On 24th September Kambe’s Production Manager Sarah and Ops Director Chris headed to London to the AIF‘s Wellbeing For Festivals training day. It was… Read more Mental Health in the industry: creating a culture of wellbeing.
An industry wide appeal and crowdfunder was launched this week by our very own Chris Johnson. The crowdfunder will build on the research of… Read more Festival Vision: 2025
Last month the Shambala team spent a weekend in the countryside, at the permaculture farm Three Pools in Abergavenny. The setting was an inspiring… Read more Growing a people garden: Shambala’s team weekend away
On May 8th over 60 independent festivals in the UK launched a campaign to tackle the culture of tent disposability, which is the scourge… Read more Independent Festivals launch ‘Take Your Tent Home’ campaign
A longstanding tradition with the Shambala team is a weekend of camping under the stars. Surrounded by rolling hills, we get together to take… Read more Shambala Team Take Aways – Inclusivity at Kambe
Earth Day 2018 saw the widespread announcement of the ‘Drastic on Plastic’ campaign, where a group of over 60 independent festivals across the UK… Read more Independent Festivals Get Drastic on Plastic
Open-source technology and all things sharing have become increasingly interesting to all of us here at Kambe Events. We’ve stumbled upon the astonishing leaps… Read more Learning to Ouishare
The revised Smart Energy For Festival and Events guide was launched yesterday at the Green Events and Innovations Conference, in London. Kambe’s Chris Johnson… Read more Out now: Smart Energy Guide ’17
Christine Dent Recently I attended an event hosted by the Birmingham Festivals Group, whose focus was to discuss the importance of cultural events in place… Read more Cultural events: the lifeblood of cities
Can you combine hedonism with purpose? The way the world seems to be heading at the moment, event organisers in my mind, have a… Read more Experiments in real-world change
At Shambala, we have always endeavoured to find ways to reduce the environmental impact of our festival. Over our 17 -year history, we’ve ditched… Read more Behind the Scenes with ‘Meat and Fish Free Shambala’ in 2016
Events are a core part of most cities tourism revenue stream, however when events pop up in a city, the existing litter bins and… Read more How can city events improve litter and recycling rates?