What’s going on… with gender-balanced festival lineups?

At the International Festival Forum last year, music biz directory and data platform ROSTR revealed that across 50 festival lineups in Europe, the number of men on stage during headline performances was up to 92% (from 90% in 2023).

ROSTR’s analysis disclosed that across those 50 events, the gender balance for all acts saw the split as 69% male, 22% female, mixed 9%, and non-binary less than 1%. Two of the 50 surveyed events – Denmark’s Roskilde Festival and Primavera Sound in Barcelona –…

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