eFestivals
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{{Infobox website
| name = eFestivals
| logo = efestivals_logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| screenshot = efestivals_screen.png
| screenshot_size = 200px
| caption = The eFestivals website (21 June 2009) viewed in Mozilla Firefox
| url = http://www.efestivals.co.uk/
| commercial =
| type = Music festival listings and online community
| language = English
| registration = Optional
| owner = NRG Internet Ltd
| author = Neil Greenway
| launch_date = 2000
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| revenue =
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eFestivals is a website listing music festivals; hosting information on line-ups, interviews, photographs and live reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/5229093/The-best-travel-websites-part-two.html|title=The best travel websites: part two|date=2009-04-27|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2009-06-21}}
The website boasts an active discussion board with over 225,000 registered users, {{Cite web|url=https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/|title=Festival Forums|website=Festival Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}} which now runs on a separate server from the main website due to its popularity. {{Cite web|url=https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/forum/20-website-wishlist-amp-problems/|title=Website wishlist & problems|website=Festival Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}} A 'gold membership' is available for £18 per annum, which prevents third party websites from being displayed while using the site. {{Cite web|url=https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/store/product/1-gold-member-free-of-adverts/|title=GOLD member (free of adverts)|website=Festival Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}}
In May 2019, eFestivals launched an appeal for donations to help cover the website's running costs and to secure the future of the website. {{Cite web|url=https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/clients/donations/1-donations-towards-running-costs/|title=Donations towards running costs|website=Festival Forums|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}}
History
The website was launched in 1998 as "The Original Glastonbury Website", and was adopted by Glastonbury Festival as the official website for the 1999 event.{{cite web|url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/about/|title=About eFestivals|date=2009-04-22|work=eFestivals|accessdate=2009-06-21}} In 2000, eFestivals was launched to cater for multiple festivals (over 200 were listed in 2006{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/17/arts.topstories3|title=Stiff competition for summer's hot tickets|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2006-04-17|work=Guardian Online|publisher=Guardian Media Group|accessdate=2009-06-21}}), and has been cited as bringing attention to smaller-scale festivals.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3554150/The-festivals-that-could-be-washed-away-by-a-summer-of-rain.html|title=The festivals that could be washed away by a summer of rain|last=Green|first=Thomas|date=2009-06-12|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2009-06-21}} in 2023 the company that owned efestivals (NRG Internet LTD ) and its assets was sold to PURE MATTER MEDIA GROUP LTD, and founder Neil ~Greenway ended his involvement of running the websites.
In 2007, sister website eGigs.co.uk was first registered, which mirrors the format of eFestivals but relates to individual gigs rather than festivals.
References
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External links
- [http://www.efestivals.co.uk/ eFestivals website]
Category:British music websites
Category:Music festival organizations
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