Melton Mowbray Town Estate has announced plans to launch 5,000-capacity festival Melton SKA Fest next year. SKA Fest 2025 is planned as a one-day festival of Ska, 2Tone and reggae on July 26, ...

Sunbelt Rentals UK & Ireland has acquired the JLL Group, including JL Lighting Limited, JL Live Limited and Digiset Limited. Founded in 2009, the JLL Group is a UK-based production and equipment ...

Cloud-based ticketing provider SECUTIX is launching a system to defend against ticket-scalping cyber bots. Its new software, SECUTIX Bot-Protect Pack, is specially designed for the ticketing sector – ...

Live Nation Entertainment (LNE) has added to its bourgeoning artist management interests with the acquisition of a controlling stake in Los Angeles-based influencer and talent management company ...

Festival industry veteran and Event Industry Forum chair Steve Heap – whose vast contribution to the sector includes him being the Association of Festival Organisers general secretary for the best ...

Representatives from Mad Cool Festival, Roskilde Festival, Primavera Sound, Black Lives in Music, FKP Scorpio, Paleo Festival, Yourope and Lowlands Festival are among more than 70 speakers announced ...

The Sundown Festival, which takes place at Norfolk Showground in Norwich, has been cancelled for 2025. The event, which has featured acts including Jess Glynne, Olly Murs and Chase & Status, was ...

Having taken a brief hiatus in 2024, organisers of the 110 Above Festival have announced that the independently run event ...

Organisers of the independently run Black Deer Festival have announced that the event will not take place next year due to rising production costs and general economic conditions, but plans are being ...

Live Nation-owned promoter Cuffe and Taylor is not only planning to launch the new 35,000-capacity Blackweir Live show series in Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields next year but also Chelmsford City Live (cap ...

Music Venue Trust (MVT) has joined forces with Save Our Scene to launch the Liveline Fund; created to support the grassroots music sector via donations from major event ticket levies and contributions ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced the government will provide a £13.5 million boost to Merseyside’s live music sector and support creative firms in the West Midlands working on live ...