Buyer’s

In 2016 I Really Need…
With so many products and services now
available, festival organisers can be forgiven
for getting lost in a minefield of websites,
samples and printed information.
The Festival Buyer’s Guide decided to highlight
half a dozen services that it thinks could help
make life just that little bit easier.
Ticketsource
Ticketsource provides organisers with a simple to access selfservice
box office. The system allows customers to purchase event
tickets online and access them in a variety of ways, via Apple’s
Passbook app, text message or even a good old fashioned printat-home
ticket. The tickets can be fully branded with your event
details, and you can easily add information, terms & conditions,
and accept donations with gift aid support for registered charities.
General admission and allocated seating options are available,
giving even greater scope to the type of event that could make use
of this well-designed and intuitive system.
Event Wine Solutions
They say the best ideas are the simplest, and this one
is bang in that category. As tastes and knowledge have
developed, consumers have become more and more
picky about the quality of wine that they drink. With
Blue Nun a thing of the distant past, festivals need
to address the issue of safely serving good wine on
a glass-free site. The solution? Quality wine in plastic
bottles. Shaped exactly the same as the standard bottles we see on the supermarket shelves, Event Wine
Solutions pride themselves on selecting high-quality wines and packaging them in a way that makes them safe
and accessible to outdoor event organisers. The bottles are made from lightweight recycled plastic, making
them extremely eco-friendly. The reduced weight also means more bottles per pallet, which means more pallets
per truck, which means less fuel used getting them to your festival. Cheers!
EPS Temp-A-Deck
Festival Monitor
For festival organisers wanting to create high-class VIP bar
areas - or just add a bit of flair to a seating area – EPS Europe
has launched its new Temp-A-Deck temporary decking
system. Each 30cm x 30cm section features a durable plastic
frame overlaid with acacia hardwood strips. The plastic frame is
designed to clip together with the adjacent tile, allowing for quick,
hassle-free installation with no tools required. The system also
comes with specialist edging strips that allow it to be laid in open
areas with a presentable finish and no unsafe edges.
We work in a world dominated by data and information, so getting
an insight into the behaviour, activities and thoughts of festival
customers is a key way for events to develop their operations.
Festival Monitor is tailored to your event, offering a way to collect
useful information via pre-determined survey questions and
then analyse the results using a simple dashboard admin panel.
It’s the 21st century solution to the clipboard, pen and paper
questionnaire, giving users instant access to the results.
Coliseum Class from
The Theatre Tent Co
The industry has given huge amounts of media coverage to
the subject of CDM, so a temporary venue claiming to be the
first CDM compliant tensile structure could be a great addition
to any festival’s infrastructure. Produced by The Theatre Tent
Co, the structure is packed full of innovative features that aim
to save an event time and money. The system can be erected
in just five hours and taken down in three hours, with both
process requiring that the roof never touch the ground. Great
sightlines and loads of rigging capacity make this a structure
you’re likely to see around this summer.
Evolution Dome
Inflatable Bar & Kiosk
Quite simply, an inflatable bar and kiosk! This stylish
addition to the ever-growing Evolution Dome range
gives organisers a stylish way to create an eyecatching
customer facing service area. The sealed air
design allows for a quick install, and means that once
it’s up it doesn’t need a pump constantly running to
remain inflated. The tough fabric is fully waterproof
and resistant to damage as well as fire retardant. The structure can also be installed on grass or hard-standing,
both outdoors and indoors. It looks great, and the white fabric means that the structure can be externally lit or
projected on, giving festivals great scope to make it a real feature of the site.
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