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Dutch dance festival Mysteryland will take a creative break in 2026, with a return planned for 2027 with a new concept. The 2025 event drew over 100,000 attendees from 81 countries, says the festival, ...

Sustainability Not for profit A Greener Future (formerly A Greener Festival) have released release insight into festival carbon footprints. Key findings revealed audience travel contributed on average ...

The days of festival debauchery are…well, still here. But today, music fans want more than warm cider and ankle deep mud from their festivals. Running clubs, holistic and wellness areas and a range of ...

Festival Insights and the UK Festival Awards are proud to release the UK Festival Market Report 2017, an in-depth examination of consumer demographics, preferences and behaviour based on research ...

John Drury is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. His research focus is crowds and collective behaviour. He has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, most of ...

Pop star CMAT, UK rave duo Underworld and singer-songwriter Sombr have been added to next year’s Øya Festival. The new announcements join the The Cure, Amyl & The Sniffers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ...

Rhythm + Waves is set to make its debut in 2026 on 27-28 June in the south Portugal region of Algarve. Taking place over two days and across three stages, the first edition of Rhythm + Waves will ...

UK: SpaSeekers has conducted research into the sleeping and cleaning habits of UK festival attendees. The study claims to demonstrate which festivals’ attendees shower the least, brush their teeth the ...

A new music festival is heading to Stockport. Launching in 2026 with a specific date to be confirmed, Sidelines will “celebrate the town’s creative spirit and reimagining its spaces through ...

After closing doors on its “record breaking edition” from 22-25 October 2025, Amsterdam Dance Event has announced it will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026 from 21 – 25, October. The conference, ...

We speak with Chris Johnson, Shambala Festival co-founder, to learn more about the ethos of the festival and why it's becoming vital for festivals to use their platform for change. It’s been 25 years ...