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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
At the end of 2018, Backbone teamed up with Justdiggit to organise the first edition of Raindance. The Raindance project aims to create awareness for the key role nature plays in mitigating global warming, celebrate the regreening successes so far, but most of all demonstrate the urgency of climate change and promote one of the […]
Since April 6, 2020, 25 GGDs together have realized more than 350 Covid-19 test locations in the Netherlands. Anyone with symptoms that are consistent with the Corona virus can be tested to see whether he / she is a carrier. The GGD GHOR tests are conducted at various external locations. It is a gigantic ongoing […]
3FM Serious Request: The Lifeline 2020 At 3FM Serious Request: The Lifeline 2020, 3FM took action to relieve medical workers and prevent the spread of Covid-19. Three DJ teams went into lockdown in the week before Christmas (from 18 to 24 December) to raise money for the Red Cross. Jacco van der Voort, the Technical […]
Nog twee weken tot het einde van 2020. Het coronavirus is nog steeds onder ons, wat een enorme klap betekent voor de evenementenbranche. In eerdere interviews hebben we gesproken met tal van ondernemers uit de sector, evenals belangrijke key players die vanuit verschillende initiatieven met de overheid in contact staan. Zo ook Fieldlab Evenementen die in januari […]