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From the Experts: Making Volunteers the Lifeblood of Your Festival

Most festivals use some mix of professional staff and volunteer workers to run their event. Finding the right balance between professional and volunteer staff depends on the size and culture of your event and can be a process of trial and error. Unfortunately, when event safety and event security are at stake, there is little

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MASTERCLASS: Decibel Founder Sean Horton on How to Throw an Inner City Festival

Running a festival in a city is an entirely different beast than taking over a field in a rural area. The number of potential obstacles—ranging from angry neighbors to unresponsive mayors—can seem on the surface to be unreasonable and impossible to surmount. But the civic landscape can offer incredible diversity and potential if you have

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LOST PARADISE’S SIMON BECKINGHAM ON SELLING EXPERIENCES AND WHY VIP IS DEAD

Masterclass: Lost Paradise’s Simon Beckingham On Selling Experiences and Why VIP is Dead

The idea of the VIP has become a contentious one in recent years. Driven by a souring attitude towards wealth and exclusivity, and supported by more unscrupulous promoters packaging “IP” as “VIP,” the term doesn’t mean what it used to at a festival. At many events, VIP merely means being in a slightly less crowded

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Republic Live

Republic Live Keeps Their Events Innovative and Fresh

WayHome Music & Arts Festival and the largest country music camping festival in Canada, Boots and Hearts Music Festival.  Republic Live boasts a reputation for creating world-class, fan-centric, experiential music events. Watch the video case study below on how Republic Live and Intellitix heightened 80,000+ guest experiences across the two festivals deploying RFID Access Control

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The Importance of Sourcing Specialists in the Live Event Business

LAIRD WILTON, Chief Revenue Officer, Marcato The challenge for organizers is that modern festivals are logistical beasts! To stage a festival, there are an incredible amount of details to manage in order to deliver a safe, convenient and fun event. Event Specialists that have gained their experience in “the trenches” bring huge value to the

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