Ellis on Trnsmt: ‘The market has evolved’
DF Concerts boss Geoff Ellis says demand has waned for major camping festivals in Scotland, as he gears up for the second edition of the metropolitan Glasgow event
News By | 22 June 2018
DF Concerts expects to welcome in excess of 230,000 festivalgoers to the second edition of its Glasgow Trnsmt festival, which this year has grown to two weekends after an “amazing” response to last summer’s debut, CEO Geoff Ellis has said.
The launch of Trnsmt was announced in January 2017, two months after Ellis revealed DF’s major camping event T in the Park, a mainstay of the Scottish festival scene since 1994, would be going on an indefinite hiatus. Trnsmt took place that June – on the weekend formerly occupied by T in the Park – and attracted crowds of around 120,000, proving “an exciting new addition to the festival calendar”, said Ellis at the time.
“It went really well – better than we could have imagined,” Ellis tells IQ…
You've used your free article this month
Create a free account to read 3 articles per month, or subscribe for unlimited access.
