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 AIF PARTNERS WITH TWICKETS AS OFFICIAL TICKETING RESELLER
Twickets is the UK's only face value ticket resale platform and was set up to counter the growing threat of the secondary platforms, which actively encourage ticket abuse for all types of events, particularly festivals. It operates as an app, website and on social channels and has attracted an audience of nearly 500,000 through word-of-mouth alone. Twickets work with event organisers to protect their pricing strategies and ensure that spare tickets are sold on fairly and securely to other fans. Furthermore buying and selling patterns are closely monitored on the platform to prevent abuse by touts. Last summer Twickets successfully partnered with the AIF to provide a resale facility to some members including Kendal Calling, Barn on the Farm, Secret Garden Party and Eden Sessions. Recently the resale platform has been used by Adele, Mumford and Sons, Catfish and The Bottlemen, The 1975 and The Last Shadow Puppets on their UK tours. Twickets has partnered again with AIF for 2016 and can customise a ticket resale solution to suit the needs of any AIF member. AIF members should get in touch with Paul Reed for more information.  'ACCESS STARTS ONLINE' IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHINGAttitude is Everything is an Arts Council funded charity, working in partnership with audiences, artists and the music industry to improve accessibility for Deaf and disabled people. Advice and guidance is based on feedback from a network of mystery shoppers, and provided to venues and festivals across the UK through the Charter of Best Practice. AIF and Attitude is Everything have worked closely over the past few years, running Disability Equality Training sessions for members and awarding several festivals with the Charter. This new initiative has been set up in response to a joint aspiration to see all AIF member festivals offering comprehensive and clear access information for potential Deaf and disabled customers. The Association of Independent Festivals urges members to participate in this initiative and work to be awarded an Access Starts Online ‘stamp of approval’ ahead of 2016 events. You can find out more here. UPCOMING INITIATIVES AIF is developing initiatives and best practice guidance in the areas of harm prevention and drugs awareness, sexual safety at festivals and building connections between streaming services and festivals. More information to follow shortly. |
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FAIRPORT'S CROPREDY CONVENTION
 Originally formed when the founding fathers of British folk-rock, Fairport Convention, decided to call it a day in 1979 and then get together for a reunion in 1980, Fairport’s Cropredy Convention (more commonly known as the Cropredy Festival) is now in its 36th year. This family friendly weekend has grown from an audience of a few friends and villagers to a capacity of 20k covering 200 acres of rolling Oxfordshire countryside.Cropredy caters for all music tastes while at the same time acknowledges Fairport’s folk and folk-rock influences. More info and tickets here.
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FESTIVAL DIRECTOR - SNOWBOXX Background Mainstage Travel is a avery entrepreneurial travel company. From its small beginnings in 2011, it has constantly innovated in the travel field, from creating the Takeover brand, which supplies youth clubbing holidays for the 21st century, to Snowboxx, the second biggest ski festival in Europe - and soon to be the biggest, right through to newer innovations, including We Are Ski and Hotel2020. Mainstage Travel went on to Dragons Den in 2013, becoming the third most valuable company to successfully enter the Den. Mainstage Travel plans to continue to innovate and develop in this same way, aiming to bring world beating travel products to the market. The future is going to be even more exciting than the past. Snowboxx Festival has gone from strength to strength. It is a boutique festival, taking over an entire mountain town, in the biggest ski area in the world. At 3500 people in 2016, it is poised to be the biggest in Europe by 2017. Each year, we pride bringing through new breakthrough acts, from Gorgon City in 2013 to Stormzy this year. It is the ultimate week on the mountains, an amazing week of everything ski, music and more. Role Breakdown Mainstage Travel is looking for a creative, organised, enterprising Festival Director to fully take the reins of Snowboxx Festival and any associated events we run. We are looking for someone to fully take ownership of: You would be working with a solid team - Artist Booker, Marketing Director, Event Manager, Social Media Manager and many more, to augment the direction of the festival. Individual Qualities ...Creative Experience Required Necessary Has been to festivals and on snowsports holidays Ideal Has been to a ski festival Responsibilities Ensuring Snowboxx grows in a positive direction Key Performance Indicators Strong sales performance of the festival Salary Dependent on experience OPERATIONS MANAGER - SNOWBOXX Background Mainstage Travel is a avery entrepreneurial travel company. From its small beginnings in 2011, it has constantly innovated in the travel field, from creating the Takeover brand, which supplies youth clubbing holidays for the 21st century, to Snowboxx, the second biggest ski festival in Europe - and soon to be the biggest, right through to newer innovations, including We Are Ski and Hotel2020. Mainstage Travel went on to Dragons Den in 2013, becoming the third most valuable company to successfully enter the Den. Mainstage Travel plans to continue to innovate and develop in this same way, aiming to bring world beating travel products to the market. The future is going to be even more exciting than the past. Role Breakdown Mainstage Travel is looking for an experienced, enterprising operations manager to enable it to perform to the highest degree. This is to include: *We have our own booking system and you will be responsible for specifying adaptations it to aid the company operations Individual Qualities We are looking for an individual who is... ...Enterprising Experience Required Necessary General operations experience Travel operations experience Responsibilities Ensuring that we have adequate stock available at all key sales periods Ensuring our product is price competitive against key competitors Ensuring the booking experience is smooth for customers Key Performance Indicators Stock always available Salary Dependent on experience |
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 Ten new tracks have been dropped into the 2016 AIF playlist ready for your ears consumption. Listen here. |
Last fortnight we talked about MP Nigel Adams aiming to ban all flares at festivals and music events but now he's taken it a step further and is trying to introduce it as a new amendment in the Policing and Crime Bill currently doing the rounds. Under his proposal punters setting off fireworks or flares could be prosecuted and face fines or a prison sentence of up to 3 months. Adams put forward his amendment proposal in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon with cross-party support so it is likely to make it into the new legislation. More info on CMU 
Last week it was announced that Live Nation had acquired a majority stake in Manchester's The Warehouse Project and Parklife Festival. As part of the LN-Gaiety investment in Parklife, Simon Moran, Bob Angus and founders Sacha Lord-Marchionne and Sam Kandel, remain significant shareholders. 2016 sees the seventh instalment of Parklife taking place in Manchester in June, whereas The Warehouse Project hosts various club nights featuring live acts and DJs from all over the world. More info on Music Week 
After countless cancellation rumours and a confirmed venue change, Drive Like Jehu's ATP has officially been cancelled. Stewart Lee's ATP went ahead at the Pontins venue as planned but the Drive Like Jehu festival had been plagued with issues since the announcement of the venue relocation. Punters who purchased tickets for the original holiday camp were not provided with the alternative accommodation options in time for this weekend's event and many of the artist agreements were also not met. More info on CMU
BBC Local Radio in England, alongside BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, and BBC Northern Ireland is partnering with BBC Music this summer give greater coverage to the summer festival experience. Running throughout the festival season from June to September, each local station will champion one festival under the umbrella of BBC Music. Coverage will be collated into a digital collection on BBC Music alongside the BBC’s usual coverage of large-scale events such as Glastonbury and its own Radio One’s Big Weekend. Each of the 42 regional stations will feature a highlights package from the festivals, including behind the scenes insights, interviews with acts and original stories, as well as social media content and a photo gallery. The 42 local festivals include: Manchester’s Parklife, Frome Festival, Kendal Calling, BelladrumTartan Heart Festival in Inverness-shire and Festival No.6 in Wales. The full list has been circulated amongst AIF members.
Cash On The Move are the leading cash machine provider to the UK events industry. They provide ATMs at the vast majority of the UK events (over 350 events per year in total), and have a proven track record of delivering a high quality service. Cash On The Move provides ATMs on bespoke cubes and vehicles. They maximise the amounts dispensed at events by offering large numbers of ATMs, using state of the art ATM equipment and signage, and by having experienced, professional ATM staff onsite. They also now provide an onsite banking service at events. The service offers traders and organisers a reliable, convenient, secure and cost-effective method of receiving their change and banking their cash takings onsite, whilst eliminating the need for cash vehicle movements in and out of the site during the event.|
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