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A year after Travis Scott's Astroworld disaster left 10 dead, are crowded concerts any safer?
USA Today
A year ago, death came to Astroworld.
It was Nov. 5, 2021, and an overflow crowd of 50,000 people descended on the Houston event run by rapper Travis Scott. Fences were overrun, security was overwhelmed. As Scott began his evening set, some crushed fans had already died. Shouted pleas to stop the show went unheard or ignored.
In all, 10 concertgoers lost their lives, succumbing to asphyxiation, while 25 were hospitalized and 300 others were treated for injuries at the site. Astroworld is no more, and Scott, along with concert promotor Live Nation, faces myriad lawsuits.
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Texas' Valero Alamo Bowl CEO looks to enhance game's prestige in coming years
IFEA
A ticker at the top of the Valero Alamo Bowl’s website counts down the days, minutes and seconds until 8 p.m. on Dec. 29, when two yet-to-be-named college football teams will face off at the Alamodome for the 30th year in a row. Derrick Fox — president and CEO of the San Antonio Bowl Association, the nonprofit behind the annual game — has been preparing for that hour all year.
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Balloon preparation underway for New York City's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Spectrum News
The balloons passed the test and are ready for the 96th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Macy's Balloonfest was held Saturday at MetLife Stadium, serving as the trial to test out the new balloons.
“Well, there is the magic in this parade. It’s the smiles on everyone’s face and the joy that it brings,” balloon handler Stephanie Senkevich said.
Senkevich has volunteered as a balloon handler for 12 years. She was part of the team of people testing them out Saturday.
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South Carolina's Spoleto Festival USA welcomes new leadership
Charleston City Paper
Spoleto Festival USA announced Nov. 2 four leadership team additions ahead of its 47th season: lead producer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer and chief marketing officer. America’s premier performing arts festival, Spoleto Festival USA, has filled Charleston’s historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces with performances every year since 1977.
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New non-profit aims to reduce fentanyl-related overdoses at US music festivals
NME
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 150 people in the US die from fentanyl-related overdoses every day.
This Must Be The Place, a non-profit that distributes free Naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, is working to reduce fentanyl-related deaths at music festivals. The organisation, which started earlier this year is built on the idea that drug treatment, not punishment and judgement, is the way forward.
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The best winter festivals in the US to see ice do magical things
TimeOut
This winter, it's time to chill. Celebrate frigid temperatures with frosty fun in the form of snow and ice. From castles formed from icicles to slides made of blocks of ice to sinuous sculptures handmade from snow, parks and city centers across the US are hosting the most epic snow and ice winter festivals in the US.
From mounds of powdery white snow typically used for skiing reshaped into snow sculptures at the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado to 4,100-pound clear blocks of ice hand carved and chiseled into awesome ice art at the World Ice Art Championship in Fairbanks, Alaska, check out the most spectacular ice and snow festivals in the US this year.
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It's Not Just England's Glastonbury — Festivals in 2023 Will Be Pricier Than Ever
Vice
Everyone who's ever been to a festival has probably been regaled with tales from old-timers about how good it used to be "back in the day". The sun was always shining, tickets were 30p and you could subsist exclusively off the nutrients provided by good vibes rather than a cold £16 gourmet hot dog. Some may have even felt themselves joining the good old days brigade after Glastonbury general admission tickets went on sale on Sunday at a near 20 percent increase from £280 to £335 – or £340, once you factor in booking fees.
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London, England edition of K-pop festival K.FLEX cancelled following Itaewon, South Korea tragedy
NME
The upcoming London edition of K-pop festival K.FLEX has been cancelled following the Itaewon tragedy in Seoul.
On the night of October 29, over 100,000 partygoers reportedly gathered at the popular nightlife district of Itaewon to attend the district’s annual Halloween festivities. According to Yonhap News Agency, a surge occurred in a narrow alleyway later that night, leaving many in the crowd unable to move or breathe.
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Australia's Vivid Sydney 2022 injects $119 million into NSW economy
NSW
This year’s Vivid Festival has injected $119 million into the NSW economy, with a record 2.58 million people attending the festival from NSW, interstate and around the world to view the largest lights festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
Vivid Sydney 2022 saw the largest opening weekend ever with 440,000 tourists coming to Sydney, while 2.1 million attendees had a sit-down or takeaway meal, providing a significant boost to local businesses.
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Australian Music Festivals Continue To Be Economic and Tourism Drivers
The Music Network
A study on events in the Northern Territory, and numerous entries in the South Australia tourism awards, have shown that music festivals continue to be economic and tourism drivers.
Figures from the NT Government showed that six events by the Northern Territory Major Events Company (NTMEC) collectively drew 135,441 patrons, with 55,530 confirming they travelled to the region specifically for the event.
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Will Australia's festivals survive a wet, chaotic, expensive summer?
The Guardian
When the Bendigo region was drenched by hundreds of millimteres of rain in mid-October that caused widespread flooding, the organisers of Almost Summer festival pulled the plug. It was decided it was too risky to continue with the event, which was scheduled for the end of November.
Almost Summer joins a string of festivals and live events on Australia’s east coast that have been forced to cancel or scale back due to bad weather, rising touring costs and COVID-19, including Strawberry Fields, This That, the Grass is Greener and Flow.
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I've lost nearly $1 million': How New Zealand'ss biggest music festivals survived COVID
Stuff
Two years of postponements and cancellations pushed them to the brink. Now promoters are looking ahead to a summer like no other.
This time last year, Gareth Popham was making three separate plans. In the first, Auckland’s borders would be open by Christmas and the promoter’s New Year’s music festival Northern Bass would go ahead as planned.
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Charities win big at 2022 Arizona State Fair, attendance tops 1.3M
Daily Independent
The Arizona State Fair ended its 2022 run Sunday, tallying 1,384,269 visitors who enjoyed food, games and rides while setting a record for charitable giving.
During the 23-day run of the 138th state fair, more than 220,000 plush toys were won playing games, and the food favorite continued to be turkey legs, topping 33,000 sold, according to a release.
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