Penn Fest, ND Festival and Meadowfest are among the latest festivals to be called off, bringing the total of UK festival cancellations this year to 34, accordin...
Festival production company The Fair has launched a campaign celebrating the value of festivals, in a bid to gather support for independent events.
The move ...
Shindig Festival, a 10,000-capacity independent Somerset-based event has become the 28th UK festival to announce its postponement, cancellation, or closure in 2...
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) said more than 100 of the UK's live outdoor events could disappear in 2024 without intervention from the governme...
Music business representative body UK Music has called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to dramatically reduce the VAT rate on ticket sales in the forthcoming Budget t...
This year has already seen the cancelation of six UK festivals, following the closure of 36 in 2023, a figure the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) is ...
Independent festival Barn On The Farm (cap. 2,500) will not take place this summer, with organisers postponing the event until 2025.
Organisers said the deci...
Festival Congress will return to Bristol’s Beacon on 1 February 2024, organisers the Association of Independent Festival has announced.
More than 60 festivals ...
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has launched a new equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) policy and action plan, with the aim of improving repr...
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has set up an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for independent festivals.
The APPG will be chaired by Gil...