Rock the Boat: How floating festivals are ruling the waves
IQ dons its sou'wester and takes to the seas to explore the swell of music-themed cruises floating festivalgoers’ boats
Feature By | 12 November 2019
As IFF 2019 delegates heard in September, it’s been a mixed bag of a year for traditional music festivals, with many events struggling to repeat the highs of 2018 amid rising costs and increased difficulty booking talent.
Early indications from festival association Yourope suggest the market is “slightly down,” revealed Mikołaj Ziółkowski of Poland’s Open’er Festival, while FKP Scorpio’s Stephan Thanscheidt warned: “We’re steering into a dead-end street. We can’t raise ticket prices any more or we lose people.”
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