Benn And Probyn For Festival Pow-Wow

Festival Republic chief Melvin Benn and Live Nation chief ops officer John Probyn are among the key speakers at the UK Festival Conference at London Roundhouse Dec. 1.

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takes questions from Greg Parmley at a previous UK Festival Conference.

The conference, which precedes the UK Festival Awards held in the same building in the evening, will also have AEG Live’s Jim King and Zac Fox from the now Deutsche Entertainment-owned Kilimanjaro Live.

The panel subjects coming up for debate include “The Show Must Go On,” which will consider what the festival business may look like in 20 years.

“Get The Professionals In” will be a look at how inexperienced festival operators affect the market, a timely debate for a UK business that each year has its share of failed festivals.

The discussion on how festivals can optimize their revenues is called “The Fat Bottom Line.”