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COACHELLA 2025 STREAMING OFFERING ENHANCED BY YOUTUBE
YouTube shas announced it will provide an enhanced Coachella festival livestream experience featuring a multiview option enabling viewers to watch up to four live stages simultaneously on TV or via the YouTube app, as well as the option to watch with influencers.
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ACC INVESTS £2M IN PREMIUM OFFERING AT M&S BANK ARENA
The ACC Liverpool Group has invested £2 million in the premium offering at its M&S Bank Arena (cap. 11,000), and appointed MMA Design & Project Management and Kimpton to complete the works.
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EIF MARKS 10 YEARS OF PURPLE GUIDE GRANTS
The Events Industry Forum (EIF) has announced that in the first ten years of its Purple Guide Grants Scheme it has supported 24 outdoor event projects with £318,000 of funding.
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EVENT PRODUCTION AWARDS 2025 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Event Production Awards (EPAs) 2025 saw Rudi Enos (pictured left) officially crowned a legend, prior to 21 other winners being revealed.
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NEW PRODUCTION COMPANY SAGE & JESTER TO LAUNCH VAST IMMERSIVE SHOW STOREHOUSE
Sage & Jester, a newly launched arts production company, has announced it will debut with a large-scale immersive theatre show that will take over the 9,000 square metre Deptford Storehouse in London.
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SUPERSTRUCT’S UK ARM REPORTS 26% REVENUE JUMP AND PROFIT SLUMP
Superstruct Entertainment Ltd, the UK-arm of the global festival giant, has reported a 26% year-on-year rise in revenue.
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SHOWSTOP PROCEDURE CROWD SAFETY TRAINING EXPANDS TO THE UK
Showstop Procedure, a global crowd safety training and certification programme for venues and large-scale event organisers, will launch in the UK next month. 
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EUROPEAN UNITY FOR FESTIVALS
Organisers of some of Europe’s biggest festivals, including the chair of European festival association YOUROPE Christof Huber, discuss the many challenges facing the European festival industry and the moves being made to address them.
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AI AND THE FUTURE OF FESTIVALS
PMY Group Optic product manager Genevieve Etienne-Farrell envisions a future where data and AI transform festivals, not only making them safer and more profitable but also more immersive and engaging for fans.
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Lebanon beach bar gets FlexPoint treatment
Lebanon – Located at the Sawary Beach Resort in Lebanon, Île Beach Bar is an upscale cocktail bar and lounge that blends a relaxed beachfront ambiance with an energetic nightlife scene, a popular destination resort on the Batroun Coastal Road.
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R-H transforms Newcastle University facility
UK – Newcastle University’s Stephenson Building is a multi-use facility designed to support engineering and science disciplines. With its sprawling multi-level atrium, the building offers an open and dynamic space for presentations, collaborative learning, and events. However, this architectural marvel came with an audio challenge – ensuring 100% intelligibility across its expansive, reverberant environment.
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L-Series adds to new chapter at Reims venue
France – Since 2005 La Cartonnerie has served as a vital cultural cornerstone of Reims’ contemporary music scene. Now, with an upgrade to an L-Acoustics eco-friendly L Series system with inherent cardioid technology, the venue which hosts up to 120 concerts annually has written a new chapter in its musical journey.
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DiGiCo desks in the mix in Luna Park
Argentina – Two of Argentina’s most respected artists, Abel Pintos and Luciano Pereyra, joined forces for an epic series of concerts, with an extra four dates added due to huge demand. Staged in Luna Park Stadium, Buenos Aires, the concerts were performed ‘in the round’ and at their core were two DiGiCo consoles – a Quantum 338 at front of house and a DiGiCo SD10 at the monitor position.
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Brit Row backs Great Ormond Street charity
UK – Love GOSH, the annual fundraising event developed by Great Ormand Street Hospital charity, GOSH, has raised over £3.2m over the course of three appeals and is currently working towards a state-of-the-art Children’s Cancer Centre. At the heart of its vital donation activities are philanthropic events which help the world-renowned children’s healthcare facility to gather supporters through live entertainment.
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Dakota Theater upgrades to Elation LED
Netherlands – Dakota Theater, one of The Hague’s eight cultural anchors and a vibrant artistic hub of the Dutch city, has taken a significant step into the future with the installation of a cutting-edge LED lighting system by Elation. The upgrade marks a major improvement in functionality, creative flexibility, and energy efficiency, providing enhanced creative possibilities for designers and a richer visual experience for audiences.
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Robert Juliat Arthur followspots debut in Brazil
Brazil – Located in Penha, Santa Caterina, Beto Carrero World is the largest theme park in South America. Amongst its many attractions is the big, bright and colourful Madagascar Circus Show, a musical extravaganza themed on the third in the children’s film series Madagascar, in which the characters dance and perform circus stunts.
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