Whether it’s food and beverages or non-food most music festivals have limited vendor pitch space and are often oversubscribed. For vendors that successfully secure a pitch space at their selected event most organisers will impose fairly strict rules and terms. What do vendors need to be aware of when preparing for their attendance at a music festival?

Every festival-goer is used to complying with organisers who prohibit a variety of items from being brought onto a festvial site. This is for a variety of reasons including safety, security. legal and commercial. Are these lists of banned items getting more and more comprehensive now and, in the future?

The headliners and line-up announcement for a music festival can be a key factor in the ticket purchase decision. Organisers prefer to keep the identity of line-ups secret until they are ready to make an official announcement. Many media channels often claim to have obtained leaked information on possible headliners, but all may not be as it seems.

Recent technical developments have meant that festival-goers now have an expectation that every music festival will have an App for their event. For organisers this means additional planning and investment and may be a subject they have little expertise in. What are the considerations required when building a great App for a music festival. 

PRS (Performing Right Society) For Music recently launched a useful guide for performing artists to help them make applications for music festival appearances. How does this guidance work and what impact will it have on artists trying to get booked onto a music festival line-up in 2025.

Changes in music tastes and consumption channels continually evolve over time. It is essential that anyone involved in the curation process for music festivals keeps up to date with how different genres are trending. Booking relevant and popular artists a year in advance of a festival can be challenging, what is the current status of genre popularity?

The provision of high value VIP packages for festival-goers has always been an essential part of the festival offering to ticket buyers. These VIP packages do present a dichotomy for organisers who are trying to balance what they offer against their sustainability credentials; how can they get the balance right without impacting on either?

Investors and entrepreneurs keen to create a new music festival will want a return on their investment as quickly as possible. Festivals are generally regarded as high-risk investments but how long realistically does it take to make a new event financially viable and what are the key factors that influence this journey.