How many times do you check your inbox every day? I personally lose count, and although I may spend more time on Facebook, most of that is spent sifting through holiday snaps, fake news and cat videos. Email is a more personal and direct form of interaction, and so it’s not surprising that studies show... 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 →
As event organisers you don't need us to preach about the cultural contribution made by live music every day across the UK. Just this week I saw The Moonlandingz at The Bullingdon in Oxford, and it was totally unforgettable. But how do we quantify the value of this? And what of live music's economic contribution?... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I sat on a panel at The Cellar in Oxford to share my wide-ranging, extensive, and not-at-all-made-up-on-the-spot wisdom about promoting and marketing independent music events to a room full of budding promoters and musicians. On a panel of six that day, two were women. And here's the thing anyone that goes... Continue Reading →
