The team behind the proposed Primary Authority for events say it will streamline local authority relations, enabling a single authority to provide consistent regulatory advice on compliance matters to ...

Scotland’s dominant live event promoter, DF Concerts has launched The DF Academy to provide young people with a pathway into then industry. The Live Nation-owned company, which promotes events ...

Ahead of the launch of a new programme focused on increasing the number of event producers from the South Asian community, Continental Drifts founder and director Mel Wilds (pictured) outlines how its ...

Boomtown has promoted Toby Gwazdacz to the newly created role of managing director, as the team prepares for an expanded edition of the event next year. Gwazdacz (pictured) joined Boomtown as ...

The Lambeth Country Show, produced by Brockwell Live in partnership with Lambeth Council, has been cancelled with the council having withdrawn its appeal against a High Court judgment on large scale ...

Seventeen live music industry organisations have signed an open letter to the UK Prime Minister calling for an urgent review of the Business Rates changes announced in the recent Budget. The impact of ...

Reggae Land, the UK’s largest reggae and Caribbean culture festival, organised by JBM Music, will introduce two new stages at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on 1 and 2 August 2026.

The O2 arena’s owner AEG Europe is to make a donation to Music Venue Trust (MVT) every time a new artist headlines the arena.

The LIVE Awards 2025 has released its full list of winners, recognising achievements across the live music sector over the past year. The ceremony was held at The Troxy in East London on 10 December.

Named Live Event of the Yeat (Europe) at the Access All Areas Awards, Altitude Festival has been taking comedians to new heights for the best part of two decades. We caught up with the festival’s CEO ...

The Barbican Centre, a live event, conference, and arts venue, will temporarily close for a year from June 2028 to June 2029 to accommodate for a £191m renewal that was approved yesterday (11 December ...

Luke Lloyd-Davies, formerly chief operating officer at Sir Elton John’s Rocket Entertainment Group, has been appointed chief growth officer, while Ed Hepworth (pictured right), whose previous roles ...