UK’s Shambala moves to employee ownership
In a bid to maintain its independence, the festival's parent company Kambe Events has announced its transition to an Employee Ownership Trust
News By Hanna Ellington | 21 April 2026
Kambe Events, the company behind independent festival Shambala, has announced it is transitioning to employee ownership.
The UK organisation says it will become the first festival in the country to adopt an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) as an ownership model, as its co-founders prepare to step away after over two decades at the helm.
“All of us at Shambala have an emotional stake in what we have built over 25 years; now everyone has an ownership stake too,” says Chris…
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