Kuala Lumpur is set to hold a music and blockchain festival in September, with Malaysian music acts announced to perform. Blockfest will feature live music plus content from those within the blockchain industry including Kyoto Protocol, Gerhana Ska Cinta, Naratu and Carthreena. The tech festival is set to be held at the Sentul Depot in …
Vivid Seats data reveals festival trend changes
Fans are willing to travel further to attend music festivals in the US to see their favourite acts, according to data from online ticketing marketplace Vivid Seats. The data has revealed that the average distance a fan travelled between 2021 and 2022 was 433 miles. This year, Vivid Seats claimed that festival attendees will travel …
This Is Tomorrow cancelled due to ‘oversaturated market’ and ‘ongoing economic crisis’
Organisers of Newcastle-based music festival This Is Tomorrow have said that they will not be going ahead with the event this year, and have cited the “oversaturated market” and an “ongoing economic crisis” as the reasons why. The three-day event was due to run from June 3-5 but will now take place in May next …
Radio 2 Live heads to Leeds
After being held in London for a number of years, Radio 2 Live is heading to the north of England, with its September festival taking place in Leeds. The BBC radio station’s festival will be held on September 17-18 in Leeds’ Temple Newsan Park with over 20 artists performing across two stages. Alongside the main stage …
Festival fans fight for Glastonbury standard tickets
Glastonbury Festival fans once again battled it out in the ticket resale yesterday (Sunday), this time for standard admission tickets, with tickets selling out in just over 20 minutes. The resale offered festival fans the opportunity to purchase tickets that had been cancelled by previous owners, but like many other years, organisers did not reveal …
Spain’s teenagers to receive €400 voucher to boost cultural sector
Spain’s teenagers will be given a €400 (£334/$440) voucher to be used as an incentive to help rebuild the country’s cultural sector. Those that turn 18 in 2022 will be given a Youth Cultural Voucher, with a maximum €200 of the bonus to be spent on live events such as festivals and music concerts, and …
Glastonbury packages sell out in 18 minutes
Glastonbury fans scrambled to purchase cancelled or leftover ticket and coach travel packages for the 2022 festival, with all tickets selling out within 18 minutes. It was the first chance to buy tickets for UK flagship festival Glastonbury in over two years, with most tickets held by those that had purchased admission for the 2020 …
New organisation aims to tackle violence against women and girls at events
Safer Spaces, a volunteer-led, community interest organisation, has been launched to tackle sexual violence, harassment and abuse at music festivals and events. The organisation was created by two sisters, Anna MacGregor and Madeleine North, in 2021 as a result of their own personal and professional experiences. Safer Spaces will aim to tackle violence and abuse …
Tomorrowland festival sells out 600,000 tickets
Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival has sold 600,000 passes for its 2022 festival. The event has been cancelled for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the sell-out demonstrating Europe’s pent-up demand for live music festivals. Belgium’s flagship festival will return in-person for the first time since 2019 with three weekends in July in …
New Zealand events still facing effects of COVID-19 pandemic
New Zealand music festival Rhythm and Vines has been cancelled due to continuing uncertainty around COVID-19 in the country. Originally the festival had been moved from the New Year to Easter, but with restrictions still in place organisers said they would prefer to focus their attention on the 20th anniversary of the event. Hamish Pinkham, …