Virtual Festivals
UK music website
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Virtual Festivals is a UK music website that publishes news, reviews, listings, videos, photographs, interviews and competitions on music festivals. It was launched by Steve Jenner in 1999.
| Industry | Music festivals |
|---|---|
| Founder | Steve Jenner |
| Headquarters | London, London , UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | Virtual Festivals |
Virtual Festivals was written about in The Independent's "10 Best Sites of the Week" on 26 May 2001.[1] The site joined Facebook in 2007 and was described by the Birmingham Post as "the first social networking festival portal".[2]
The site holds its own annual awards show, the Virtual Festivals Awards, which has been covered by The Independent.[3]
Material from the Virtual Festivals site has been reproduced by publications such as The Spectator.[4][5]
The Virtual Festivals business was put up for sale by tender in February 2014.[6]
Festivals
With a team of more than 200 writers and photographers, the site covers major UK and international music festivals, including: