Euro festival bosses upbeat ahead of 2023 season
Executives from Germany, Switzerland and the UK speak to IQ about the current state of play in the festival market
Feature By James Hanley | 31 May 2023
European festival bosses tell IQ they are approaching the 2023 season with positivity as a mixed picture emerges of the sector’s fortunes. Download’s Germany spin-off was cancelled yesterday, with organisers citing production issues caused by the “massive number of open-air events”.
The event joined a number of other major festivals including Falls Festival (Australia), Rolling Loud (US), Summerburst (Sweden), Hills of Rock (Bulgaria), InMusic (Croatia), Wireless Germany, Hear Hear (Belgium) and Tempelhof Sounds and Tempelhof Sounds Presents (Germany) in not returning this year.
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