Hong Kong residents will have free access to some of the city’s leading museums and a number of cultural events on July 1. The move is part of the government’s efforts to mark the 26th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule. Free admission will be on offer to permanent exhibitions at the Science …
Australia Council for the Arts supports artists and tours in reaching new audiences
The Australia Council for the Arts, which is soon to be renamed Creative Australia, has invested A$2.8m (£1.5m/€1.8m/$1.9m) in supporting artists touring their works and performances across the country, bringing art to regional and remote communities. The funding will provide support to artists in developing their craft or performances, as well as engaging new audiences. …
Melbourne to welcome new festival with art and music focus
Melbourne is set to welcome a new city-wide festival during the winter months in Australia, with 17 days of art, technology and music. Now or Never will take over the Royal Exhibition Building and will feature performances from local artists and international headliners. The Royal Exhibition Building has been unveiled as one of the festival’s …
True Tickets launches phase two of rules-based ticket sharing feature
True Tickets, secure contactless digital ticketing service, has announced the release of the next version of its rules-based ticket sharing feature. The company launched the rules-based ticket sharing functionality last year. The feature enables event organisers to create and assign rules related to the sharing of digital tickets. The new version allows clients to set …
Nevill Holt Opera scales back 2023 programme due to poor ticket sales
Nevill Holt Opera has been forced to review its 2023 programme due to poor ticket sales. The arts festival, which is held at Nevill Holt Hall (pictured) in Leicestershire in the UK, revealed that its performances of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi will be cancelled. “Due to the extremely challenging circumstances facing …
Adelaide Fringe sells one million tickets in record-breaking year
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 …
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’ …
Broadway’s January 2023 closings in line with previous years
Broadway closings in January are part of the normal cycle, despite 12 productions closing their runs by the end of the month this year, according to a report from Broadway News. During the first week of January, five shows that had been open at the end of 2022 played their last performance. This then increased …
Tech Stack: Biometrics, virtual museum tours and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Touch and go Biometrics company Fingerprints and Flywallet, a biometric wearables technology start-up, are set to collaborate to develop and launch biometric wearable products for the European market. Flywallet has previously built a range of consumer products that support payments, mobility, access and …