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Team Backbone & Defqon.1 Weekend Festival with Jari, Mette and Laurens
Team Backbone and Defqon.1 Weekend Festival – Behind the scenes with Jari van Leerdam, Mette Horstman and Laurens Kaizer From June 23rd to 26th 2022, Defqon.1 Weekend Festival took place at Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands. This festival is nothing short of massive. And when we say huge, we mean one of the largest campsites in Europe […]
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Behind the scenes at the F1 Miami Grand Prix
Behind the scenes at the F1 Miami GP with Jacco van der Voort and Alex Kistler From 6-8 May 2022, the inaugural Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix took place at the Miami International Autodrome, set in the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens, home to the NFL’s famous Miami Dolphins franchise. The Florida race […]
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New Managing Director for Backbone North America
Backbone appoints new Managing Director for Backbone North America As from August 1st 2022, Eitan Wynalda will take over the role of Managing Director Backbone North America from Rutger Jansen. Wynalda is an experienced events professional who has been in the industry for over 20 years. He has taken on various projects and roles in […]
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A closer look at Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival
Behind the scenes at Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (commonly referred to as Okeechobee) is an annual four-day event, held at the 600-acre Sunshine Grove property in Okeechobee, Florida by music event promoter and distributor Insomniac. It is a surreal experience, filled with multi-genre music, immersive art, and transformative […]
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Invictus Games 2020 The Hague – looking back with Remco Hendriks
From 16 – 22 April 2022, the Invictus Games 2020 took place in Zuiderpark, The Hague, in the Netherlands for the first time ever. Together with Technical Producer and Production Manager Remco Hendriks, we look back on this unique sporting event. A meaningful event Invictus means unconquered. A word that embodies the fighting spirit of […]
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PON Games – Behind the scenes with Reza Lesmana
Together with Managing Director of Backbone Indonesia, Reza Lesmana, we look back on the PON Games that took place in Papua, Indonesia last October. Read all about his experience, including the highlights and challenges that were faced during this unique project. Backbone and the PON XX Papua 2021 Games The PON Games, or PON (Pekan […]
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Nestlé Lactogrow – Grow Happy Fantasea Drive Thru
On behalf of Fabulous Indonesia, during the first week of April 2021, Nestlé Lactogrow – Grow Happy Fantasea Drive Thru took place in the parking area of the Phinisi Point Mall in Makassar, Indonesia. This was the first ever drive thru tunnel “edutainment” theme park in Indonesia, and the first ever family entertainment concept during […]
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Tree of Hope, a symbol of hope for the whole event industry
The TREE OF HOPE: two huge hands join together as a trunk, they open and release a flock of birds-of-paradise that fly up freely to form a crown After a year of uncertainty and staying indoors, at a time when festival season would normally erupt in all its diversity, creativity and optimism, a temporary beacon […]
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Dutch Grand Prix | Interview with Remco Hendriks
During the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Formula 1 returned to Zandvoort on the first weekend of September 2021 after an absence of 36 years. This was a memorable spectacle, as all eyes worldwide were on Zandvoort. With its rich history, unique location in the dunes near the sea, the two new spectacular corners, […]
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EB Live interview with Pieter Lubberts: ‘Sometimes we went too fast for The Hague’
Editor’s note: This interview took place shortly before the Covid-19 measures were tightened up again. The live industry is slowly but surely starting to recover in the Netherlands, largely thanks to the Fieldlab pilots. Program manager Pieter Lubberts looks back at a busy but successful period. “We have always worked with transparency and an open […]