Team Love and AEG Presents reveal new Bristol festival 

[ad_1] Forwards, a new festival from live entertainment company AEG Presents and Bristol-based Team Love, a festival and events production company, is set to welcome over 60,000 people in September. The event is set to be the largest festival to ever take place in Bristol, and will happen on the Downs, the green space in …

New Zealand Government extends events insurance scheme 

[ad_1] New Zealand’s Events Transition Support Payment (ETSP) scheme will be extended until January 31, 2023 and will also be expanded to include business events. The scheme was originally introduced at the end of last year to help large events recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and run during the summer, but the arrival of the …

Green group reveals most environmentally friendly festivals

[ad_1] A Greener Festival (AGF), a not-for-profit company that assists events, festivals and venues in reducing their environmental impact, has revealed its selection of the greenest events and festivals from last year.  Events across Europe, the UK and the US were hailed for the environmental efforts.  Paradise City Festival, an electronic music festival in Perk, …

Coachella to drop NFTs including a lifetime access ‘key’

[ad_1] Coachella fans will be able to unlock lifetime passes, art prints, photo books, digital collectibles and more with the new Coachella Collectible NFTs (non-fungible tokens). The festival has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange FTX to embark on the new venture, building an “environmentally friendly marketplace” on the Solana blockchain. The NFTs are set to drop …

Live Nation given more time to provide Astroworld answers

[ad_1] Live entertainment company Live Nation has been granted more time to provide information for a congressional oversight committee in the US, which had asked for written answers relating to November’s Astroworld Festival tragedy. Last year, 10 people died during a crowd surge at Astroworld in Houston, Texas, while rappers Travis Scott and Drake performed …

NSW superspreader events lead to festival cancellation

[ad_1] New South Wales (NSW) Health has ordered the cancellation of a hip hop and electronic dance music festival today (Thursday) just two days before it was due to take place. Lunar Electric festival in Newcastle, New South Wales, has been forced to cancel under a Public Health Order, following a number of events leading …

Refunds for New Zealand festival over vaccine pass rules

[ad_1] Organisers of a New Zealand festival have had to refund around 500 early-bird ticket holders who are unwilling to show a Covid-19 vaccine pass in order to gain entry to the event. Early-bird tickets had gone on sale in August for Womad Festival in New Plymouth, prior to details of New Zealand’s traffic light …

Revamped entry for festival due to Covid-19 regulations

[ad_1] New Zealand festival Rhythm and Alps, held just south of Wanaka, has had to revamp its entrance layout, as well as employ new technology, to accommodate Covid-19 safety checks and protocols. The festival takes place over three days from 29 December, and it is estimated that 10,000 people will attend. Festival director Alex Turnbull …