard Sumner. Inclement weather, [...]
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Festivals organisers in Altrincham and Stretford fear for the events future after being refused thousands of pounds in community grants. Committees for the Altrincham Festival and the Stretford Pageant were told there was no money available when they requested grants from the council to pay for road closures. But just a fortnight ago, both [...]
Thursday, June 2, 2011
A new initiative to help make gigs more affordable to Tesco customers this summer has been set up by event and concert production company, Liz Hobbs Group Ltd. Tesco is now selling cut-price tickets for 23 open-air music concerts at a number of Jockey Club Racecourses across the UK*, through its Tesco Entertainment website. The [...]
Friday, May 27, 2011
An open-air cinema, planned as part of Glasgow’s West End Festival, has been cancelled after council officials refused to grant a licence to serve alcohol. The cinema, which was due to be constructed in the city’s Kelvingrove Park, had planned to screen movies including Dirty Dancing and Mamma Mia over a four-night period. As the [...]
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The organiser of the cancelled Bay Festival on the Isle of Man has broken his silence regarding the speculation surrounding ticket refunds. Speaking to Isle of Man radio station 3FM, Jonathon Irving said that the refund policy was clearly stated on the festival website and they are putting in to place means to deal with [...]
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is still been unable to establish personal contact with the organisers of the cancelled Bay Festival according to its chairman Bill Henderson. The festival, which was due to be held for the third year running in Douglas on the Isle of Man, was cancelled due to poor ticket sales [...]
Friday, May 20, 2011
Local broadcaster Isle of Wight Radio is reporting that the local Police have objected to a licensing application submitted by organisers of a microlight festival. The event, due to be held on 10th-12th June at Sandown Airport, has submitted a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) to the local council for the provision of alcohol and entertainment. [...]
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Following an application made last month by the organisers, the Isle of Wight festival has been granted permission to increase it’s capacity by 20,000. This means the festival can now legally hold 90,000 people on site. The increase was granted following a meeting of local councillors, despite the objections of one representative, Conservative member Geoff [...]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Kent’s Hop Farm festival has announced that US superstar Prince will headline the Sunday night of this year’s event. The performer’s last UK appearances were his sell out O2 shows in 2007. Hop Farm will be his only UK appearance this year. Organisers of the event have worked hard to secure a top name headliner [...]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Bridgwater police have pulled the plug on a local eco-music festival this weekend, citing “real concerns” of a surge in crime. The Eartheart festival had been due to run from Friday until Monday at Hatch Hill Coppice in Ashcott, until Sedgemoor District Council rejected a temporary event notice application after an intervention from Bridgwater officers. [...]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
It has been announced today that the festival which was due to be held in June has been cancelled. The organisers of this year’s Manx Telecom Bay Festival have said ticket holders can apply for a refund. A spokesperson for the festival said: “We are extremely sorry for disappointing those who have loyally supported the [...]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The organisers of Secret Garden Party and Mama Festivals have joined forces to launch Wilderness, a new festival of music, food, learning, literature and rejuvenation, which they claim will “redefine the festival experience” for 2011. Located in Oxfordshire’s Cornbury Estate on August 12-14, Wilderness Festival promises performances, fireside banquets and theatrical spectaculars set amongst the [...]
Friday, March 25, 2011
An application under the Isle of Wight Act has already been made by organiser Solo and there is an April 12 deadline for a Licensing Act application for an extra 20,000 people. That would push the number of people attending June’s Seaclose Park event, to be headlined by Foo Fighters, Kasabian and Kings of Leon, [...]
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Glastonbury organisers have laid down the law to U2 and banned the stars from bringing their giant screens and spectacular stage props to the festival this summer. Bono and the band will enjoy one of their finest hours when they headline the world’s biggest festival in June. But the stars won’t be able to use [...]
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