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• The live music and festival industry is currently struggling with significant challenges, including expensive insurance premiums and the cost of living crisis impacting ticket sales.
• In particular are the challenges associated with climate change, as extreme weather events becoming more frequent, severe and unpredictable.
• Severe weather impacts on music festivals and concerts have ranged from delays and cancellations, to the evacuation of venues and areas mid-festival or mid-performance.

Death, injury and cancellations

• In my research, I also looked at where and why events were being cancelled in the United States, finding at least 21 cancellations in 2022–23.
• I also found similar cases in New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands.
• In November, we saw the tragic death of a fan due to extreme heat at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Brazil.

The environmental impact of festivals

• The UK’s live music industry produces 405,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
• The primary sources of these emissions are audience travel, accounting for 43%, and the operations of live music venues, contributing another 23%.

Music festivals can make a change

• The live music industry can reduce its environmental impact by adopting more renewable energy, and using sustainable transport options for artists and audiences.
• Read more:
  The environmental cost of abandoning your tent at a music festival

  Tree planting has emerged as a popular strategy for music festivals and bands to offset their carbon footprint and contribute positively to the environment.

• Challenges such as rising supply chain costs and the cost of living are testing the viability of festivals.
• It is important the event industry and festival-goers acknowledge their contributions to these escalating challenges, and take proactive steps towards greening music festivals.

Milad Haghani receives funding from the Australian Research Council (Grant No. DE210100440).

• LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- TOUS les JOURS , a renowned bakery café chain offering more than 300 artisan pastries, gourmet cakes, and desserts baked in-store daily, will celebrate the season of love with its all-new 'Sweets for My Sweetheart' menu.
• Available Feb.1-14, this delectable, limited-time collection will showcase over a dozen sweet treats, including cakes, mini desserts, and beverages, at participating locations nationwide while supplies last.
• "We're thrilled to unveil our 'Sweets for My Sweetheart' menu collection, featuring a delightful array of decadent baked goods and handcrafted beverages, available for a limited time this Valentine's Day season," said Sue Han, Marketing Manager for TOUS les JOURS.
• Plus, guests can complement their experience with a selection of seasonal hot and iced beverages, including the Red Velvet Latte and the Strawberry & Flowers Tea Latte.

• Five smoothie flavors now available at all Häagen-Dazs® Shops nationwide through March 31, 2024
  MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the new year, Häagen-Dazs® Shops welcome back their lineup of five Real Fruit Smoothie flavors, available in Shops nationwide beginning today through March 31.
• The returning Real Fruit Smoothies feature five smoothie flavors and the most extensive lineup of the brand's dessert offerings, including Aloha Mango, Strawberry Banana, Wildberry, Pomegranate Berry, and their latest flavor, Strawberry Mango.
• Each smoothie features Häagen-Dazs signature sorbet flavors blended with vanilla ice cream and fruit for a luxurious and refreshing dessert experience.
• Real Fruit Smoothie flavors include:
  Aloha Mango: made with a blend of Häagen-Dazs Mango Sorbet and vanilla ice cream with fresh peaches, bananas, and pineapple juice.

• Event Temple, the leading modern sales and catering software, is excited to announce that it has partnered with Strawberry (Previously Nordic Choice Hotels).
• VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Event Temple, the leading hotel sales & catering software provider, continues to take the hospitality world by storm and is excited to announce that it has partnered with Strawberry (Previously Nordic Choice Hotels).
• Event Temple is excited to help Strawberry achieve its goals and deliver unforgettable guest experiences."
• Event Temple is changing the game for hotels across the globe, and the numbers speak for themselves; across 40+ countries, thousands of users have embraced the power of Event Temple.