Report
European Festival Report 2024
This indispensable guide to the European festival business reviews the year across the continent
What's inside
The Festival Summer 2024
James Drury takes a look back over the 2024 festival season, which was a stand-out for many events but wasn't without its challenges.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
From diverse lineups to accessibility efforts, discover the initiatives helping European festivals become places where everyone belongs.
How to Solve the Headliner Problem
James Drury investigates the solutions for solving the pressure on festival budgets.
There's No Climate Justice without Disabled People
Suzanne Bull shares a powerful reminder to include disabled people when designing sustainability policies.
Festival Focus
Q&As with: Mikko Niemala; Chokri Mahassine; Marta Pallares; Janina Zeller and Karen Jessen; Dusan Kovasevic; and Gill Tee.
The European Festival Summer 2024
This year was a stand-out for many events, with excellent sales and millions of delighted fans across Europe. But it wasn't without its challenges. James Drury reports.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
From diverse lineups to accessibility efforts, discover the initiatives helping European festivals become places where everyone belongs.
From Barriers to Belonging: DEI’s Rising Role in Festival Design and Experience
Feature 02 January 2025
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Money and the main stage: How festivals manage headliner spending
Feature 04 January 2025
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COMMENT
In 2024, the campaign evolved to focus on the paradox of our hyperconnected yet increasingly lonely lives
Dušan Kovačević
In an excerpt from IQ and Yourope's European Festival Report, EXIT founder & director Dušan Kovačević gives his festival health check
COMMENT 17 Dec 2024
Read ArticleYou need to sell out to achieve any kind of margin.
Janina Zeller & Karen Jessen
In an excerpt from IQ and Yourope's European Festival Report, FKP Scorpio Germany's Janina Zeller and Karen Jessen size up the sector
COMMENT 17 Dec 2024
Read ArticleIt’s about community, music, and discovery.
Marta Pallarès
The Head of Press at Primavera Sound discusses how the 2024 season went for the Spanish festival
COMMENT 17 Dec 2024
Read ArticleNever in our history has this happened so fast.
Chokri Mahassine
The Pukkelpop promoter tells us about how the 2024 festival season went for the Belgian festival.
COMMENT 17 Dec 2024
Read ArticleIt was incredible: 35,000 people singing, dancing, and playing to the songs they knew from childhood
Mikko Niemelä
The promoter & co-owner of Ruisrock, Finland, talks to us about the 2024 festival season...
COMMENT 17 Dec 2024
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