Lieberberg to give keynote for UK festivals

Organisers of the UK Festival Conference, which takes place during the day of Monday 2nd December before the UK Festival Awards that evening, have announced Germany’s much-celebrated music promoter and festival organiser, Marek Lieberberg to give the event’s keynote address, in partnership with IQ Magazine, at London’s Roundhouse. As Founder and Director of Germany’s mighty Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, Lieberberg will discuss his vision for the development and future of the modern festival. Lieberberg’s address will also look back into his extensive career that has been responsible for orchestrating performances and tours from global rock icons including Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode through to Britney Spears, Jay Z and One Direction.

The 2013 UK Festival Conference will explore the explosion of new technology in the modern festival infrastructure , while a Music Week-chaired Conference session will aim to explore the meteoric rise in artists fees and their affect on the industry.

Following the Conference the evening will play host to the tenth year of the annual UK Festival Awards. The best events and artists from this year’s season will be honoured with gongs voted for by the festival-going public or judged by panels of industry experts. Voting is open now at festivalawards.com/vote and closes on the 31st October 2013.