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First Just Day Tickets, Then the Whole Weekend: the Cancellation of Defqon.1 Dissected
On the night from Thursday to Friday, hardstyle festival Defqon.1 in the Netherlands faced the scenario that keeps every organizer awake at night: the entire festival weekend has been cancelled.
The Toilets are a Maths Problem, Not a Plumbing One
Nobody plans the toilets, and everybody queues for them. Of all the things you'll budget for and obsess over, the toilets get treated as plumbing, a facilities box the venue ticks off, somebody else's department.
Nobody compliments the chairs. Everybody remembers a bad one
The chair is probably the most overlooked decision at your event, and the one your guests feel the most.
Steel giant above Trump's cage fight once stood at Lowlands
The steel giant hanging above the world's most famous cage fight is of Belgian manufacture, originally developed for Lowlands in the Netherlands.
Post Your News for Free on eventplanner.net
At eventplanner.net we make it easy for event companies and venues: share your news without hassle. Do you have something cool to say? A new event concept, ...? Let the world know through our platform.
The Death of the Keynote
The keynote is dying, and most event programmes haven't noticed. Walk into almost any conference, and the architecture is identical to twenty years ago: a stage, rows of chairs, a speaker, a deck.
Why people remember some events and forget others
Memory is brutally selective. Months after your event, guests won't recall your run sheet, your seating plan or whether the afternoon ran twelve minutes late. They'll recall a feeling and a handful of moments - if you're lucky.
The things AI still can't do for event planners
Every trend report this year says the same thing: use AI daily, or fall behind. And there's truth in it. AI drafts your emails, builds a first-pass agenda, scores your leads and writes your post-event report before you've packed the flight cases.
Avoid These 6 Mistakes When Inviting the Press to Your Event
Let me ask you a quick question: Would you rather appear in the morning paper or be mentioned by two industry influencers on their social media platforms?
Tomorrowland fire likely caused by leak in flamethrower: 'A human error'
The devastating fire that reduced Tomorrowland's iconic main stage to ashes last summer was possibly the result of human error. A poorly connected flamethrower leaked large quantities of ethanol, with all the resulting consequences.
Sydney's drone show failed. The safety plan didn't
On Monday night, the most ambitious drone display in Sydney ended within seconds of taking off. Eighty-nine drones - part of the festival's Star-Bound show above Cockle Bay - fell from the sky and crashed into Darling Harbour after an unplanned change in radio frequencies.
Checklists now let you watch tasks, not just own them
Every event organiser knows the feeling. You've handed off a task - booking the AV crew, briefing the caterer, finalising the run-of-show - to someone perfectly capable of getting it done. But you still need to know how it's going. Not because you don't trust them. Because the outcome lands on you.
Easyfairs wants to buy Xpo Group
Easyfairs Belgium has confirmed plans to launch a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid for all shares in Xpo Group, the company behind business-to-business event brands and the operator of the Kortrijk Xpo venue.
How to Plan an Event on a Low Budget
Apart from time and effort, planning an event requires financial resources. Without a specific budget you can’t approach your event.
Ticketmaster cuts 350 jobs in 25 countries - and bets the future on AI
Ticketmaster has cut around 350 jobs, roughly 8% of its global workforce, in a restructuring that hit engineering, product and design teams across 25 countries. Contractors were also affected.
Festival for 20,000 Visitors Cancelled in Amsterdam Just Before Start
House festival Music On has been cancelled at the last minute this weekend. The two-day event was scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10 at the Meerpark in Amsterdam East and was completely sold out with 20,000 visitors.
A Planner's Guide to Flat-Pack Modular Event Structures
For a decade, if a brand wanted a temporary building that felt architectural rather than tented, the default answer was a shipping container.
We've launched a Reddit community for event professionals - and we'd love you in it
There's a new home for event pros on Reddit. We've just launched the official eventplanner.net community on Reddit - a public, global space where planners, venues, suppliers and agencies can talk shop in the open.
How to Get Your Event or Event Business Featured in ChatGPT, Claude and Other AI Assistants
A growing share of event planners are turning to AI assistants as an extra starting point for ...
The Most Expensive Part of Your Event isn't on the Budget
Look at any event budget, and you'll find the usual suspects: venue, catering, AV, decoration, staffing, transport, and marketing. Every euro accounted for, every category neatly tallied.
