News & updates
All the latest festival news and updates, as well as info about eufest.
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Positivus confirms headliner schedule
Positivus festival one day tickets are purchasable starting today - April 25th. Along with the tickets, Positivus has also announced the headliner schedules for both of the festival’s main stages – the Tele2 and the Nordea stages.
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New acts announced for Sziget Festival
Biffy Clyro, Mika, The Cribs, and Regina Spektor are just some of the latest additions to the line-up for Hungary's Sziget Festival, 5-12 August 2013.
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A$AP Rocky joins Snoop at Croatian Hip Hip Festival
Situated on the party beach of Zrce, Croatia - and now in its second year - Fresh Island Festival is the newcomer on the circuit which has impressed not just hip hop fans across Europe but also some of the world's biggest rap stars.
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Put your hands in the air - Fatboy Slim is back!
Continuing the R:Evolution, EXIT proudly announces one more name to join the line-up, alongside the already-announced Atoms for Peace, the reincarnated Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion) and Bloc Party. Ladies and gentleman, put your hands up in the air and prepare yourself for another crazy Fatboy Slim experience as the dance scene legend returns to EXIT festival, Eastern Europe's greatest summer adventure serving up five days of music, entertainment and adventure from 10–14 July.
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Keeping it covered
ABTA – the UK’s largest consumer body for the travel industry – has revealed that thousands of festivalgoers are putting themselves at risk of sky-high medical bills.
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2013 European festival dates released
It seems that festival organisers are being super prepared this year, with many of the popular European festivals already releasing their 2013 dates.
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Dates confirmed for INmusic 2013
Unfortunately, the “great British summer” is definitely over, and the festival season has come to an end. However, for those of you who are already planning your next festival expedition, INmusic organisers have just announced their dates for summer 2013.
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B’ESTFEST – twice the fun, half the price
eufest has secured an exclusive deal with Romania’s biggest music festival, B’ESTFEST Summer Camp, so for a limited time only we are able to offer two festival tickets for the price of one!
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New additions for Echo
Echo Festival have announced the latest new names for their stunning line-up. The first new addition is Sully, described as the King of Swing amongst DJs and critics alike, this boy is something special.
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EXIT festival announces twinning with Bestival
EXIT is delighted to announce that it will be teaming up with Bestival to take part in the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) Twin Festivals Initiative, for the first time in 2012.
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Keane - feeling Positivus
The British band Keane is one of the headliners who will be playing at the Positivus Festival 2012 on July 20th and 21st in Salacgriva, Latvia. Latvian band Instrumenti, who will be the only local band performing on the main stage - Tele 2 stage, has been added to the festival line-up. The other three acts that have been added to the festival line-up are The Vaccines, King Charles and the swedish band Niki & The Dove.
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Can you hear the Echo?
Over the last few years, Croatia has established itself as the continent’s festival capital, with more music per square foot than anywhere else in Europe. And now it looks like the country might have to make room for one more, with the launch of one of the summer’s most eagerly anticipated musical events - Echo Festival in Makarska.
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Just the ticket
Festival travel company eufest has unveiled the latest addition to its new website – the eufest Ticket Shop.
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Festivals - now with added protection
eufest has taken the momentous step (well for us, anyway) of joining ABTA – the Association of British Travel Agents.
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eufest launches new website
Specialist travel company eufest today unveiled its spanking new website at www.eufest.com. The company is the UK’s leading travel company dedicated to the European festival scene, and provides transport, tickets and accommodation for some of the biggest festivals in Europe.
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New festivals for Summer 2012
For summer 2012 we thought we’d like to offer you even more, and try out some exiting new European festivals. After doing a bit of research about the festivals that you want to get to, we have chosen Bilbao BBK Live in Spain, Hurricane and Southside in Germany, Frequency in Austria and B’est Fest in Romania. But that’s just the start of our list, so watch this space for even more new festivals on our website in the New Year......
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Sun, sea and sounds…Bench speak to eufest at the end of a crazy summer
Eufest is a specialist travel company dedicated to the festival scene – almost as much as we are here at Bench – and this year they helped almost 10,000 people get to their favourite festivals all over Europe (even helping Bench get over to Melt! Festival in July). At the end of a crazy summer, we caught up with Director Dermot O’Flynn, who started the company with his wife Anna-Maria in 2003, and Project Manager Lauren Rawlings to find out what’s hot, what’s cool, and where we should all be going in 2012…