How to Build a Festival

howtobuildafest

A small group of friends trying to understand how to build a great independent music business when we know nothing about the sector

  1. 10/01/2025

    Episode 49 - We built a festival! Echo 17 emotional recap!

    The gang celebrate the success of the first ever Echo 7 festival, and talk about how it all felt. This one is excitable and we focus on the emotion of it all, the excitement of seeing it all come together after two years of trying to figure out how to do it! A huge thankyou to everyone who worked with us, helped us in advance and on the day, and who pushed us to see it through! If you came along - firstly a huge thankyou - secondly please fill in our very quick feedback form so we can learn and improve, which you can find here: https://forms.gle/uEbVsFJJp6qJp5Xw6

    36 min

  2. 09/18/2025

    Episode 48 - ECHO 17 Final Preview!

    We get together for a final preview of Echo 17 before our very first festival on Saturday 20th September! We talk lineup, activities, timings and what we’re excited and worried about! Join us as our journey gets a little closer to reality Get your tickets at www.echo17.co.uk Check out our lineup playlist here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4O3OzxatvJ1qdMaVdEfj0t?si=c8aLp8BTSJ6rEFd4XlX1lw&pi=wKl_FoP7SS6Vd

    21 min

  3. 09/16/2025

    Episode 47 - Echo 17 week!!! Main Stage artists More Peas and Kimmi Watson

    Echo 17 is finally here on the 20th September and we are joined by brilliant main stage artists Kimmi Watson, founder of She17, and by Muriel and Lucy of More Peas. We talk about their music, their festival memories and the work of She17

    43 min

  4. 08/27/2025

    Episode 46 - End of the Road preview with Ronan Leonard

    It’s End of the Road and that means back to back episodes! We go through our picks for the week, compare them to the famous Sally’s Notes, and chat with End of the Road lineup mainstay Ronan Leonard…. Plus a super exciting announcement

    29 min

  5. 08/26/2025

    Episode 45 Green Man Recap and Echo 17 Preparation

    Cat and Rach work through where we’re at with preparations now we’ve launched our website and lineup! We recap a very hot Green Man, one of the best lineups of 2025

    42 min

  6. 08/08/2025

    Episode 44 - Chatting with Danny Hagan, co-founder of Green Man Festival and The Wake Festival

    Danny Hagan co-founded Green Man Festival in 2003 and 21 years later launched The Wake in 2024. Now coming into its second sold out year, we chat to Danny about the experience both festivals, the difference starting them two decades apart and what made he and his partner Jo come back to start a second festival last year.

    27 min

  7. 08/05/2025

    Episode 43 - Lakefest Preview

    Rach and Cat check in with Lakefest Owner Lee Martin ahead of the 2025 edition of the brilliant family festival coming up this weekend. We talk about the lineup, the frantic nature of the weeks building up to the event and the wonderful ‘Road to Lakefest’ initiative

    35 min

  8. 08/01/2025

    Episode 42 - Emergency pod… our big announcement

    Our short and sweet announcement episode... The one we’ve been working towards for the last 41 episodes! Announcing our name, date, venues and pricing structure as well as what happens next! Join us on our journey!

    13 min
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A small group of friends trying to understand how to build a great independent music business when we know nothing about the sector

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  • Creator
    howtobuildafest
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Clean
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    How to Build a Festival