Afrobeats festival Afro Nation has announced it is debuting in Lagos, Nigeria, later this year. The festival returned to Ghana last year for the first time since 2019 and has confirmed an additional African edition will take place in Nigeria in 2023, with the date and venue still to be revealed. The news was announced […]
Read MoreFinland’s Fullsteam Agency has appointed Ville Koivisto festival director of Provinssi, effective 1 September. In addition, the Fullsteam and Provinssi ranks will be strengthened by partnership manager Tuomas Kallio from 4 September. Koivisto started selling tickets for Provinssi as a volunteer in 2009, before being appointed production manager in 2017. Awarded event producer of the […]
Read MoreSuperstruct has bought majority stakes in London-based festivals Mighty Hoopla and Cross the Tracks, as well as Austria’s Snowbombing. IQ understands the controlling stakes were bought from various companies owned by Gareth Cooper (founder and former CEO of Broadwick Live). Financial details have not been disclosed. The deal marks the second time the two companies […]
Read MoreThe UK’s Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has revealed its events are on course to attract a total audience of 3.3 million in 2023. The trade body represents the interests of 105 UK music festivals, ranging from 500 to 80,000 capacity, including the likes of GreenBelt, El Dorado, Deershed, Valley Fest, End of The Road, […]
Read MoreTyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival will be returning to Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium (cap. 56,000) on 11 and 12 November. The LA-based festival has been on hiatus since 2020, due to the pandemic and the increase of festivals that followed, along with the rapper’s busy touring schedule. The 2019 lineup included performances from […]
Read MoreSea Dance will leave Montenegro after the country’s ministry for tourism said it intends to withdraw the funds the festival has been receiving since its inception. Launched in 2014 by the team behind Serbia’s flagship Exit festival, Sea Dance (cap. 40,000) has so far brought over €60 million to the Montenegrin tourism economy. Now, the […]
Read MoreA new touring hip-hop festival spearheaded by TEG MJR is coming to Australia and New Zealand this year. Light It Up will hit arenas in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Auckland in early September. American rapper Wiz Khalifa tops the lineup for the event, delivering his first headline shows in Australia since 2015. Rae […]
Read MoreChina’s live music business is set for explosive growth in 2023, even as the market grapples with a myriad of prevailing challenges. Following extensive pandemic restrictions, the business is now seeing a major uptick in ticket sales, new events and fan demand. In a recent report, the China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) predicted that […]
Read MoreBillie Eilish, Lenny Kravitz, H.E.R. and Jon Batiste are among the artists set to perform at Global Citizen’s upcoming event in Paris. The event, dubbed Power Our Planet: Live in Paris, will stream live from Paris’ Champ de Mars on 22 June in a bid to raise awareness about world poverty and climate change. The […]
Read MoreA new festival in Puerto Rico curated by rapper Eladio Carrión and co-promoted by Move Concerts and Noah Assad Presents drew sellout crowds to its debut editions. The Sauce Boyz Fest was the first music festival to be staged on the Caribbean island since the Covid pandemic began in 2020. The first event took place […]
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