SUMMER | COVER FEATURE celebration of his record label Creation ; which was home to acts such as Oasis , Primal Scream , Ride and The Jesus & Mary Chain .
Another greenfield festival debut that failed to see the light of day was Dominion . A three-day , 5,000-capacity , heavy metal and hard rock event , Dominion was called off due to only 5 % of tickets having been sold with just weeks to go . As any festival promoter will admit , launching a new event is never easy , but despite the challenges there is no shortage of debuts being delivered this year .
Launched by a team of promoters at Undivide and NVS Music Group , Project 6 debuted on 26 May . It not only involved a 15,000-capacity greenfield festival with six stages hosting live music in South London ’ s Brockwell Park but also encompassed evening sessions at city venues including Fabric ( 1,600 ), Village Underground ( 700 ) and Electric Brixton ( 1,700 ).
“ The idea is to celebrate electronic music in all its current forms in London , support club culture and build out roots for the event within the city ,” says marketing head Jack Walsh .
With the event being party of Field Day founder Marcus Weedon ’ s Brockwell Live series of summer shows at the park , which include Wide Awake and Mighty Hoopla , Walsh says some of the impacts of rising supply chain costs are mitigated by elements of the infrastructure being shared between the shows .
He says there has also been a focus on
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offering attendees value for money : “ We want it to be approachable , affordable and street level . That ’ s a big part of what the producers want it to be . We ’ ve made it as affordable as possible , especially for what ’ s essentially a double experience .”
The Stadium Golf Tour is set to transform five venues , including Selhurst Park ( 25,000 ) and Twickenham ( 82,000 ), into temporary nine-hole golf courses this summer .
The tour is being promoted and produced by US-based Stadium Golf Tour and sports marketing agency Maverick Sports + Entertainment . The stadiums will be converted into golf courses , with each tee box situated on specially constructed platforms situated around the stadium bowl from which players will hit shots onto
“ This has never been done before , we are writing the manual .” –
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greens situated on the pitch . The course , designed for all skill levels , should take about 90 minutes to complete .
UCI Cycling World Championships Billed as the biggest cycling event in history , the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships is certainly a first for the sport , with the world ’ s best cyclists competing across 13 disciplines at a single event for the first time .
“ This has never been done before , we are writing the manual ,” says VisitScotland director of events Paul Bush OBE , who is overseeing the project .
A huge boon for Scotland , the World Championships is due to involve sites across Scotland between 3-13 August . Of the 13 Championships , eight will be staged in Glasgow venues : Glasgow Green ( BMX Freestyle Park , BMX Freestyle Flatland and trials ), Glasgow BMX Centre ( BMX Racing ), Emirates Arena ( indoor cycling ), Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome ( track and paracycling track ) and George Square ( road race finishes ).
The other events are the Gran Fondo in Perth & Kinross , Mountain Bike
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