TRNSMT

TRNSMT (pronounced "Transmit") is a music festival staged at Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, organised by DF Concerts.

TRNSMT
The Main Stage of the TRNSMT festival at Glasgow Green, Glasgow
GenrePop, rock, electronica
Dateslate June/early July
Location(s)Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Years active2017–present
Attendance120,000
Capacity50,000
Websitewww.trnsmtfest.com

History

An early line-up for the first TRNSMT festival was revealed in January 2017, two months after the announcement that T in the Park (also organised by DF Concerts) would not be staged that year.[1] The first festival took place over three days in July 2017[2] and the organisers said that 120,000 people attended.[3]

Shortly after the first festival concluded, a second event was announced for the following year.[4] In November 2017, the festival organisers announced a change of date.[5] The 2018 event was held over six days, split over two weekends.[6] In 2019 the event returned to being three days covering a single weekend, with a daily capacity of 50,000.[7][8]

On 24 April 2020, it was announced that the 2020 festival would not go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Awards

TRNSMT was named 'best new festival' in December 2017 at the UK Festival Awards in London.[10]

Criticism

The Musicians' Union criticized the 2019 lineup for only 20% of the acts being female. In response the festival announced they would have a female-only 'Queen Tut's' stage.[11] When the first acts were announced for the 2020 festival the head of DF Concerts, Geoff Ellis, defended the lack of female acts announced, saying "we'd love there to be a higher representation of females but there isn't, certainly on the acts we're announcing today, it will be a while until there's a 50/50 balance" and "we need to get more females picking up guitars, forming bands, playing in bands”.[12]

Headliners

For full lineups see TRNSMT festival line-ups

References
  1. Ferguson, Brian (31 January 2017). "T in the Park organisers reveal headliners for new Glasgow Green festival". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. "TRNSMT Festival 2017". eFestivals. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "T in the Park 'not looking likely to return in 2018', organisers say". The Herald. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. Jackson, Russell (12 July 2017). "TRNSMT Festival will return in 2018, say organisers". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. McLean, David (16 November 2017). "TRNSMT Festival to span two weekends as date change revealed". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. "TRNSMT Festival 2018". Festicket. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. "TRNSMT Festival 2019". Festicket. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. "TRNSMT Festival 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  9. "TRNSMT and Belladrum festivals off due to Covid-19". 24 April 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Ferguson, Brian (1 December 2017). "TRNSMT named Britain's best new festival". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  11. "TRNSMT Festival faces backlash over dedicated new stage for female acts". The Scotsman. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  12. "TRNSMT must stop making excuses and meet demand for more female acts". Daily Record. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  13. Russell, Jennifer (31 January 2017). "Radiohead to headline TRNSMT - read the full line up here". glasgowlive. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  14. Crampsey, Colette (28 March 2018). "TRNSMT 2018: When it is, the lineup and how to get tickets". dailyrecord. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  15. "TRNSMT 2019: Backlash against Glasgow Green music festival lineup announcement continues". Evening Times. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  16. Trendell, Andrew (26 November 2019). "Headliners and first major acts announced for TRNSMT Festival 2020". NME. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

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