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REGULARS
6 Bigger Picture
End of the Road Festival founder Simon Taffe on the secret to the success of the 15,000-capacity independent event that turned 20 in September.
8 Global Snapshot
An overview of landmark live entertainment industry developments worldwide.
54 In The Spotlight
Y Not Festival director Kevin Moore charts his career path and outlines who and what has inspired and influenced him along the way.
FEATURES
18 Behind Boomtown’ s radical redesign
Boomtown MD Toby Gwazdacz-Wollaston discusses the decisions, operational challenges and partnerships involved in the‘ radical redesign’ of this year’ s event.
24 Elevating the experience
With recent years having seen huge growth in demand for premium experiences, we explore the providers, concepts and consumer behaviours changing the face of festivals.
30 Notting Hill at 60
On the back of the event’ s 60th anniversary edition, Notting Hill Carnival CEO Matthew Phillip outlines what changes in funding and responsibilities meant for the organisation of the event.
36 Sziget’ s next stage
We examine the changes and challenges at Hungary’ s newly independent Sziget Festival alongside production manager Tibor Horváth and the trusted team at Dutch Barriers Services.
42 AAA Leaders’ Summit
The full agenda and speakers involved in the second edition of the Access All Areas Leaders’ Summit.
44 Dave Withey on 50 years at Arena
Arena Group UK and Europe sales and marketing director Dave Withey looks back on a remarkable career at the company.
49 Gotobeat ' s festival future
Having been hired by Gotobeat to head its new festival division, Mike Lightford outlines the plan to build festivals around underserved audiences.
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