Festival crime conference scheduled for month end

Festival Republic will again host a conference focussing on combating crime at major music events. The annual Crime At Major UK Music Festivals Conference is now in its fifth year, will take place in Reading on 28th February. Representatives from a number of British and Irish festivals, including Festival Republic's own Reading, Leeds and Latitude festivals, and Download, T In The Park, V Festival, Secret Garden Party, Global Gathering, Womad, Lovebox and Oxegen, along with police chiefs who have major music events in their regions, will meet at the event which aims to share knowledge and best practice to cut down crime rates at festivals. One topic this year will be safety and liaison issues resulting from cancelled events