The move comes on the back of a storming festival season for the indies, which have bucked the trend of failures and cancellations among the sector to see three of the AIF's 33 members selling out in record time. Another four indie festivals sold out their full complement of tickets this year.

The Festival Visionaries conference promises to deliver many of the promoters and executives behind successful events such as Bestival, Eden Sessions and End of the Road Festival. AIF ...