The Festival Panel

There is an incredible amount to talk about in the popular music festival sector right now. The social landscape is shifting, and the industry itself is evolving at high speed. How are festivals responding? Where are the challenges, and where are the opportunities? In this panel, speakers representing major festivals from across Europe dive into the most pressing topics for the sector. Is the classic festival model becoming a thing of the past? How intense is the growing competition from arena and stadium tours - and are we truly as dependent on headliners as we think? Is there a secret formula for dealing with exploding production costs? And what do we do about changing audience behaviour? No question is too big, no topic off-limits. This session tackles it all.