FabFestivals

What FabFestivals does

FabFestivals is a privately held, self-service festival discovery and listing platform that aggregates music, arts, and cultural festivals across the UK, Spain, and worldwide destinations. The platform serves two primary user segments: festival-goers, who use the directory and calendar to discover and filter events by region, date, and category, and event organizers, who can claim listings, customize festival pages, and promote lineups and ticketing information. Underlying technology is a WordPress-based multilingual site with bilingual English/Spanish support and standard search, filtering, and calendar functionality (Today, This Week, This Weekend, Next Week), with no disclosed AI capabilities or APIs.

The platform monetizes through a freemium, three-tier organizer listing model: a free Basic tier, an Advanced tier at £60 offering featured placement and five submissions for 60 days, and a Premium tier at £100 providing homepage visibility, social media promotion, and ten submissions for 90 days. Billing is pay-as-you-go rather than recurring subscription, and listings expire, requiring organizers to re-purchase visibility. Go-to-market is product-led: content marketing (festival news, reviews, packing guides), organic search, and social sharing drive top-of-funnel traffic for festival-goers, while organizer acquisition runs primarily through the self-service listing flow. Distribution is direct-to-web with no disclosed mobile app or third-party channel integrations.

The company originated as a passion project among friends across South London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Madrid, and Barcelona, and in 2025 announced a merger with Timbageek to broaden platform capabilities. There is no disclosed institutional funding, no disclosed headcount, and no disclosed revenue; named festival properties on the platform (CarFest, Camp Bestival, Wilderness, Belladrum, Alexandra Palace Outdoor Summer Season) appear as listed events rather than disclosed paying enterprise customers.

Name

FabFestivals

Legal name

FabFestivals

Website

https://fabfestivals.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

FabFestivals is a self-service festival discovery platform that lists UK, Spanish, and worldwide music and cultural festivals for festival-goers and offers tiered paid listing tools (£60-£100) for event organizers. The WordPress-based, bilingual site combines a directory, calendar, news content, and organizer tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Discovery Platform

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAIAFAC

Festival & Event Producers/Organizers

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Live Music & Touring (Promoters, Venues, Ticketing)

SECONDARYMPAGAAAB

Music Festival Organizers & Promoters

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Concerts & Music Festivals

SECONDARYTHAJAFAI

Cultural & Community Festivals (Ticketed)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Live Entertainment & Ticketed Events (Shows, Concerts, Sports Experiences)

Keywords

• Festival Discovery Platform
• Event Listings Directory
• Music Festival Search
• Event Listing Services
• Festival Calendar

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Festival Listing Fees: Three-tier paid listing model for event organizers: Basic (free tier with limited features), Advanced (£60 for featured listings with better placement), and Premium (£100 for homepage visibility and social media promotion). Revenue generated from event organizers seeking to list and promote their festivals.
2. Promoted Listings: Paid promotional placement for festivals at the top of search results and homepage spotlight sections

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FabFestivals operates an online festival discovery and listing platform that aggregates music, arts, and cultural festivals across the UK, Spain, and worldwide. Event organizers can submit and promote their festivals via self-service tools available in Basic (free), Advanced (£60), and Premium (£100) tiers, while festival-goers search, filter, and browse listings by region, date, and category in English or Spanish.

Product overview

FabFestivals operates as a unified festival discovery and listing platform offering a comprehensive directory of music, arts, and cultural festivals across the UK, Spain, and worldwide. The platform combines a festival listings directory with a calendar feature for event discovery, complemented by a latest news section for industry updates and reviews. Event organizers can utilize self-service tools available in three tiers (Basic, Advanced, Premium) to list and manage their festival pages. The platform is fully bilingual, supporting both English and Spanish languages. A merger with Timbageek was announced to expand the platform's capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Festival Listings Directory A comprehensive music festival and cultural event directory covering UK, Spain, and worldwide festivals. Users can search, filter, and browse festival listings by category, region, and date.
• Festival Calendar A calendar of events enabling users to find festivals worldwide by music, arts, food, or culture categories, with date filters including Today, This Week, This Weekend, and Next Week.
• Latest News News and updates section providing festival news, lineup announcements, reviews, and industry articles for the festival community.
• Organizer Listing Tools Self-service tools for event organizers to claim and customize festival pages, highlight key details, promote lineups, and provide ticketing information. Available in Basic (free), Advanced (£60), and Premium (£100) tiers.
• Bilingual Platform (English/Spanish) Bilingual platform available in English and Spanish, enabling users to explore festival listings, news, and organizer tools in their preferred language.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TimbageekcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabFestivals announced a merger with Timbageek, combining the best of both platforms to create a more extensive and interactive platform for festival lovers. This merger expanded the platform's capabilities and content offerings.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Skiddle: UK-based event listings and ticketing platform covering festivals, concerts, and club events — directly comparable to FabFestivals' UK festival listings directory with the added transactional layer.
• Dice: Mobile-first music event discovery and ticketing app focused on concerts and festivals, competing for the same festival-goer audience with personalized recommendations and ticketing.
• Bandsintown: Live music and festival event discovery app with personalized recommendations for concerts and festivals, competing for the same festival-goer audience with a mobile-first product.
• Ents24: Long-standing UK event listings site covering concerts, festivals, theater, and comedy, directly comparable to FabFestivals' UK festival and concert listings focus.
• Festicket: Festival-focused discovery and travel platform serving UK and European festival-goers with ticketing, accommodation, and lineup information — a direct competitor in the same UK/Europe festival discovery niche.
• Songkick: Concert and festival discovery platform that aggregates live music listings globally, overlapping with FabFestivals' festival-goer discovery use case and content-led organic acquisition model.

Broad incumbents

• Fever: Global experiences marketplace covering concerts, festivals, and immersive events; broader scope but overlapping demand-side audience and organizer onboarding model.
• Headout: On-demand experiences marketplace with ticketing and discovery; serves a different primary vertical (tours/attractions) but overlaps at the festival/live events edge of its catalog.
• Eventbrite: Global self-service event listing and ticketing platform with a much larger organizer base; broader scope but overlaps directly with FabFestivals' organizer self-service listing model.

Emerging players

• Resident Advisor: Electronic music event discovery and ticketing platform with strong editorial content, overlapping with FabFestivals' festival content and listings approach but focused on club/electronic events.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fabfestivalsuk
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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