How to Build a Festival

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How to Build a Festival

Welcome to our new podcast, where three friends try and figure out what it takes to build a festival from the ground up with no contacts, no experience and no knowledge of how to do it. Join us on our journey as we learn how it’s done, and see if we think we can have a go ourselves. We’ll be talking to a wide range of guests, as well as just chatting about all the things that we love about independent music and festivals ourselves

  1. NOV 11

    Episode 24 - Glastonbury ticketing changes and recapping the first On the Meadow Festival

    We’re back just in time for Glastonbury sale day, and we talk to Leo from On the Meadow Festival to hear all about the first edition of the event, and what he’s learned from putting on his own festival

    49 min

  2. SEP 24

    Episode 23 - Deer Shed Festival Director Oliver Jones talks to us about how it all really works

    We were very lucky this week to have the chance to meet Oliver Jones, co-Festival Director of Deer Shed Festival, a superb and long running independent festival in Thirsk, in the north of England that starred HTBAF favourites CMAT, deadletter, Jessica Winter, James Ngonda and Personal Trainer in 2024. Oliver talks to us about what makes Deer Shed unique, the challenges facing independent festivals, and gives plenty of great advice and food for thought for those thinking about starting something new.

    48 min

  3. SEP 9

    Episode 22 - End of the Road Recap - DJ Rach & Cat

    Our unofficial End of the Road recap - the last summer festival of the year and there’s lots to talk about, including performances by Bonnie Prince Billy, CMAT, Malice K, Jalen Ngonda, Master Peace, Snooper, Brown Horse, Phosphorescent and more. The team get the opportunity to DJ and meet some of our friends from the world of festivals, and take inspiration from the brilliant community of this festival

    39 min

  4. AUG 27

    Episode 21 - End of the Road Unofficial Preview, Oasis and All Points East

    The gang are excited for End of the Road, and run through what we’re looking forward to including Bonnie Prince Billy, Jess Williamson and Holiday Ghosts. We talk about the Oasis reunion and our days at All Points East over the Bank Holiday weekend

    29 min

  5. AUG 22

    Episode 20 - Green Man Recap

    Our Green Man run through - what we loved, how the festival is evolving and how we dodged the diablos. We talk about the Wishbone, the new Rising Stage, the brilliant artists we saw including Getdown Services, Big Thief, Sampha, Royel Otis and more…

    31 min

  6. AUG 12

    Episode 19 - Green Man Festival preview, plus Deer Shed Festival and Uptown Festival recaps

    We preview our favourite festival, Green Man, before its 2024 edition. Then the gang recap Deer Shed Festival and Uptown Festival as well as discussing some of what we’ve been learning for our own festival. We talk about the excellent recent new acts we’ve seen including deadletter, Tapir!, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and Ross admits Personal Trainer won’t win the Mercury Prize

    42 min

  7. AUG 5

    Episode 18 - Catch up with Festival Sounds on volunteering, new festivals and our favourite 2024 festivals yet to come

    Episode 18 - We catch up with Festival Sounds Podcast to talk festival volunteering, test what would convince them to try a new festival, and talk about our favourite late season festivals including Green Man, Shambala, End of the Road and Boomtown

    47 min

  8. JUL 25

    Episode 17 - Bitesized Deer Shed preview, our first festival of the year - plus Truck and Tramlines

    Ross and Rach do a Quick Look ahead to Deer Shed , Truck and Tramlines all happening this weekend - one for your journey! And Ross gets confused about the Mercury list, but huge congrats to two podcast favourites, corto.alto and CMAT for their noms

    15 min
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Welcome to our new podcast, where three friends try and figure out what it takes to build a festival from the ground up with no contacts, no experience and no knowledge of how to do it. Join us on our journey as we learn how it’s done, and see if we think we can have a go ourselves. We’ll be talking to a wide range of guests, as well as just chatting about all the things that we love about independent music and festivals ourselves

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  • Creator
    howtobuildafest
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 All rights reserved.
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    How to Build a Festival

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