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Rising Costs, Cancellations and Sellouts: Inside the Mixed Bag Facing European Festival Promoters
European Festival promoters face rising costs, bad weather and cancellations, but bright spots still remain in the busy summer market.
LONDON — “We live to fight another day,” says a weary but cautiously optimistic Oliver Jones, looking back on this year’s Deer Shed Festival, which featured headline performances from bands The Coral, Bombay Bicycle Club and rising Irish singer CMAT, and took place under crystal blue skies July 26-29 in Baldersby Park, Yorkshire. Nevertheless, a high number of European festivals have been called off this summer due to wide variety of factors, including low ticket sales, competing sporting events, lack of resources and personnel, and extreme rainfall. France’s Rock En Seine, which takes place Aug. 22-25 in Saint-Cloud and features Lana Del Rey, Fred Again… and LCD Soundsystem, is enjoying its “strongest year” in the event’s 19-year history, says Jim King, CEO of European Festivals at AEG.
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