Melvin benn biography
Festival Republic
Concert & Festival Promoter
Festival Republic is a UKmusic promoter. It was founded as Mean Fiddler Group in by Irish-born chairman John Vincent Power,[1] as a venue-management and music-promotion group. After the group was taken over by Hamsard Ltd in , the focus became more concentrated on festivals, and in the venues along with the Mean Fiddler name were sold on, with the remaining company being renamed Festival Republic.[2] Melvin Benn is the current managing director.
History
The group was founded in by Irish-born chairman John Vincent Power, with a venue called simply Mean Fiddler.[1] At the end of the s they took control of the Reading Festival from Harold Pendleton, beginning a move into festivals.[3] After acquiring the LA2 in Charing Cross Road in , they were renamed to become the Mean Fiddler Music Group.
Melvin benn biography During his tenure, he was credited with bringing the festival forward to a point where the local council planning committee were confident granting multi-year licences for the Somerset event. Big name star announced for Scarborough Open Air Theatre's summer concert series - here's how to get tickets. By Elly Rewcastle. Dragons Den.In April , they accepted a takeover bid from Hamsard Ltd,[4] a co-operative company % owned by Live Nation UK (formerly the entertainment division of Clear Channel UK but now part of Live Nation International) and % owned by Irish event organiser MCD.
In , the Mean Fiddler Music Group reduced its touring and promotion activities to concentrate on running festivals.
It maintained control of the Reading and Leeds festivals and announced a new addition, Latitude Festival.
In , the Mean Fiddler Music Group was sold along with several venues to Mama Group Plc in order to allow Festival Republic to concentrate fully on promoting festivals. As part of the sale, Mama Group acquired the rights to the Mean Fiddler trademark.[2][5]
Festival promotion and production
Festival Republic's flagship events are the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
These are a pair of annual events which take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill.
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In Ireland, they organise the Longitude Festival and Electric Picnic. In Norway, they run the Hove Festival.[7] In Germany they have expanded from running the Berlin Festival to running the first European Lollapalooza.[6]
They have previously been responsible for Big Chill festival, which last ran in , and were the operators of the Glastonbury Festival from until
Former festivals
- Big Chill Festival (–)
- Eroica ( formerly V Festival South)
- V Festivals ()
- T in the Park ()