Venue Finding: Finding the best venue for your Festival
Ask anyone working in festival production what they consider the most fundamental part of an event, and you’ll get a variety of answers: licensing, budgets, logistics, or programming. But here’s one that rarely makes the list, despite being the foundation for everything else: venue finding. Finding the right space isn’t as simple as matching dates and capacities. […]
StandOut Magazine: Community Engagement at We Are OPS
Communities are at the heart of every festival, which is why genuinely engaging with them and giving back is so important. Speaking to StandOut Magazine, our Operations Account Director Jan shares how meaningful collaboration with local communities helps festivals and events thrive. At We Are OPS, we prioritise community engagement by hosting community days, site […]
Jazz Café Festival 2025
Background Now in our second year supporting Jazz Café Festival, We Are OPS were proud to return as a core delivery partner for the 2025 edition, providing full-service support across Safety Advisory Group (SAG) representation, health & safety management, event operations, and production and more. We were involved from the early planning stages right through […]
Press: StandOut Magazine
Keen to find out more about how we brought Labyrinth on the Thames to life? Speaking to StandOut Magazine, We Are OPS Account Director Jan Rankou talks about our role at the sold out series, and how we supported the Labyrinth team with production, operations and licensing. Thanks to the lovely Caroline Clift for coming […]
Uzbek Culture and Food Festival 2025
Background London’s celebrated Uzbek Culture & Food Festival made an eagerly anticipated return to Potters Fields Park, with the iconic Tower Bridge providing a stunning backdrop. We have been supporting Uzbek Culture and Food Festival since its inaugural event. Event production colleagues at our sister agency We Are Placemaking produced this event again in partnership […]
ITV: Independent Festivals – Mini Documentary
Festivals and live music are a big contributor to the UK’s economy, generating £8 billion and attracting 19 million visitors and sustaining 62,000 job roles. Despite this, 39 UK festivals have already cancelled this year, with 249 gone since Covid. But why, and why does it matter? ITV‘s Nick Smith delves into this issue in his latest report, […]
‘Barriers begin before even entering the festival’: Making events accessible for everybody
Accessibility is central to the event planning process – ensuring events can be enjoyed by everybody who wishes to attend. We spoke to Jan Rankou, Senior Operations Manager at We Are OPS, to explore some of the ways in which accessibility must be considered at events… Jan, can you just discuss some of the barriers […]
Festival Operations and Health & Safety: Houghton Festival
Background Houghton is a music & arts festival set in the Norfolk countryside, celebrated for its eclectic line-ups showcasing the best names on the electronic music scene. The festival, curated by Fabric owner Craig Richards, invites over 200 artists to play for up to 10,000 attendees across the weekend, with music starting on Thursday, and […]
Festival Health & Safety: Gottwood
OPS returned to Gottwood for the seventh time in 2024 – providing a range of services to ensure this critically acclaimed, independent and intimate underground electronic music festival could go ahead safely.
