Sixty UK festivals have now announced a postponement, cancellation or complete closure in 2024.
The latest update from the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) makes depressing reading. Music Week reported ...
More than 50 UK festivals have now been postponed, cancelled or shut down in 2024.
Events that have been withdrawn from the festival calendar this year include familiar and longstanding ...
Agents and promoters have spoken about the UK’s summer of live music, including a mixed picture for festivals and a growing trend for artists to play their own curated outdoor ...
John Rostron has been appointed as the new CEO of the Association of Independent Festivals.
The appointment was announced today during AIF’s 2022 AGM, with Rostron officially beginning his ...
Paul Reed will step down as CEO of the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) in November, after nine years at the trade body.
Reed served as general manager and then ...
After the huge disruption caused by Covid to the UK festival sector, 2022 has seen a full summer season of events for fans.
But while the pandemic is no ...
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has appointed Notting Hill Carnival CEO Matthew Phillip as its new chair.
Philip is currently the CEO of Carnival Village Trust, a carnival development ...
103 UK festivals have committed to the Association of Independent Festivals’ (AIF) Safer Spaces At Festivals campaign.
The campaign is aimed at tackling sexual violence at festivals and has ...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his spring statement, which has left the live sector largely disappointed.
The principal concern is the VAT rate, which was cut from 20% to ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the end of Covid restrictions as part of a plan for living with the pandemic.
Over the last two years, Covid-19 has had a ...
