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    Meat-free Shambala considers serving wild venison to help biodiversity

    by Aiden Baxter 25th February 2026
    by Aiden Baxter 25th February 2026

    Shambala – the UK festival that has been entirely vegetarian and vegan for the past decade – has just opened an audience debate on whether to introduce wild British venison …

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    How LIDO Festival powered a main stage on batteries

    by Aiden Baxter 24th November 2025
    by Aiden Baxter 24th November 2025

    London’s LIDO Festival has been named ‘The Festival Award’ winner at the Rolling Stone UK Awards 2025, triumphing over established giants like Glastonbury and All Points East. While the headlines …

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    Boomtown reveals first hydrogen-powered stage at a major festival

    by contributors 19th February 2025
    by contributors 19th February 2025

    Boomtown, renowned for its boundary-pushing approach to music and sustainability, is proud to announce the introduction of a revolutionary new stage for this year’s event – HYDRO – a stage …

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    Push for paper Boomtown programmes as Citizens reject app

    by Tim Bradford 22nd August 2024
    by Tim Bradford 22nd August 2024

    Boomtown 2024 has come and gone, and while, despite a few hiccups, it was a roaring success, one thing was noticeably absent from this years festivities: Boomtown programmes. The beloved …

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    98.9% of tents taken home from Kendal Calling

    by contributors 15th August 2024
    by contributors 15th August 2024

    Kendal Calling 2024 has drawn to a close and as the fields of Lowther Deer Park return to the wildlife that calls it home, the festival is delighted to share …

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    Octopus Energy’s pink wind turbine returns to Glastonbury

    by contributors 26th June 2024
    by contributors 26th June 2024

    Octopus Energy’s bright pink wind turbine ‘Gusty Spinfield’ is returning to the Glastonbury Festival to help power the Williams Green area including Car Henge and new venue Terminal 1. The …

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    Jo Whiley backs ‘No Tent Left Behind’ campaign

    by contributors 5th June 2024
    by contributors 5th June 2024

    Decathlon is offering to buyback tents from customers to stop them being abandoned at music festivals this summer. Around 250,000 tents are ditched each year in the UK, with most …

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    Meet the Man Turning Festival Trash into Treasure: Dean Betts of Circular Camping

    by Tim Bradford 28th May 2024
    by Tim Bradford 28th May 2024

    Every year, festival fields across the UK are left littered with abandoned tents, sleeping bags, and other camping gear. While most people see this as a massive waste problem, Dean …

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    Primavera Sound reveals sustainability measures for 2024

    by contributors 20th May 2024
    by contributors 20th May 2024

    If every artistic line-up at Primavera Sound sets its sights on the future to bringing it closer to the present, everything surrounding the music at the festival has a responsibility …

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    The sustainable micro-festival helping guests to live ‘The Good Life’

    by contributors 19th June 2023
    by contributors 19th June 2023

    Anyone who has wandered through a festival campsite has witnessed the postapocalyptic scenes of abandoned tents, stacks of single use plastic cups and overflowing chemical toilets. Now there’s a new …

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