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More and more European festivals sign up to help support Music Saves Ukraine, but not from the UK.
The festival summer in Europe is coming to an end. In the third year of the full-scale invasion, support for Ukraine in the European music industry remains high, and more and more European festivals are joining in to help by directing their social action and …
Reeperbahn Festival continues to deliver for Europe while keeping an eye on the future
Spielbudenplatz provides an ideal location for socializing and relaxing at the heart of the festival This was DIY’s 9th year of media partnership with Reeperbahn, over which time the Hamburg festival (now in its 19th year) has established itself as one of the foremost conference …
DIY spotlights Northern artists on the red carpet at the Mercury Prize 2024
With the past decade of Mercury Prize winners having unanimously hailed from London (the last non-London winner was Scotland's Young Fathers, back in 2014), ahead of this year's prize DIY caught up with English Teacher, Nia Archives and Corinne Bailey Rae – an all-Northern trio …
DIY appointed to capture a whole new experience at The Long Road Festival
The UK’s ultimate destination for country, Americana and roots music and culture The Long Road, celebrated its biggest year yet with a bank holiday weekend packed with moments to remember. RUSSELL DICKERSON BRINGS 3-DAY PARTY TO A BLAZING FINISH From Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th August, Leicestershire’s …
Positivus Festival is an example of what can be achieved for good against all the odds – past and present.
Jason Derulo's outstanding routine brings the two day Positivus festival to a close Your first impression of the beautiful Latvian capital Riga, is that it’s a thriving European capital, both steeped in history, and boasting a young vibrant, modern and welcoming society. Your second is …
DIY highlight some of the more established acts that never fail to impress at Glastonbury festival
Glastonbury 2024 Photos: Emma Swann While the Pyramid stage saw Dua Lipa (revisit our feature on her rise so far here), SZA and Coldplay take on the headline slots, we took our hats off to emo-pop icon Avril Lavigne and the Legends Slot’s Shania Twain, …
DIY celebrates a year of exceptional female talent at Glastonbury 2024
Glastonbury 2024 Photos: Emma Swann While Dua Lipa graduated to headline the iconic Pyramid Stage for the first time, the crowds had some good old fashioned fun to Cyndi Lauper and many were treated to a series of firsts with Pyramid headliner SZA, emo-pop icon …
DIY magazine 2024 audience and brands research survey results
We can now share our latest audience research findings with you (please click on this link to download), which very much confirms our music discovery and tastemaker positioning in the marketing and media market, as well as a growing recognition and use of our cross …
Music Ambassadors Tour 2024: Witnessing Ukraine Through the Eyes of European Music industry representatives – A Riveting Documentary
In March 2024, twelve of Europe's influential festival organizers, music journalists, artists, and cultural figures embarked on a profound journey to Ukraine as guests of charity Music Saves UA (Ukraine). DIY was honoured to be among the delegation. For five days, they explored Kyiv, Borodyanka, …
DIY teams up with Travel Texas to promote the very best of the Lone Star State
In partnership with MDSG, the specialist travel, music tourism and leisure agency, the campaign will kick off with a VIP Texas showcase in London’s Soho to join Travel Texas, partners and special guests for an intimate celebration of Texan music, fashion and food. An intimate …
M for Montreal and DIY partner for showcase at The Great Escape
Once again this year, M for Montreal will be presenting showcases and networking activities at major UK events in Edinburgh, Wales and Brighton. A number of Canadian artists will have the chance to take to the stage at Wide Days, FOCUS Wales and The Great …
DIY and BIMM University team up for artist showcase partnership at The Great Escape
Continuing our long term relationship with creative University BIMM to help students – artists and industry hopefuls – with career advice, industry experience and showcase opportunities, we are coming together for a a special programme at The Great Escape, where BIMM is official education partner. …
Cover stars Soft Play launch DIY Magazine’s most successful Festival Guide to date
SOFT PLAY ARE THE COVER STARS OF DIY’S 2024 FESTIVAL GUIDE! With over 25 festival partners and advertisers, from 12 countries, all supporting this our ninth festival issue, we are delighted that we can introduce so many local UK and international festivals to our 1m+ …
DIY to partner Spain as lead country partner at The Great Escape 2024 – explore the packed programme.
Spain has been chosen as the lead country for The Great Escape 2024 and DIY has once again been appointed as media partner to their packed programme. The Spanish Wave has a great mission to promote Spanish musical talent – artists and industry – across …
The latest Estrella Galicia x DIY brand partnership brings Hackney alive with a two day music event “Soundhood Hackney”- two nights of music, beer culture, food and sustainability.
LIVE MUSIC, BEER CULTURE, STREET FOOD & POSITIVE IMPACT WERE ON OFFER AT PAPER DRESS VINTAGE & TWO PALMS Having hosted a number of events in London and, more recently, Brighton (see below), Son Estrella Galicia announced plans for a two day event in the …
DIY joined International Music Ambassadors Tour to Ukraine organised by UAME
Founded in March 2022, Music Saves UA is a non-profit fundraising initiative created by Ukrainian Association of Music Events (“UAME”) Founded in March 2022, Music Saves UA is a non-profit fundraising initiative created by Ukrainian Association of Music Events (“UAME”) and is the largest association of …
DIY Magazine’s Before They Knew Better podcast launches series two and sell out their inaugural live event at Soho’s The Social.
Starting the second season of DIY’s podcast in riotous style, we talk to CMAT about teenage fashion blogs, Paul McCartney comic strips, Bombay Bicycle Club and more! https://youtu.be/CflknUGbgZ4?si=-AFnnT2ZR7dBJyEp With the first pilot series at the the end of 2023 achieving over 17000 downloads, we are …
Live Nation choose DIY for tour campaign to coincide with Last Dinner Party magazine cover campaign
If you’ve yet to hear about The Last Dinner Party, honestly, where have you been? Live Nation Inside Cover DPS creative for Last Dinner Party Tour The multi channel Live Nation campaign, brokered by agency Sold Out, went live across social, online, physical and digital print, …
ESNS delivers on its promise at 2024 showcase conference.
Leaping into action with Christmas barely in the rear view mirror, if you’re looking to sniff out new artists before they go fully above ground, ESNS is the first stop on the trail: a four-day fiesta of buzz bands, stomping a path through the quaint streets …
DIY sees out 2023 with the Libertines rounding off an exceptional year of DIY in Deep digital covers
DIY in Deep digital covers sees out 2023 with the Libertines Back in September 2021 DIY has launched a new monthly online cover feature, DIY In Deep. The first edition featured the enigmatic star Poppy, as she set to release her fourth album ‘Flux’. Since …