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How a festival-turned-subculture struggles with scarcity The Huffington Post Share    
On a recent afternoon, organizers of Burning Man, the arts festival that pops up in the Nevada desert for a week each summer, sent a message to members of their community. "For all the frustration, anxiety, stress and heartache we've caused, please accept another humble apology," it read. "Burning Man is a participatory and collaborative event, and many collaborations are perilously close to falling apart." More
Olympics to strain UK Internet infrastructure USA Today Share
As Usain Bolt races down the Olympic track, will London's Internet infrastructure be able to keep up? Let's hope so. Experts say the network should be able to cope — but they warned of sluggishness during peak times and said an unexpected surge could easily push the system over the edge. British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt has predicted that the 2012 Olympics will be the "Twitter Games," and those responsible for London's network of fiber-optic cables, phone masts and Wi-Fi hotspots are bracing for a data deluge as the events get under way. More YouTube and Dell are doing live stream webcasts of Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Spacelab Share
If you're not going to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza or Austin City Limits this year, you'll still have a good chance to catch them on a live stream webcast brought to us by YouTube and Dell. They'll feature a combination of live stream and archived webcast videos for all four of the music festivals through dedicated YouTube channels, creating the ability to watch YouTube music videos dedicated to each of the music festivals. More
Playground Weekender: 'We can't offer refunds right now' Summer Festival Guide Share
As the disaster struck, Playground Weekender festival's promoter tells Your Daily SPA, "I wish we had been covered for natural disaster." The New South Wales boutique event was cancelled 36 hours before it was due to start as flooding concerns prompted the State Emergency Service to instruct promoters that the event was not viable. Initially promising refunds and putting on alternative shows at the last minute, news since then has been sparse. More Fond du Lac Festivals seeks new leader Fond du Lac Reporter Share
Longtime Fond du Lac, Wis., Festivals Executive Director Mary Ann Dilling will be leaving to become the director of events and hospitality services with the Experimental Aviation Association in Oshkosh, Wis. Dilling has served as executive director for 11 festival seasons and has built the Walleye Weekend free family festival into one of the largest events in Wisconsin and the Taste of Fond du Lac into a culinary showcase. More
Watertown, Mass., resident and Life is good Festival producer named 1 of 66 most innovative in field The Boston Globe Share
Watertown resident and Life is good employee James Macdonald has been selected by the events trade magazine BizBash Media as one of its 66 most innovative people in the events industry. Macdonald oversees the 18-year-old apparel company's Life is good Festival, which began in 2010 as a fundraising event for the Life is good Kids Foundation. More Festival chiefs say Clipsal must move Adelaide Now Share
Outgoing Adelaide Festival Director Paul Grabowsky and successor David Sefton have called for the Clipsal 500 to be moved. Grabowsky and Sefton said the date should not clash with Adelaide, Austalia's, March arts calendar. Grabowsky also said Hajek Plaza should be revamped, following its huge success as the site for the festival's late-night Barrio club. Noise from the Clipsal car race, which interrupted the festival's opening concert by Ennio Morricone, highlighted the clash of cultures. "I do think that these events need to be kept out of each others' way," Grabowsky said. More
Blarney Stone owner bans St. Patrick's Day parade from Irish village square Irish Central Share
The world famous village in Ireland that is home to the Blarney Stone has been forced to move its St Patrick's Day parade — by the local squire. Blarney Castle owner Sir Charles Colthurst has caused outrage after refusing permission for the annual festival to take place in the village square. Colthurst, who owns the square through aristocratic inheritance according to the Irish Independent, has shocked locals with his decision. More Balancing budgets: Oktoberfest, city to meet on parade fees La Crosse Tribune Share
There's been a loss of gemütlichkeit surrounding one of the world's largest celebrations of German heritage. Representatives of Oktoberfest and the city of La Crosse, Wis., will attempt to restore some of that sense of good cheer as they hammer out a way to pay for the cost of several popular parades that the festival has threatened to cancel in response to the city's proposed bill. More
DC cherry trees to bloom early The Washington Post Share
Robert DeFeo pondered the recent weather and the forecast for the upcoming weeks in Washington D.C. He had breakfast with the tree crews, which changed his mind a little. He examined other trees and plants around the Mall. And then he stood up in his blue denim shirt and cherry blossom tie and announced that Washington's Centennial Cherry Blossom Bloom would begin early, around March 22, and peak between March 24 and 31. More |
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