The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has launched a new fund that will help independent festivals implement more environmentally sustainable events.
The initiative is backed by an initial pledge of ...
More than 20 suppliers have backed AIF’s Fallow Festival Fund for 2026, pledging support for independent festivals that are navigating a hiatus and planning a return in 2027.
Following its ...
The music industry has delivered its response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicted that the UK economy will grow by 1.5% in 2025, ...
Ticketing platform Skiddle has launched a new partnership with the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) to bolster support for independent events.
AIF is the UK’s official not-for-profit trade association for ...
A partnership between the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), the Association of Independent Promoters (AIP) and Music Venue Trust (MVT) has won the support of Arts Council England to ...
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has called for an investigation into Live Nation from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority.
The trade body recently provided evidence for a Business ...
Somerset’s new Homestead festival is the latest cancellation of 2025 – the 39th festival so far this year.
According to the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), that figure is ...
The total ticketed capacity of AIF members in the UK is now more than one million.
The exact ticketed capacity of the combined AIF membership is 1,150,945.
Seventy-two UK festivals have now announced a postponement, cancellation or complete closure in 2024 – double the amount that fell in 2023, according to the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) ...
UK Music has released its annual economic report, This Is Music 2024. The report outlines the huge economic contribution the UK music industry makes to the economy.
Artists such ...
