Meet the meteorologists: An essential festival booking

Extreme weather has become a major concern for festival organisers in recent years, with repercussions ranging from cancellations to soaring insurance premiums to injured festivalgoers and noise complaints.

While last year saw an unprecedented number of events, including Pohoda, Gazebo Festival, Sueños Music Festival, Slam Dunk Festival, Electric Love and Graspop, hampered by storms and heavy rainfall, the 2025 season has been mostly burdened by extreme heat.

With climate scientists insisting that extreme weather is the “new normal” due to climate change, meteorologists have become critical to festivals hoping to weather the storm and limit the damage.

“A festival of our scale cannot operate without accurate and reliable weather information, so having a meteorologist is an absolute must,” says Thomas Sal, risk & crowdservice manager…

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