Festival Republic is planning an outdoor concert at Liverpool’s Sefton Park (cap. 7,500) on 2 May that will be attended by 5,000 people who will not be required...
AEG Europe chief operating officer John Langford (pictured) said the events industry has won the backing of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) i...
Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn has warmly welcomed the news that the Government has ordered 200 million coronavirus rapid response tests, costi...
Around 70 leading figures from across the events industry, including Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn (pictured) and London Marathon event director Hugh Brasher...
Melvin Benn managing director of Festival Republic today, 8 September, told a Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee that something should be done to ...
Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, has warned that festivals could close and thousands of jobs could be lost if events cannot run at full capa...
The drug testing scheme set to launch at UK festivals this year, led by Reading and Leeds Festival organiser Melvin Benn, is currently waiting on the Home Offic...
The festival industry has reacted to the lack of announcement on festivals and business rates as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review yesterday.
The...
Festival Republic, the Knowledge Transfer Network and Julie’s Bicycle are trialling a campsite waste project at Reading Festival 2015.
The project will test ...
Reading was my first ever festival and 2015 will be my 27th year there. At the attendance of my Silver Anniversary, I was treated with champagne, cakes and a pa...