The storm of the Coronavirus has affected a wide range of industries, including music festivals and the artists who were set to perform at them. Due to global lockdown measures, public gatherings have been banned in a number of different countries. This has forced music venues and festival sites to close their doors and cancel […]
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In our second podcast, Chris is joined by friends and music lovers Ash and Graeme to review the European Festival Awards 2020, the annual celebration of the continent’s most esteemed festivals and the organisers behind them. What do you think about this year’s winners? Please leave me a comment below, share and subscribe to the […]
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Welcome to our debut video blog from Festival-Insider.com Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Chris Taylor. Please watch, like, leave a comment, subscribe and/or share this video. I’d love to hear your thoughts! Remember, Festival Insider, which aims to become the internet’s top resource for festival travel and tourism, will only succeed with your help. If you would […]
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“Shall we get VIP festival tickets?” A question most frequently asked by your mate whose parents still pay their rent and the lucky ones with too much disposable income. But for those of us without money to burn the real question is – are VIP festival tickets worth the extra dosh? VIP tickets and their […]
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Welcome to the first-ever Festival Insider podcast! Your number one source of information for international festival travel and tourism. In our first episode, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Chris Taylor explains what Festival Insider is all about. Chris is joined by his lifelong friend and festival buddy Mark, who explains where their love of festivals began. Remember, […]
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Attention music lovers. Mainland Europe has an array of world-class festivals for party-goers, catering for hardcore dance and techno crews right through to Pop and Indie lovers. With so many to choose from, we’ve pulled together our pick of the best European music festivals to attend in 2020 for you to get excited about. Snowbombing […]
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As the leaves fall and the winter chill begins to bite, the sunny warmth of festival season seems like a long time ago. But there are plenty of things festival fans and intrepid explorers can do over winter to keep their outdoor arm-thrusting impulses at bay until next summer.
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A new UK festival, Dockyard Festival, at Hoglands Park, Southampton, has been revealed by the organisers of this year’s South Central Festival and the line up teased via Facebook Messenger. Dockyard’s announcement, which South Central mailing list subscribers received via email this evening, encourages fans to guess the headliners for the new Hampshire-based (we think) […]
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Recycling pee, solar-powering stages and constructions made of bamboo are just some of the eco-friendly innovations happening at some of Europe’s music festivals this year.
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If you want a lesson in how NOT to run a successful music festival then you are in luck – both Netflix and Hulu have released documentaries about the much-maligned festival failure that was Fyre Festival. The 2017 luxury festival promised so much but ultimately failed to deliver on all its promises: scantily-clad bikini babes, […]
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