Market research firm Mintel’s analysis of the music concerts and festivals sector in 2010.
Author Archives: Live Music Exchange
Adding up the UK music industry for 2010 – Will Page/Chris Carey (PRS for Music) (2011)
Adding up the UK music industry for 2009 – Will Page/Chris Carey (PRS for Music) (2010)
Destination Music: The contribution of music festivals and major concerts to tourism in the UK – Adam Blake/UK Music (2011)
Report into the impact of folk festivals on cultural tourism – Morris Hargreaves MacIntyre (2003)
A Story As Old As Time – guest post by Horace Trubridge, Assistant General Secretary, Musicians’ Union
In the first of our guest blog posts, Horace Trubridge, Assistant General Secretary of the Musicians’ Union, writes about the up-coming London 2012 Olympics and finds that, as usual, musicians are getting a raw deal. If you have had a similar experience or would like to join the debate, please do leave a comment underneath the post. A Story as …
The fall-out from the Sonisphere festival cancellation continues . . . – Emma Webster
Following on from last week’s post about the demise of Sonisphere, a couple of new points have arisen:- 1) As posited by John Muir in response to my post last week, it seems that the reason for the cancellation of Sonisphere was as a result of poor ticket sales, claimed by The Independent to be because rock and metal fans …
Sonisphere 2012: why festivals get cancelled – Emma Webster
In the light of yesterday’s announcement that Kilimanjaro Live’s Sonisphere festival has been cancelled, today’s blog examines some of the factors that have caused the cancellation of festivals over the past few years. Sonisphere is not the only ‘big’ festival to cancel in 2012, of course – The Big Chill’s organisers, Festival Republic, announced in January that 2012 would be …
Get into live music – or not . . . – Emma Webster
Licensing to kill? – Adam Behr
More bad weather for the Edinburgh live music ecology, with chilly conditions across Scotland, and for other activities. The situation for local live music is already problematic given Edinburgh’s disappearing venue situation. Now, changes in the law to come into effect, appropriately enough, on April Fools’ Day threaten to put more tacks in the road for artists and enthusiast promoters …