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Festival Republic take stake in Big Chill
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 25 September 2009
Melvin Benn’s Festival Republic has taken majority ownership of The Big Chill Festival, and will become co-producers of the event in future years. That brings the Chill into the same production house as the Reading, Leeds and Latitude Festivals. Festival Republic are also co-producers of Glastonbury, of course.
Big Chill co-founder Katrina Larkin will remain Creative Director for the festival, though she and her team will relocate to Festival Republic’s London offices. Music Week quote Larkin thus: “It’s a great opportunity for The Big Chill, following arguably our best festival to date. It means support for Big Chill all year-round and allows us to concentrate on what we do best – creating amazing festivals without compromise”.
Festival Republic, as you’ll all surely remember, was the festivals division of Mean Fiddler before MAMA Group bought the Mean Fiddler name and venues. It is now an independent business co-owned by live music giant Live Nation and Irish company Gaiety Investments.
