Adelaide Fringe 2023 has announced a record-breaking year with one million tickets sold. It is also the first festival in Australia to sell one million tickets. Organisers announced that the festival hit the one million ticket mark at 10:01pm on the final night of the event, and that a total of 1,000,916 tickets were sold. …
Creative businesses in Belgium to benefit from additional EU financing options
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is providing investment fund ST’ART with access to the InvestEU guarantee facility. This means that ST’ART will be able to launch new products and offer up to €24m (£21m/$25m) worth of financing to cultural and creative businesses in Wallonia and Brussels, in Belgium, over the next three years. The aim …
Queensland selects arts projects for funding scheme
Queensland’s Government has announced more than $2m to develop and showcase new cultural works and create jobs as part of its long-term arts roadmap. Backed by the streamlined First Nations Commissioning Fund and Queensland Arts Showcase Program, the cash will support nine industry placements and six projects receiving funding for the commissioning of new live …
Europe is K-pop’s fastest growing market – report
Europe is K-pop’s fastest growing market, according to a new report. While countries in Asia and Oceania were still the predominant market for Korean pop culture content, otherwise known as ‘hallyu’, Europe has seen a 37% increase in K-pop fans compared to the year before. According to non-profit organisation Korea Foundation’s Global Hallyu report, which …
Eurovision grand final tickets sell out in 36 minutes
Tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 grand final sold out in just 36 minutes, with tickets for all shows also selling out an hour later. The tickets went on sale at midday for the nine live shows, which are set to take place at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena in May. Tickets for #Eurovision2023 have …
Cultural organisations go live with new Indigo Share: Subscription package
Indigo, a consultancy focused on the cultural sector, has announced that the first cultural organisations have gone live with the new Indigo Share: Subscription package. Indigo Share is a collective approach to audience insight and launched in January this year. The package continues efforts led by Indigo since March 2020, including the ‘After the Interval’ …
PickleJar introduces indie film-focused platform
Live entertainment and artist payments platform, PickleJar, has expanded its offering to include a platform that has been developed for independent film production companies and filmmakers to promote their films. PickleJar Flix will provide production companies the ability to create and manage their own independent film apps and suite of tools. These companies will be …
Berlinale boasts strong ticket sales following pandemic-impacted editions
Organisers of the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, have said that 267,000 tickets have been sold ahead of the final stages of the event. The total is up 70% on last year’s edition, which was still impacted by COVID-19 and sold 156,472 tickets for the entire festival. However, the 2023 …
Creative Scotland celebrates budget cut u-turn
Creative Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to reverse a cut to around 10% of its budget. The decision, taken as the Scottish Parliament considered the Scottish Government’s 2023/24 Budget, reverses the £6.6m reduction proposed in the Draft Budget, in December last year, and restores Creative Scotland’s Grant-in-Aid budget to £63m. Creative Scotland, which …
The Rose Theatre put up for sale for £3m
The Rose Theatre in Edinburgh, which is currently owned and operated by Danish ballet dancer and choreographer Peter Schaufuss, has been put up for sale with a price tag of £3m (€3.4m/$3.6m). The theatre has been used as a venue during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and has also hosted shows from entertainment production companies Golden …