All posts belonging to the Festivals tag can be found in the list below.
Digital rights advocacy group Fight For the Future has launched a campaign that calls on Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation to ban facial recognition at its concert venues and festivals....
Tags: Concerts, Facial Recognition, Festivals, Fight For Future, Live Nation, Technology, TicketmasterUK festivals are increasingly setting aside ticketing revenue to subsidise soaring insurance premiums caused by climate change, according to Association of Independent Festivals chief Paul Reed. Ac...
Tags: AIF, Climate Change, Festivals, insuranceEvent management and registration platform Events.com has teamed up with Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival to provide ticketing to the three-day event in San Diego. The musical line-up features...
Tags: Events, Events.com, Festivals, WonderfrontSuspected email scammers have been offering to send out festival ticket-buyer data to professionals in the live events industry for hundreds of US dollars. According to IQ Mag, data of attendees at...
Tags: Data, Email Scam, Festivals, Oya, TramlinesWoodstock 50 has been cancelled after months of logistical and financial setbacks. The originally scheduled three-day event – which initially boasted a line-up of Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus – was du...
Tags: Cancelled, Festivals, Woodstock 50Boomtown Fair has been given permission to sell 10,000 extra tickets for its 2020 event, which increases its capacity to 76,999. The Hampshire festival was granted the capacity increase by the Winc...
Tags: Boomtown Fair, Capacity, FestivalsStrawberry Fields organisers have called on other festivals to introduce tickets for low-income fans stating, “it’s not really a huge sacrifice.” The Australian festival, which is in its thir...
Tags: Festivals, Low Income, pricing, Strawberry FieldsOrganisers of Pugfest have said they will refund fans and have issued an apology an after cancelling two events in Scotland just months after a Manchester date was also scrapped. A “change in ci...
Tags: Cancellation, Festivals, Pugfest, Pugs, Refunds, ScotlandAEG Presents has strengthened its new European festival division with the recruitment of Laura Davidson as head of artists bookings. Davidson, who was previously a promoter based in the AEG/Goldenv...
Tags: AEG, AEG Presents, Festivals, ManagementThe Netherlands’ Justice Minister has called for a cut in the number of music festivals in a bid to reduce hard drug use in the country. Ferdinand Grapperhaus, in an interview with the De Telegra...
Tags: Drug Usage, Festivals, Netherlands, Security, VVEM
