Partners

Access All Areas

The voice of the event sector, Access All Areas talks to the people who matter; performers, production managers, promoters, festival organisers, government ministers and suppliers. Published 10 times a year, the magazine delivers its acclaimed mix of news, reviews and interviews to more than 7,000 subscribers nationwide.

www.access-aa.co.uk

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Audience & Live UK 

AUDIENCE is the leading monthly magazine for the international contemporary live music industry, with a circulation of over 3,500 companies and individuals in more than 78 countries. It’s the only publication of its kind in this fast moving, multi-billion-dollar, worldwide industry.

AUDIENCE reaches the desks of venues owners and operators, promoters and festival organisers, hundreds of booking agents & artiste managers, equipment & transport firms, music industry lawyers & accountants, record label & media executives, event sponsors, industry organisations and numerous other service providers.

For more than a decade, AUDIENCE has helped to unite and inform the global industry, providing news, a monthly country focus, artiste tour plans and agents’ contact details.

Features about the people behind some of the world’s biggest tours – such as those of Coldplay, Muse, Beyoncé, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden and Depeche Mode – have helped to spread ideas and good practise, as well as entertain. Meanwhile, the latest technical and equipment developments are covered in the magazine’s Production News pages.

Sister publication to leading international live music business magazine Audience, LIVE UK’s circulation of more than 2,500 comprises key companies and individuals working at all levels of the country’s vibrant contemporary live music industry, with a pass-on readership which must be well over 7,000.

Readers includes more than 1,400 promoters, venues and festival organisers, 300 artiste managers, 180 individual booking agents, and hundreds of other service providers, ranging from equipment, staging and transport companies to accountants, lawyers, record label and media executives, events sponsors and industry organisations.

During the festival-planning months of November to April, LIVE UK produces an outdoor event-focussed supplement called festival, featuring general business news, a focus on event infrastructure, an events diary and a profile of a festival founder. During the months of May to September, festival becomes a section within the magazine.

LIVE UK also includes a four-page section called NXT – dedicated to the unsigned and emerging artiste live sector, with news, profiles and features monitoring this vital part of our industry.

LIVE UK is the only publication reaching such a comprehensive range of companies and individuals involved in contemporary live music and stages the annual LIVE UK Summit conference (www.liveuksummit.com) and Live Music Business Awards (www.livemusicawards.co.uk).

www.audience.uk.com

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Doodson Entertainment

Doodson Entertainment advises and protects the UK’s festivals and events from grassroots and independents through to globally recognised spectaculars.

We aren’t just leaders in our field as insurance advisors to the world’s most successful events, artists and industry professionals, but immerse ourselves in working and being an integral part of the festival community.

For us it’s vital to help new and independent festivals and be a trusted partner, being there step-by-step as the event grows. We help protect the organisers, their associated suppliers, attendees and the festival’s reputation by providing;

- Market leading and bespoke policy cover
- 24 hour, worldwide response on claims, providing support when it is most needed
- A team of dedicated professionals who live and love music and tents!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 0161 419 3011 OR Email jdodds@doodsonbg.com

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Field Marketing and Brand Experience Magazine

Field Marketing and Brand Experience Magazine has been published for 10 years. It is the leading magazine for all types of face to face and live experiential marketing. It has regular features on brand activation at events and festivals, as well as providing insight into shopper marketing and promotions.
The magazine exists alongside the Field Marketing and Brand Experience awards. Now in their seventh year these awards enjoy a strong entry from brand teams globally.
The awards and magazine are supported by Fieldmarketing.com which enjoys daily news updates and opinion blogs from across the face to face and live marketing sector.

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First Aid Cover Ltd

First Aid Cover Ltd is owned and managed by NHS professionals and operates to the highest standards. Based in London, we provide medical cover to events and venues across the UK.

Covering over a thousand events every year, we have vast experience in managing all types and sizes of event medical requirements. We have provided cover ranging from an intimate VIP dinner party for 20 guests at Kensington Palace to over a million attendees at London’s West End VIP Day.
We are able to provide a full range of staff from trained first aiders to specialised nurses, paramedics and doctors.

We have been privileged to provide cover for a wide range of high profile events and large festivals. Some of which have included the iTunes Music Festival, Oxford, Regent and Bond Street Christmas Lights, London’s St. George’s and St. Patrick’s Day festivals, Regent Street Festival, Brit Awards, Freeze Festival, NFL Tailgate Party at Wembley Stadium as well as providing year round cover at the Roundhouse in London.
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Intellitix

Intellitix is the market leader in RFID access control and cashless payment systems. This year alone we activated over 1,000,000 RFID Tags at festivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Electric Zoo and Austin City Limits. We cut queues to a minimum, eradicated ticket fraud and unwanted resale, and our proprietary software and fully integrated hardware proved 100% secure and reliable.

The Intellitix platform more closely connects promoters and brands with their audience, and we work with any existing ticketing system or partner. Our bespoke solutions are based on decades of experience in event promotion and ticketing. These are fail-safe systems that can seamlessly integrate access control, cashless payments, social media and brand activity. And statistics show that festival fans love it.

RFID and cashless technology will change the face of festival-going over the next 12 months and we’re at the forefront. Working with us will increase on-site spend and identify substantial cost savings. But more importantly, you and your brand partners will gain unprecedented audience insight, while the fans enjoy a fun, non invasive technology, sharing their experience both onsite and online.

Intellitix is proud to be the exclusive technology partner of the UK and European Festival Awards. We offer smart systems for smart festivals and we’d love to tell you more. Please get in touch.

info@intellitix.com
www.intellitix.com

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IQ

IQ is the essential magazine for the international live music business. A natural extension of the ILMC, it presents news, features, information and analysis to conference delegates and the wider industry at large. While the ILMC provides an annual platform for vital discussion and debate, IQ provides a year-round focus on emerging trends and crucial business news.

The print version of IQ is circulated to nearly 4,000 individuals in over 80 countries, while the magazine also boasts a readership of 10,000 online. This core audience includes the leading innovators and companies in concert and show promotion, talent booking and festival organisation. The journal covers every relevant sector of the live music business; from the commercial world of venue operators and artist managers to publicly-funded national and international music development agencies.

Breaking the mould of traditional industry publications, IQ generates constant and lively feedback about the articles and issues it raises. Through both the print and online, the magazine is an interactive title, representing, reporting and reflecting the concerns of its readership. By providing valuable input for the ILMC itself, IQ is truly a magazine for the industry, by the industry.

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Livebeats

Become your own broadcaster. Feed your fans.

Livebeats.com is a video streaming provider and social platform for Live Music Online Entertainment. From user generated content to professional event productions livebeats offers bands, labels, promoters and festivals their own “virtual stage” to stream and share concerts, showcases or DJ sets live in the highest image and sound quality up to HD entertainment.

Livebeats is a D2F-tool, a business to business (labels, artists, promoters, festivals) to consumer (fans, followers, user) solution. livebeats is licensed by IFPI, the processing of copyright information for charged content to the collecting societies is carried out directly via livebeats.

Sign up now at http://livebeats.com and try us out for free. Please contact us for customized business and use cases at contact@livebeats.com.

Note: livebeats is Beta until end of 2011.

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Music Mind Exchange

Music Mind Exchange is an event which is aimed towards music technology start ups and London based music business. The quarterly  event brings together either end of the music industry spectrum in order to collaborate, share information and develop business opportunities together.

We felt that there was gap within the industry between new tech-based businesses and the more traditional music industry. We believe that Music Mind Exchange is a conduit in bringing together both parts of the industry in an era in which the digital revolution is hugely impacting upon the music industry.

Our invite only clientele focus, upon premium level industry companies, ensures that each seminar session will be not only engaging but also productive business development sessions. Our previous events has included speakers from leading music tech companies including; we7, Mixcloud, mFlow, 7 Digital and Pledge Music to name a few.

 

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MRL

MRL Safety Limited is a safety and risk management company who specialise in supporting event organisers and promoters to provide safe events that are enjoyable for all. MRL Safety is one of the leading independent safety companies and work with many of the UK’s leading festival, music and outdoor entertainment promoters.

Our team have a wealth of experience which has been gained over many years in the industry and work closely with promoters and event organisers from the planning phase through to the debrief.               MRL Safety staff can lead on producing professional, technical documentation including Event Management Plans and risk assessments, essential for a smooth licence application and event; providing practical, knowledgeable staff for the event, including build and break times; and managing the Event Liaison Team. Other services available include fire risk assessments and also advising on, and sourcing, appropriate levels of suitable medical cover for your event.

If you would like to know how MRL Safety can help you, and your event, contact us today on:- 01977 622000 or info@mrl-limited.co.uk.

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Music Week

For over 50 years Music Week has been the UK’s only dedicated business weekly magazine, offering a unique insight into the UK and international music markets. Music Week provides a powerful combination of news, analysis and data covering Labels, Live, Media, Publishing and Digital.
For a full range of print and online services on offer to suit your marketing needs and budget, supported by our industry-renowned editorial team, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
For more information please contact:
Darrell Carter
darrell.carter@intentmedia.co.uk
Tel: +44 207 226 7246

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POLLSTAR, “The Concert Hotwire”

Pollstar has been publishing the Concert Industry’s leading business trade magazine each week 30 years.  Pollstar was an early pioneer in providing concert tour information online, launching Pollstar.com in 1994 and providing tour itineraries free to music fans world wide.

Since its 2007 debut, PollstarPro has raised the bar, creating a new industry standard for customized information searches, box office information, business analysis, artist itineraries and up-to-the-minute business news. This is your go-to database for everything from tour histories to executive contact information and it is included with a Pollstar subscription.

Pollstar services are subscription based, distributed worldwide and include the weekly magazine as well as the online databases.

Pollstar manages the world’s leading international database of concert tour information and maintains the largest database of music industry contacts, additionally providing reliable and accurate news, box office summaries, route book itineraries and research for industry professionals.  An extremely powerful tool, PollstarPro.com is the on line component of a Pollstar subscription, offering current data (updated daily) and custom searches within seconds of logging on.

Pollstar is a member of the Associated Press (AP).

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Robertson Taylor

Robertson Taylor is widely acknowledged as the leading insurance broker for  the music and live event industry.  Since our formation in 1977, we have pioneered some of the policies that are, today, accepted as standard for the industry. Our focus and experience means our clients always receive the very best advice and cover, at highly competitive rates.

We encourage festival organisers to go green  and offer a discount to those who implement green initiatives at their festival.

We work with many festivals advising on their insurance requirements along with risk management processes, and arranging the necessary cover.  Importantly, we provide a 24/7 claims service.  If anything should happen close to the event or over the weekend,
you can be sure that someone will be available to assist you.

We can cover the Public Liability, Employees, Equipment on site, cash and also cancelation (including adverse weather) or non appearance for particular artists.

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