On the eve of signing its 50th festival to its charter, Powerful Thinking’s Chris Johnson makes a call to the festival industry for further change.
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In her monthly blog, exclusive to Access All Areas, Attitude is Everything founder and CEO Suzanne Bull MBE (left) says businesses and policymakers need to foll...
Predicting rough seas ahead but nevertheless confident on the UK event industry's ability to weather the storm, Dave Crump, Creative Technology's (CT) CEO, Euro...
Want proof that festivals are more than music in a muddy field? Look no further than the rise of the jazz festival.
Jay Z. Kendrick Lamar. Kanye West. Beyoncé.
You’d be forgiven for not immediately thinking ‘jazz’ when faced with the above names. But each has played a huge role in the rise of jazz festivals around the UK, Europe and the USA.
From Jay and Bey’s collaboration on The Great Gatsby soundtrack in 2013 to Lamar’s use of scat with more traditional rap themes on 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly, jazz has never been more entwined in modern mainstream music....
With just eight days until the Rio Olympics and just over a month until the Paralympics, event profs from all over the world are gearing up for a very busy six ...
Eventbrite’s new general manager for the UK & Ireland talks wearable tech, the future of Facebook and the industry’s move to online.
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Massive Attack provided the perfect start to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time 2016, fitting Eurochild into a stellar set for the first time since 1993, ...
Nicola Macdonald speaks to temporary structures professionals about their most challenging and large-scale builds.
The phrase ‘temporary structure’ doesn’t q...