Feb 3, 2025 · In the first of a series of insights into festival finances, Eventwise, the end-to-end event budgeting platform, takes a look at approaches to cash...

Festival Insights is an online B2B publication focussed on the international festival industry. Although the site is traditionally UK and Europe-centric, it has an increasingly international remit and provides in-depth coverage of festivals across the globe. Created by Festival Awards LTD – the founders of the prestigious UK and European Festival Awards – it comprises

Aug 27, 2024 · Following the AIF’s announcement at the start of the summer that over 40 festivals were cancelling their 2024 editions - almost unanimously citing rising costs and insufficient ticket sales - new data has emerged showing that 44% of festival-goers are attending fewer festivals in 2024. This study comes from PIRATE.COM, a global studio network serving

Dec 19, 2024 · After one of the most turbulent years for the independent festival sector – with some of the fastest sellouts for some shows but also a record number of cancellations – the first wave of sessions for the 2025 Festival Congress programme has now been revealed, including an extension of the event into a second day.

Jun 7, 2023 · As festival season approaches, organisers, partners and sponsors are looking for new ways to measure the success of the festivalgoer experience and its effect on ROI. Caroline McGuckian, CEO of Meshh, discusses the importance of looking at the bigger picture when it comes to event data, crowd dynamics, and offering value to festival partners.

Feb 20, 2025 · onboard:earth’s live event industry members celebrated raising £740,000 for environmental restoration and community renewable energy projects at the charity's annual gathering in Bristol on 4 Feb 2025.

6 days ago · Wasing Estate has announced the return of its highly anticipated Solstice at Wasing celebrations for 2025, now reimagined as a weekend festival hosted at a beautiful venue, The Woodland at Wasing. Taking place from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd June 2025, the festival celebrates the Rite of Summer and will feature performances by world-renowned artists

Aug 31, 2022 · During a busy summer that saw GMC Events involved in the production of shows such as Shambala, Arcadia, Somerset House sessions, Shindig and Bristol Pride, director Ryan Wilmott took time to reflect on the changes he sees as necessary to secure the future of festivals, he shared them with us:. There are few industries that haven’t taken a hit over the past few years; but with social ...

Nov 16, 2021 · Leading this surge are event-goers from the UK, with 31% of all international orders for 2022 coming from music fans in the UK.

May 2, 2023 · Festival Awards co-founder Steve Jenner has led festivals through several game-changing technological shifts over the years, from bringing the internet to Glastonbury in the late 1990s to seeding the integral online community of Download Festival in the 2000s and more recently making festivals like Boomtown fully cash-free …