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Upstream’s Fashion Remix

Upstream, the world’s first fashion streaming app, believes that blending Gen Z’s love for clothes, music and community can and will disrupt online...

Fashion : Retail : Youth

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Stat: Beyoncé, Blur and Harry Styles propel UK economy through record high tour-ism

The live music industry in the UK soared to unprecedented heights in 2023, due to blockbuster tours and festivals headlined by artists such as Beyo...

Pop-culture & Media : Society : Travel & Hospitality

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Coachella Fatigue

Market saturation, solo tours and an audience craving community over selfies have turned the hottest music festival lukewarm, says cultural insight...

Coachella : Festival : Entertainment

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AI-generated artworks transform music marketing

Jardim Sonoro, one of Europe’s leading electronic music festivals, is getting an artistic rebranding courtesy of AI.

Media And Entertainment : Technology : Advertising & Branding

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A youth festival for post-Covid connections

Tour de Moon is a festival aimed at 18–25-year-olds offering a space of expression and exchange to one of the age groups hit hardest by the pandemic.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Wellness

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Coachella welcomes an elite sushi dining experience

The festival is expanding its offering to introduce a discreet sushi speakeasy that is only available to elite customers.

Food & Drink : Entertainment : Travel & Hospitality

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A UK festival for LGBTQ+ music and learning

Taking place in a woodland just outside of London, Flesh is the UK’s first LGBTQ+ electronic music and camping festival.

Entertainment : Music : Travel And Hospitality

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Burning Man’s experiment to climate-proof future living

Zac Cirivello, operations manager at Burning Man’s new permanent city, describes his hopes for the project and the future of regenerative design.

Festival : Regenerative Building : Community

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Travel site Fliggy curates a data-informed music festival

Alibaba-owned travel platform Fliggy is creating a three-day-long music festival in China’s Shapotou desert. Informed by its extensive consumer dat...

Travel & Hospitality : Media & Entertainment : Youth

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Stat: UK music festivals prepare for summer of hedonism

Following the UK government’s announcement on easing Covid-19 lockdown measures in summer 2021, event ticket sellers have seen booking rates soar.

Stat : Entertainment : Music

Micro Trends

Eco Clubs

Eco-anxious clubbers are inspiring venue owners and festivals to consider cleaner, more sustainable practices to protect the environment.

Travel : Sustainability : Leisure

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A festival urinal designed to end gender inequality

Co-founders Gina Périer and Alexander Egebjerg have launched the world’s first industrially produced female urinal.

Travel : Convenience : Design

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This AR app helps festival-goers find their friends

SEAT’s Lost&Sound app enables people to locate their friends at music festivals using augmented reality.

Leisure : Technology : Festival

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Amazon lockers are heading to Coachella

The e-commerce giant will allow festival-goers to order essential items online and pick them up on-site.

Retail : Amazon : Mega-Systems

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An audio-wellness festival that wants people to un-mind

Samantha Moyo, the founder of Morning Gloryville, is the brain behind the multi-sensory Soft Landings event.

Health : Wellness : Festival

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Minecraft holds a digital music festival

Internet collective Thwip Gang has brought a digital festival to the video game, attracting 27,000 listeners.

Gaming : Entertainment : Digital

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Milan Salone 2017: Lessons for living

Milan – The inaugural Ikea Festival at Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile aims to redefine what contemporary living spaces could be.

Milan Salone 2017 : IKEA : Milan Salone

Big Ideas

Playing fields

New York – Tribeca Games has joined forces with Kill Screen to launch the Tribeca Games Festival.

Tribeca Film Festival : Intelligent Gaming : Video Games

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Milan Salone 2017 Preview: Modular living

Milan – Ikea will explore the changing functionality of the living room in its Let’s Make Room for Life festival.

Ikea : Let’s Make Room For Life Festival : Milan Salone 2017

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Morphing Europe

UK – The Beautiful Meme and Bong have developed an interactive game that examines the future of Europe.

The Beautiful Meme : V&A : Info-morphing

Micro Trends

Untrade Shows

It began with bloggers at fashion week. Once accessible only to buyers and media, trade shows and industry events are becoming more consumer-facing.

Trade Shows : B2B : Direct To Consumer

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Meet your makers

London – Burberry has marked the launch of its first see-now-buy-now collection with a festival of craftsmanship.

Burberry : See Now Buy Now : Festival

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Sound of space

Brooklyn – The Hubble Cantata is an immersive, space-themed experience that combines live orchestral music and virtual reality.

Hubble Cantata : Tech Market : VR

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Sweat fest

UK – Lululemon is to hold its own one-day festival dedicated to both physical and mental development.

The Optimised Self : Lululemon : Festival

Markets

Festival Market

Traditional music-focused festivals, dominated by Millennials, are now exploring new formats and content to connect more deeply with consumers.

Conviviality Culture : Festival : Branding