Festivals Edinburgh report highlights cultural, social and economic impact as 2026 season begins

Hot on the heels of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, attention now turns to Edinburgh as its internationally renowned August Festivals get underway
“Festivalisation” divides opinions at SportAccord

Host City’s Ben Avison chaired a panel of rights holders, organisers and hosts at SportAccord 2024 in Birmingham to find out if the trend of “Festivalisation” is working for them
Vaccines and streaming will drive live event growth – President, Live Nation Entertainment

Host City joined Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom Conference to hear from Joe Berchtold, President of Live Nation Entertainment
Glastonbury 2020 cancelled with “severe financial implications”

Organisers cancel world-leading arts festival, citing impossibility of building a “temporary city” amid coronavirus outbreak
How Glastonbury Festival got greener with Aggreko

Aggreko renewed its contract with Glastonbury Festival in 2019, reducing emissions
Scotland’s National Events Programme celebrates Round 40 milestone

Ten events from across eight Local Authorities are to benefit from £143,500 of funding from EventScotland, part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate
Scotland’s events portfolio continues to thrive with funding awarded to 12 events

EventScotland has awarded almost £100,000 to 12 sports, cultural and entertainment events and festivals across Scotland in 2018