Festival Republic (formerly the Mean Fiddler Music Group) is a UK music promoter. Among its interests, it runs the Reading and Leeds festivals and is contracted to manage the Glastonbury Festival.
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The group was founded in 1982 by chairman Vince Power, with a venue called simply Mean Fiddler. After acquiring the LA2 (now known as the Astoria2) in Charing Cross Road in 2000, it was renamed to become the Mean Fiddler Music Group.
In April 2005, they accepted a takeover bid from Hamsard Ltd, a co-operative company 50.1% owned by Live Nation UK (formerly the entertainment division of Clear Channel UK but now part of Live Nation International) and 49.9% owned by Irish event organiser MCD.
In 2006, the Mean Fiddler Music Group reduced its touring and promotion activities to concentrate on running festivals. It maintained control of the successful Reading and Leeds festivals and announced a new addition – Latitude Festival.
In 2007, the Mean Fiddler Music Group was renamed to Festival Republic and sold several venues to Mama Group Plc in order to concentrate on promoting festivals. It still controls the London Astoria brandname. As part of the sale, the Mama Group has acquired the rights to the Mean Fiddler trademark.
Former Venues
- London Astoria
- London Forum
- Mean Fiddler
- Jazz Café
- The Garage
- The Borderline
- The Grand
- The Old Fiddler
- The Crossbar
- The Complex
- Media
- Point 101
- Powers Bar
- Ion Bar
- Bartok
- The Z Bar
Festival production
- Reading Festival
- Leeds Festival
- Homelands Festival
- Glastonbury Festival
- Phoenix Festival
- Rise Festival
- Big Chill
- St Patricks Day London Parade
- Jazz Cafe Picnic
- Latitude Festival
- Heavenly Planet (A new festival scheduled for 2009).[1]
- Hove Festival, Norway [2]
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