Parklife Festival has allocated £155,000 to support community projects in areas surrounding Heaton Park – the festival’s Manchester home. The funding is delivered through the Parklife Community Fund ...

Belgium’s minister for economic affairs has instructed the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) to investigate Live Nation’s takeover of the Pukkelpop festival. Pukkelpop, a four-day festival ...

Some of the UK’s biggest artists, consumer groups and associations representing every corner of the live music industry have called on Sir Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to protect fans from online ...

An initiative launched by Skiddle in partnership with the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) to provide support for UK independent festival organisers is being hailed as a success. The ...

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has hired former ATG Entertainment boss Mark Cornell as its president and chief executive officer. Cornell, who spent seven years as CEO of ATG Entertainment, ...

INCA Productions creative director Charlotte Clark provides her codes of practice for the successful delivery of experiences for the ‘hyper-discerning’. A bottle of whisky, a car, a desert. Except ...

AEG owned ticketer AXS has made two new appointments in the form of Peter Quinlan as managing director and Hannah Rouch as vice president of marketing, both of Europe.

Kendal Calling has been expanded steadily from a 900 to 35,000-capacity event since it was founded in 2006, with every edition having sold out. On the back of the 20th anniversary festival, its ...

Bristol is set to become a pioneer in the provision of renewable energy to festivals and other major public events next summer. West of England Mayoral Combined Authority and Bristol City Council have ...

Sam Fender has donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venue Trust (MVT) to support grassroots music venues across the UK.