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UK's independent festivals contribute £1B to economy in 4 years
MusicBusiness
Independent festivals contributed an estimated £1bn to the U.K. economy over the four-year period between 2010 and 2014.
According to research by the Association of independent Festivals (AIF), the London based organization that represents 50 of the U.K.'s independent music festivals, over 635,000 music fans attended AIF member events in 2014, which ranged from 1,500 capacity Barn on the Farm to 75,000 capacity Isle of Wight Festival.
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Tradition goes on as Laconia, New Hampshire, welcomes exiled pumpkin festival
Concord Monitor
After 24 years in Cheshire County, the exiled Keene Pumpkin Festival will go on this year in Laconia, New Hampshire.
The anniversary event Oct. 24 will be called "New Hampshire's 25th Annual Pumpkin Festival," dropping the reference in its moniker to the city that declined to relicense it this month.
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Will ban on beer in the streets during festivals hurt sponsors and businesses?
RiverheadLOCAL
A move by the town to restrict the consumption of alcohol at street fairs and festivals has some downtown merchants seeing red — and the organizations that sponsor the events or sell alcohol at them worried about losing significant revenue. The town board, at the urging of the Riverhead Community Awareness Program, is considering new rules for alcohol sales and consumption at street fairs and festivals that would ban alcohol sales outside of a designated area and prohibit people from walking around the festivals carrying cups containing alcoholic beverages.
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Live Nation's Bonnaroo acquisition further consolidates festival business
Forbes
Live Nation Entertainment's acquisition of a controlling interest in Bonnaroo is the latest deal in a buying spree by the Beverly Hills, California, events giant designed to capitalize on a shift in recent years toward music festivals and away from stadium concerts.
Bonnaroo founders talk impact of Live Nation deal, including more events at 'The Farm'
Billboard
In yet another aggressive move into the North American festival space, Live Nation has acquired a controlling interest in the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, as well as an interest in the 750-acre site it sits on known as The Farm, for an undisclosed amount. Founded by Superfly and AC Entertainment (and significantly financed in the beginning by Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw), Bonnaroo was, until the morning of April 28, the largest independent music festival in the U.S., and the Live Nation acquisition of the fest follows similarly structured deals with Lollapalooza/ACL producer C3 Presents, and Electric Daisy Carnival producer Insomniac.
The music festival business: Who owns what
The New York Times
Consolidation in the concert business has resulted in many of the biggest outdoor festivals coming under the control of just a handful of companies. Here is a sampling of some of those events and the promoters that own them, either in full or in partnerships.
Chamber has no plans to move festivals for streetcar
WVXU-FM
As the Cincinnati Chamber prepares for this year's Taste of Cincinnati, vice president Pat Sheeran says it's not looking to move the food festival to accommodate the streetcar. Recently, Mayor John Cranley said the streetcar, when operational, would not supersede downtown events like Taste and Oktoberfest.
Festival organizers respond to damage claim
U-T San Diego
Organizers of a two-day electronic music festival that left a new county park in San Diego with nearly $65,000 in damage say they do not dispute any of the repairs requested and plan to return the property to its original condition. The CRSSD Fest was held on March 14 and 15 in the nearly year-old Waterfront Park next to the County Administration Center.
Have we finally hit 'peak festival'?
The Telegraph
Festival-going in Britain has peaked. That, at least, is the conclusion to which some leapt after several long-established names dropped off this year's calendar. In 2015 there will be no Sonisphere, no Global Gathering, no Oxegen. Wakestock, RockNess and Wildwood will also be absent.
Behind the scenes/ When is marathon not a marathon?
The Japan News
More than 20,000 participants ran in the first Yokohama Marathon on March 15, only to find out later that they had not competed in a marathon at all.
Earlier this month, the organizers of the Yokohama Marathon declared the full marathon and the 10-kilometer course cannot be approved as officially recognized courses as the actual distances were short.
People generation brings largest lanterns festival to US
PR Newswire
The 2015 Magical Winter Lights, founded and produced by People Generation Global Communications, will debut in Houston this winter from Nov. 20, 2015 to Jan. 10, 2016 at the Sam Houston Race Park. The 52-day festival will become one of the largest holiday lighting events in Houston, and the largest lantern festival of its kind to ever take place in the U.S.
People Generation's partner, China Zigong Lantern Festival & Trade Company, one of the top lantern companies in Zigong that is also known as the "Lantern Town in the South Kingdom," will architect more than 100 lantern sets at the 2015 Magical Winter Lights festival.
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