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This week’s Insights includes an interview with Broadwick Live, plus stories from eps group, 10,000 hours, Sónar Barcelona, Energy Revolution, Mad Cool Festival and more.
As always, be sure to check out the bottom of the newsletter for an updated ETEP chart and articles from around The World Wide Web.
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In Conversation with Gareth Cooper of Broadwick Live
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Encompassing music, culture and travel under its umbrella, the Global-partnered Broadwick Live is a multifaceted mainstay of the festival circuit whose portfolio has dramatically increased in scope over the last year.
Its flagship festivals are favourites amongst UK and European crowds – having accrued a number of Festival Awards in their respective lifespans – and these too have undergone recent expansion with the launch of Snowbombing in Canada.
If there weren’t already enough strings to its bow, Broadwick is now co-managing The Printworks alongside London Warehouse Events. The two organisations have effectively capitalised on the industrial aesthetic of the former newspaper printing press, transforming it into one of the UK club scene’s most idiosyncratic and exciting propositions.
Insights spoke with Gareth Cooper, CEO and Founder of Broadwick Live, about the unique characteristics of The Printworks, the company’s recent acquisitions, approaches to fan retention and more.
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UK: eps, the global event service provider, is opening its first branch in the UK. With the new eps UK subsidiary, the business is expanding its offer as a worldwide service provider and partner in the events and construction sectors. |
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UK: After a history of partnering with Europe’s premier dance music brands to support and promote local causes, charity The 10,000 Hours Foundation has announced its first UK campaign in collaboration with We Are FSTVL. The collaborative project is set to establish a homeless kitchen during the week of the festival build, staffed by volunteers from the We Are FSTVL fan base. |
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SPAIN: Sónar Barcelona has completed its music programme with the inclusion of a six-hour set from historic duo Masters At Work. This DJ set further consolidates the renewed Sónar by Night philosophy to provide a space for prolonged sets that explore the history of dance music and electronica. |
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UK: Energy Revolution, the festival sustainability initiative, has been awarded charity status. The pioneering project turns fossil fuel festival ‘travel miles’ into 100% clean renewable energy. |
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UK: Mad Cool has revealed that all 45,000 tickets for its 2017 festival have sold out, just under three months before the event takes place. Headlined by Green Day, Foo Fighters and Kings Of Leon, the three-day festival will take place at Madrid’s Caja Magica tennis centre from July 6 – 8. |
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SPAIN: The International Music Summit, a three-day educational summit held annually in Ibiza, has announced a new wave of speakers for this year’s event. IMS, heralded as ‘the TED of music conferences’, has been responsible for industry-leading initiatives and in 2017 will continue to help set the agenda for global electronic music via its summits in Europe, North America and Asia. |
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UK: Kevin Thorborn has been promoted to Director of Mojo Barriers UK, following his role as UK Manager for the past 17 years. |
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UK: Ahead of its maiden voyage into the EU this June, the music and arts cruise Shipsomnia has announced details of its official launch party, which will take place on May 31 at the Earth Hall of London’s Natural History Museum. |
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