How to Build a Festival Ross
@htbaf-ross.bsky.social
Ross from the How to Build a Festival podcast - chatting nonsense about independent music on various platforms!
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Want to play our very first festival in September?
Let us know here - it’ll be north London on the 20th September, and we’ve been talking all about our journey to get it started on our podcast, How to Build a Festival
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Let us know here - it’ll be north London on the 20th September, and we’ve been talking all about our journey to get it started on our podcast, How to Build a Festival
www.surveymonkey.com/r/FP5DBZJ
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May 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Want to play our very first festival in September?
Let us know here - it’ll be north London on the 20th September, and we’ve been talking all about our journey to get it started on our podcast, How to Build a Festival
www.surveymonkey.com/r/FP5DBZJ
Let us know here - it’ll be north London on the 20th September, and we’ve been talking all about our journey to get it started on our podcast, How to Build a Festival
www.surveymonkey.com/r/FP5DBZJ
20th September 2025…
If you’ve been following our journey to start our own festival… we have a date!
If you’ve been following our journey to start our own festival… we have a date!
May 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
20th September 2025…
If you’ve been following our journey to start our own festival… we have a date!
If you’ve been following our journey to start our own festival… we have a date!
Always one of my favourite parts of the festival and it’s as good as ever
🚨 Here it is! ✨️ This year’s line-up for the ever-amazing Field of Avalon at Glastonbury 2025! 🎉🎊
March 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Always one of my favourite parts of the festival and it’s as good as ever
New episode today talking to Soaked about their journey as an independent artist trying to grow in 2025, including supporting the Libertines and getting their first major festival bookings
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Episode 33 - Supporting the Libertines and major festival bookings - chatting with Soaked
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March 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New episode today talking to Soaked about their journey as an independent artist trying to grow in 2025, including supporting the Libertines and getting their first major festival bookings
open.spotify.com/episode/0TMK...
open.spotify.com/episode/0TMK...
@howtobuildafest.bsky.social on the silent disco at @endoftheroadfestival.com 2024 - a highlight of the festival year
March 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
@howtobuildafest.bsky.social on the silent disco at @endoftheroadfestival.com 2024 - a highlight of the festival year
Discovery of the day researching the @greenmanfest.bsky.social lineup - the brilliant alphabet
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Artificial Light
alphabet · Artificial Light · Song · 2024
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March 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Discovery of the day researching the @greenmanfest.bsky.social lineup - the brilliant alphabet
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Our favourite new band of the moment - definitely one to watch @menantollondon.bsky.social
Our favourite new band of the moment - definitely one to watch @menantollondon.bsky.social
NW1
Mên An Tol · NW1 · Song · 2024
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March 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Our favourite new band of the moment - definitely one to watch @menantollondon.bsky.social
Our favourite new band of the moment - definitely one to watch @menantollondon.bsky.social
Festival season is coming… glasto stage lineup releases mark another milestone in the countdown
March 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Festival season is coming… glasto stage lineup releases mark another milestone in the countdown
New episode of our podcast… where we try and figure out what to call ourselves and talk about various lineup releases from @greenmanfest.bsky.social and @glastonbury.bsky.social
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Episode 32 - Glastonbury and Green Man lineup reactions and trying to name our festival
Podcast Episode · How to Build a Festival · 10/03/2025 · 42m
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March 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New episode of our podcast… where we try and figure out what to call ourselves and talk about various lineup releases from @greenmanfest.bsky.social and @glastonbury.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
A new pod from us recapping on the AIF Festival Congress - catch it here!
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Episode 31 - Reflections from Festival Congress 2025
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February 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A new pod from us recapping on the AIF Festival Congress - catch it here!
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open.spotify.com/episode/6KRt...
A new episode in interview with lilo, where we discuss their favourite festivals to play, how much they want to play @endoftheroadfestival.com and what gender balance on festival lineups
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
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Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
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Episode 30 - Lilo talk us through what makes a great festival for artists
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January 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A new episode in interview with lilo, where we discuss their favourite festivals to play, how much they want to play @endoftheroadfestival.com and what gender balance on festival lineups
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
open.spotify.com/episode/69RC...
Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
open.spotify.com/episode/69RC...
This week we recapped @rockawaybeach.bsky.social and talked about our goals for 2025 - feedback and ideas welcome for how we can get our festival up and running and how we can be useful to independent artists and festivals
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Episode 29 - Rockaway Beach recap and our team new year resolutions
Podcast Episode · How to Build a Festival · 14/01/2025 · 53m
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January 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This week we recapped @rockawaybeach.bsky.social and talked about our goals for 2025 - feedback and ideas welcome for how we can get our festival up and running and how we can be useful to independent artists and festivals
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My 2024 favourites…
Follow us for more this year as we try and build toward launching our own festival in 2025
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Follow us for more this year as we try and build toward launching our own festival in 2025
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January 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My 2024 favourites…
Follow us for more this year as we try and build toward launching our own festival in 2025
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Follow us for more this year as we try and build toward launching our own festival in 2025
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Our recap of everything we loved in 2024 - if you haven’t tried our podcast yet… give us a go!
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Episode 28 - Recapping our favourite festivals and gigs of 2024
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December 31, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Our recap of everything we loved in 2024 - if you haven’t tried our podcast yet… give us a go!
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A year ago we started a podcast looking charting our efforts to start a new independent festival in a world where the UK lost over 70 festivals in 2024. It’s as tough as we knew it would be, but we are hopeful that 2025 will see us get our first event launched
Thanks for joining our journey so far!
Thanks for joining our journey so far!
December 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
A year ago we started a podcast looking charting our efforts to start a new independent festival in a world where the UK lost over 70 festivals in 2024. It’s as tough as we knew it would be, but we are hopeful that 2025 will see us get our first event launched
Thanks for joining our journey so far!
Thanks for joining our journey so far!
This week we catch up with Lakefest’s Lee Martin on all the highs and lows of growing an independent festival - huge thanks to Lee for spending time with us and sharing his incredible journey
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open.spotify.com/episode/6bFg...
Episode 27 - Chatting with Lakefest’s Lee Martin
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December 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM
This week we catch up with Lakefest’s Lee Martin on all the highs and lows of growing an independent festival - huge thanks to Lee for spending time with us and sharing his incredible journey
open.spotify.com/episode/6bFg...
open.spotify.com/episode/6bFg...
How much can we achieve in year 1? We debated our festival manifesto in our brand new episode here - also vote for us as music podcast of the year please! Link in show notes to that!
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Episode 26 - Our Festival Manifesto
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December 16, 2024 at 8:59 AM
How much can we achieve in year 1? We debated our festival manifesto in our brand new episode here - also vote for us as music podcast of the year please! Link in show notes to that!
open.spotify.com/episode/1jSr...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jSr...
@bryansgunn.bsky.social can you do ‘a coming together’ please… mainly used in cases where the forward has been shot but the commentators are too lazy to look at the replay
December 15, 2024 at 5:59 PM
@bryansgunn.bsky.social can you do ‘a coming together’ please… mainly used in cases where the forward has been shot but the commentators are too lazy to look at the replay
This is super exciting for us to get a nomination in our first year! And we didn’t even nominate ourselves (thankyou to whoever did)!!
Please vote for us here….
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Please vote for us here….
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December 7, 2024 at 6:32 PM
This is super exciting for us to get a nomination in our first year! And we didn’t even nominate ourselves (thankyou to whoever did)!!
Please vote for us here….
s.surveyplanet.com/vyhvggua
Please vote for us here….
s.surveyplanet.com/vyhvggua
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We're encouraged to hear the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy acknowledging the tremendous impact of the crisis that has been affecting music venues for several years.
We hope new Gov't measures are sufficient to support the sector and reverse years of damage.
@musicvenuetrust.bsky.social
We hope new Gov't measures are sufficient to support the sector and reverse years of damage.
@musicvenuetrust.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 9:47 AM
We're encouraged to hear the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy acknowledging the tremendous impact of the crisis that has been affecting music venues for several years.
We hope new Gov't measures are sufficient to support the sector and reverse years of damage.
@musicvenuetrust.bsky.social
We hope new Gov't measures are sufficient to support the sector and reverse years of damage.
@musicvenuetrust.bsky.social
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These nonsensical Spotify Wrapped genres are making me feel nostalgic for the good old days when it was insisting Chamber Psych was everyone's favourite genre
December 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM
These nonsensical Spotify Wrapped genres are making me feel nostalgic for the good old days when it was insisting Chamber Psych was everyone's favourite genre
One of the very best festivals - can’t wait to see what the team has planned for 2025
Hello, BlueSky! 👋
Prick up your ears; we’ve got an announcement coming tomorrow #eotr2025
We’ve only just opened our account and hardly have any followers, so we’d be very grateful if you’d re-post.
In the meantime, sit back, relax and relive End of the Road 2024.
youtu.be/pAfJhww4tkI
Prick up your ears; we’ve got an announcement coming tomorrow #eotr2025
We’ve only just opened our account and hardly have any followers, so we’d be very grateful if you’d re-post.
In the meantime, sit back, relax and relive End of the Road 2024.
youtu.be/pAfJhww4tkI
End of The Road Festival 2024
YouTube video by End of the Road TV
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December 4, 2024 at 12:12 PM
One of the very best festivals - can’t wait to see what the team has planned for 2025
Cracking first announcement from Deer Shed - love to see Divorce, King Hannah, Big Special and top billing going to podcast favourites Wunderhorse - hell of a booking that is
November 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Cracking first announcement from Deer Shed - love to see Divorce, King Hannah, Big Special and top billing going to podcast favourites Wunderhorse - hell of a booking that is
Just remember if you did get lucky in the Glastonbury ticket sale… there’s like 99 other stages… you don’t have to see Rod Stewart when Sunday tea time rolls around. Don’t let it ruin your next 7 months
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Just remember if you did get lucky in the Glastonbury ticket sale… there’s like 99 other stages… you don’t have to see Rod Stewart when Sunday tea time rolls around. Don’t let it ruin your next 7 months
Our first episode of the @bsky.app era - we get in to detail on how trying to build our own festival is going, reflect on the new #Glastonbury ticket process, and some of the best gigs we’ve been to. Give it a go on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts!
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open.spotify.com/episode/4NdC...
Episode 25 - Anniversary Edition! What we thought of the Glastonbury ticket sale process and where we’ve got to with building our festival
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November 26, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Our first episode of the @bsky.app era - we get in to detail on how trying to build our own festival is going, reflect on the new #Glastonbury ticket process, and some of the best gigs we’ve been to. Give it a go on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts!
open.spotify.com/episode/4NdC...
open.spotify.com/episode/4NdC...