{"id":609553,"date":"2026-08-30T20:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609553\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T20:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:44:11","slug":"watch-a-new-documentary-on-european-festival-ownership-%c2%b7-news-%e2%9f%8b-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609553\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a new documentary on European festival ownership \u00b7 News \u27cb RA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch a new documentary on European festival ownership \u00b7 News \u27cb RAThe 20-minute film is available on the Arte TRACKS YouTube page now.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMucmEuY28vaW1hZ2VzL25ld3MvMjAyNi9kamF5YS5qcGc=.jpeg\" alt=\"Watch a new documentary on European festival ownership image\"   class=\"Image-sc-mve7dk-0 cUdKrd\"\/>A new documentary from Arte TRACKS examines who owns Europe&#8217;s festivals and venues, and what increasing consolidation means for the live music sector.<\/p>\n<p>The film focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/84513\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/84513\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">four major promoter groups<\/a>\u2014Live Nation, CTS Eventim, AEG and Superstruct Entertainment\u2014which collectively control more than 200 festivals and over 100 venues across Europe. It also examines KKR&#8217;s 2024 acquisition of Superstruct and the subsequent fallout. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=891\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=891\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTM Festival<\/a> curator Michail Stangl and Erica Romero Pender of Live DMA discuss the risks of market concentration, including reduced competition, rising ticket prices and the potential erosion of independent festival culture. Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/djaya\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/djaya\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DJ AYA<\/a> talks about the implications of the boycott campaign against Superstruct-owned events.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the documentary in full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch a new documentary on European festival ownership \u00b7 News \u27cb RAThe 20-minute film is available on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[258233,15898,93,61,60,34907,270],"class_list":["post-609553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dj-aya","tag-english","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-magazine-news","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}