Two major Scottish festivals announce partnership deal
Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) and Celtic Connections have unveiled a multi‑year partnership spanning 2025–2027,…
Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) and Celtic Connections have unveiled a multi‑year partnership spanning 2025–2027,…
A lack of consistency in how local authorities engage with live events organisers is a significant barrier to organisers trying to…
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has appointed drink brand strategist JOHNA PENMAN as its new marketing director. Penman will l…
Petworth Festival has appointed two “outstanding” musicians to be co-artistic directors as STEWART COLLINS steps down from program…
Research conducted by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society suggests audiences, artists, the arts industry and visiting media will…
A remodelled festival will “keep helping people connect through the darkest parts of the year” two years after the demise of Scotl…
DAVID PORTER will step back from the role of director at the Hull Jazz Festival at the end of this year, as the festival finds a n…
The final iteration of a North of England light festival drew more than 120,000 visitors last week. Public art producer Artichoke�…
The departing artistic director of Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) has expressed frustration at the lack of political w…
The London Film Festival (LFF) at the British Film Institute (BFI) has reached “record-breaking” audience numbers of more than…
The performers’ union Equity held a meeting yesterday (22 October) for performers and creatives affected by Manchester Pride’s…
The founder and director of Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Dr DONALD SMITH, is to retire at the end of 2025 after h…
Next month’s Lumiere will be the last to light up the streets of Durham, public art producer Artichoke has revealed. Despite welco…
An organisation that counts BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Book Festival among its members is to join forces with a body de…
Projects ranging from transforming a Working Men’s Club into a contemporary electronic music venue to an Anglo-Saxon festive gat…
Activating London’s Royal Docks is a huge challenge but, as Kate Anderson explains, it provides a unique opportunity to establis…
Annual summer opera festival, Garsington Opera, has named classical music programmer BEN WESTON its latest executive director. Wes…
An artistic director in post for some 24 years is to retire in 2026, calling his near quarter of a century at the helm of the Here…
A year of cultural activities held in Leeds throughout 2023 has been commended for its “unprecedented scale”, reaching people…
Ahead of Inside Out Dorset 2025, a biennial festival of free international outdoor arts, its co-artistic director Bill Gee reflect…
A drama festival meant to be marking its 40th year in existence has been forced to cancel, thanks to a water leak at its home venu…
Playwrights Peter Oswald and Sara Shaarawi are among those to accuse the Home Office of failing to facilitate international artist…
A not-for-profit festival aiming to serve as a blueprint for how the music sector could operate more efficiently has been announce…
CHRIS MCCREERY will take the helm at Belfast International Arts Festival as its new artistic director and chief executive, succeed…