The Irish government has announced it will provide the country’s grassroots venue operators with the opportunity to apply for grants of up to €15,000 towards the cost of programming live music events.

Per capita spend on live music hit $281.08 (£213) last year, up 17% from 2023, according to research firm MusicWatch. The company has reported that consumer recorded music spending was up 10%, ...

The Power of Events (POE) has expanded its UK Schools Engagement Programme with the launch of a North West Hub, spanning Liverpool, Cheshire and Manchester. In a statement, the not-for-profit events ...

Festival Republic’s multi-venue Brighton festival The Great Escape (TGE) has announced an additional 175 new acts on this year’s line-up. Due to take place on 14-17 May with more than 700 shows across ...

Nordic Wristbands, which recently partnered with industry veterans Graham Brown and Andy Winmill to handle its UK distribution, has added recycled ocean plastic wristbands to its range. The company ...

Legends/ASM Global has promoted James Harrison to programming VP UK & Europe. Harrison, who has 16 years of experience working across venue operators including LW Theatres, ATG and Live Nation, joined ...

BRITs Week organisers the BPI and AEG Presents have announced that the run of 11 shows raised £650,000 for War Child. The show series, which took place across the UK in February and March, saw all ...

The UK’s largest independent heavy metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air (cap. 20,000) has taken the unprecedented step of enabling attendees to pre-book particular camping spaces. The Derbyshire event, ...

Two years on from the launch of Project 30, its founder Craig Mathie (pictured centre) and new business director Paul Ashurst (left) reflect on the production company’s expansion while working across ...

Oak View Group (OVG) owned Co-op Live (cap. 23,500) arena has announced a partnership with OVO that will see the energy provider’s customers presented with benefits including event pre-sale ticketing ...

Music Leaders Network, the professional development programme for women in the music industry is open for applications for its September cohort.