The Events Industry Forum (EIF) has announced that in the first ten years of its Purple Guide Grants Scheme it has supported 24 outdoor event projects with £318,000 of funding. EIF operates as a ...

AEG Europe is celebrating The O2 arena’s best-ever Q1 results, on the back of the venue having hosted 48 shows in the first three months of this year. The show count at the 20,000-capacity East London ...

Co-op Live (cap. 23,500) arena operator Oak View Group (OVG) said the Manchester venue kicked off this month with the strongest week for ticket sales since the venue opened in May last year. OVG said ...

Event management software provider Crescat has launched Crescat GO; a grassroots grant scheme in partnership with industry organisations Music Venue Trust (MVT) and Association of Independent ...

Cashless payment pioneer and event technology provider Weezevent has acquired UK-based ticketer Kaboodle and The Netherland’s Weeztix. Weezevent, which counts Tomorrowland (pictured) and Lollapalooza ...

Far And Beyond (FAB) has taken over as the operator of electronic music event the Forbidden Forrest Festival. The festival, promoted by Exurbia Events, will be held in the grounds of Belvoir Castle in ...

Only 8% of board members across the 15 live music industry organisations represented by LIVE (Live Music Industry Venues & Entertainment) are women from non-white ethnic backgrounds (aka a global ...

Electronic music event promoter AMAAD (A Man About A Dog) is preparing to launch a series of electronic music events at the 15,000-capacity Boston Manor Park in the London Borough of Hounslow this ...

The Irish government has announced it will provide the country’s grassroots venue operators with the opportunity to apply for grants of up to €15,000 towards the cost of programming live music events.

Studio One has been closed since October. On 27 March, it marked its reopening with a performance by Royal Ballet ...

The Power of Events (POE) has expanded its UK Schools Engagement Programme with the launch of a North West Hub, spanning Liverpool, Cheshire and Manchester. In a statement, the not-for-profit events ...

Per capita spend on live music hit $281.08 (£213) in the US last year, up 17% from 2023, according to research firm MusicWatch. The company has reported that consumer recorded music spending was up 10 ...