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Bonnaroo: More than just a music festival
Nashville.com
The Bonnaroo Works Fund the charitable arm of the world-renowned Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, announced recipients of the organization's annual grants. Twenty local and state nonprofits received grants totaling $139,250 to continue their good works. In addition to the grants made, Bonnaroo officials have tallied this year's fundraising totals and report that community organizations earned more than $230,000 in commissions while assisting with festival concession booths this year.
International events award adds feather to Rotorua's cap
Business.scoop
Rotorua, New Zealand's reputation for hosting world-class events has been recognized on a global scale with the city receiving an International Festivals and Events Association World Festival and Event City Award, which is sponsored internationally by Visa. The award was announced at the Association's Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.
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Festival fatigue under Traverse City microscope
The Ticker
Traverse City, Mich., commissioners will debate a delicate tipping point when they consider a possible tightening of guidelines for events and festivals on the city's waterfront. The commission will conduct a study session to review the city's events and park use policy after a crowded festival season provoked complaints from local residents.
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FTS and Visa team on cashless solution for community-wide events
Market Wired via MarketWatch
Festival Transaction Services, Inc. based in Seattle, has teamed with Visa, a leader in global payments technology, to launch a cashless financial services solution for fairs, festivals and other community-wide events. The new service will use prepaid Cards-as-Tickets for entry and for making purchases at the events. The service cuts ticketing costs, reduces cash handling risks and offers event organizers new opportunities for revenue and sponsorship.
City of Ottawa receives 2013 IFEA World Festival and Event City recognition
Ottawa Start
The International Festivals and Events Association awarded the City of Ottawa the prestigious recognition as a 2013 IFEA World Festival and Event City during its 58th Annual IFEA Convention and Expo in Pittsburgh.
Edinburgh festival budgets ringfenced from cutbacks
The Scotsman
Council leaders in Edinburgh have vowed to protect their funding of the city's money-spinning festivals, despite having to make £36 million budget cuts over the next few months. Councillors said the festivals were being prioritized because of their importance to the city's economy and that cutbacks would have been a "slap in the face" after a record-breaking summer in the capital.
Pasquale Rotella: 'Dance music is unfairly targeted'
Your EDM
In Rolling Stone, Steve Baltin published an article after speaking with Insomniac Founder and CEO Pasquale Rotella. Surrounding the recent spike of negative publicity towards dance music events, Rotella describes his philosophical approach to festival safety. Loosely working with the concept of "risk", the article begins with legitimate realities we all face as producers and consumers, and finishes on a relevant upswing when discussion turns to the upcoming Nocturnal Wonderland Event.
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Are music festivals unfairly targeted for drugs?
Tone Deaf
Following the high-profile deaths linked to drug overdoses at major dance music events at home and abroad, an international festival promoter and an Australian youth support group have both spoken out saying that music festivals are unfairly targeted as simply drug-taking events. Music festivals have come under scrutiny following the death of a 23-year-old man who swallowed "three pills", according to Police reports, at West Sydney's Defqon.1 "hardcore" dance festival, where 14 more were hospitalized and 84 arrested on drugs charges.
City faces funding shortfall, as Calgary continues to party
FFWD
Special events like festivals, parades, runs and community parties in Calgary have become so popular the city says it can barely afford to subsidize them — but it still wants to. A report made to city council on Sept. 16 says the number of Calgary festivals and events rose 12 percent between 2011 and 2012. The city provided financial support to 195 of them — triple the number of events subsidized three years ago.
Syracuse police may bring security cameras to Clinton Square
The Post-Standard
That polka you dance at the Syracuse Polish Festival might soon be recorded on the cops' version of "Candid Camera." City police will apply for a $50,000 state grant to put surveillance cameras in Clinton Square to enhance their ability to monitor special events for criminal activity. The city council authorized the grant application.
'Are We Safe Yet'
by Jason Hensel - IFEA's "ie" Magazine
Dr. Ben Goss always carries a sacky-pack into events. He hates to carry things in his pockets, and it comes in handy when he picks up one or two souvenir items. The pack is a small bag with a drawstring and is smaller than most women’s purses.
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