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  • Episode 49 - We built a festival! Echo 17 emotional recap!

    October 1, 2025 · 36 min

    The gang celebrate the success of the first ever Echo 7 festival, and talk about how it all felt. This one is excitable and we focus on the emotion of it all, the excitement of seeing it all come together after two years of trying to…

  • Episode 48 - ECHO 17 Final Preview!

    September 18, 2025 · 21 min

    We get together for a final preview of Echo 17 before our very first festival on Saturday 20th September! We talk lineup, activities, timings and what we’re excited and worried about! Join us as our journey gets a little closer to…

  • Episode 47 - Echo 17 week!!! Main Stage artists More Peas and Kimmi Watson

    September 16, 2025 · 43 min

    Echo 17 is finally here on the 20th September and we are joined by brilliant main stage artists Kimmi Watson, founder of She17, and by Muriel and Lucy of More Peas. We talk about their music, their festival memories and the work of She17

  • Episode 46 - End of the Road preview with Ronan Leonard

    August 27, 2025 · 29 min

    It’s End of the Road and that means back to back episodes! We go through our picks for the week, compare them to the famous Sally’s Notes, and chat with End of the Road lineup mainstay Ronan Leonard…. Plus a super exciting announcement

  • Episode 45 Green Man Recap and Echo 17 Preparation

    August 26, 2025 · 42 min

    Cat and Rach work through where we’re at with preparations now we’ve launched our website and lineup! We recap a very hot Green Man, one of the best lineups of 2025

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  • Episode 44 - Chatting with Danny Hagan, co-founder of Green Man Festival and The Wake Festival

    August 8, 2025 · 27 min

    Danny Hagan co-founded Green Man Festival in 2003 and 21 years later launched The Wake in 2024. Now coming into its second sold out year, we chat to Danny about the experience both festivals, the difference starting them two decades apart…

  • Episode 43 - Lakefest Preview

    August 5, 2025 · 35 min

    Rach and Cat check in with Lakefest Owner Lee Martin ahead of the 2025 edition of the brilliant family festival coming up this weekend. We talk about the lineup, the frantic nature of the weeks building up to the event and the wonderful…

  • Episode 42 - Emergency pod… our big announcement

    August 1, 2025 · 13 min

    Our short and sweet announcement episode... The one we’ve been working towards for the last 41 episodes! Announcing our name, date, venues and pricing structure as well as what happens next! Join us on our journey!

  • Episode 41 - Truck Festival and Deer Shed 2025 very unofficial preview

    July 22, 2025 · 34 min

    We team up with Lisa and Uncouth Brett to preview this year’s Truck Festival before looking at the 2025 edition of Deer Shed ahead of one of the busiest weekends of the festival summer Get in touch with any tips for either of these…

  • Episode 40 - Glastonbury 2025 Recap with OOFestivals

    July 15, 2025 · 53 min

    We follow up with Damian, Gina and Jack on this year’s Glastonbury festival and talk all about it. Relive the last Glasto for a couple of years here with your favourite OOF mods!

  • Episode 39 - Last minute Glastonbury 2025 lineup tips

    June 25, 2025 · 24 min

    It’s Glastonbury Eve… have you somehow forgotten to do any lineup research, looking for some last minute inspiration, or just stuck in traffic just after Fleet Services on the way to Worthy Farm? Here’s your last minute lineup tips from…

  • Episode 38 - Glastonbury preview and festival community chat with OOFestivals

    June 18, 2025 · 54 min

    How do you say OOFestivals, what is it, and how has it grown in a way the team never imagined? We’re joined by three of its moderators to talk through the incredible online community of festival fans and of course to deliver their…

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A small group of friends trying to understand how to build a great independent music business when we know nothing about the sector