Everyone knows the comedy industry descends on Edinburgh every August for The Fringe, but did you know that November's Nottingham Comedy Festival now features over 80 shows in just over a week? Ahead of this year's festival we caught up with Helen Stead, the fesitval Director, to find out more about the upcoming event and... Continue Reading →
Not so long ago we headed down to Brighton to give a talk for CMU:DIY at the Great Escape and pass on our five top tips for ticketing and then selling your event. For those of you who weren’t able to make the festival (or just couldn’t drag yourselves away from all the bands), here’s... Continue Reading →
When legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins was interviewed by Mojo last year he spoke of jazz's lack of mainstream success. "I'm glad it's not popular" he declared, saying that a world of "ignorance, killing, hatred, bombing" doesn't deserve jazz - "jazz has nothing to do with this world. Jazz is bigger than the Earth". It's a... Continue Reading →
Guest post - written by Oxjam Marketing Executive, Henry Wilkinson... It’s the middle of September and you’d be forgiven for thinking that festival season is grinding to an exhausted close. It started for us back in May at Common People, quickly followed by another great Field Day (Flamingods and Julia Jacklin were our highlights, if... Continue Reading →
As we gear up for another series of Musicians Against Homelessness gigs this September, we talk to one of the bands supporting the campaign - and a true legend; Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks... Last year marked the 40th anniversary of Buzzcocks, and you celebrated with a world tour. Can you pick out a highlight or two... Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year that people refer to as ‘festival season’, but with so many festivals on offer all year round, there’s a case to be made that every season is festival season. We’re spoilt for choice in the UK, with city festivals, seaside festivals, all-dayers, multi-venue, multi-genre, family friendly and family unfriendly events... Continue Reading →
We'll let you guys worry about who deserves to top the album of the year lists, or whether England have any chance at the World Cup, because the only trophy we care about is the ticketing industry’s Outstanding Customer Service Award. And, if you’d been at the recent Society of Box Office Managers (SOBOM) Awards,... Continue Reading →
Bored of reading all those tiresome end of year lists picking out the best songs and albums? Yeah, what a friggin' yawn fest they are. But this, dear reader, is where it gets exciting. Right here, right now, you can find out what happened at your favourite independent ticket agency during 2016... Style on point... Continue Reading →
Earlier today this dedicated scribe watched two and a half hours of Parliament TV as the Culture, Media and Sport Committee held an evidence gathering session interviewing the major players in the secondary ticketing market, and other experts. Narcos or Orange is the New Black it was not. So, what did I learn, apart from... Continue Reading →
Each October the Oxjam Music Festival takes over towns and cities the length and breadth of the country with a series of one-day multi-venue festivals, known as Takeovers. The teams of volunteers that put on these events begin work on them months in advance, dedicating much time and considerable effort to this great celebration of... Continue Reading →
