FestEngine
Custom festival app · for your audience

Put your own custom festival app in every pocket.

Schedule, site map, live alerts, artist profiles, stages info, accessibility info, news, under your own name on the App Store and Google Play. Online or off, every act in their hand.

Backstage · the FestEngine CMS for your team

Custom festival apps, and the backstage software that runs them

Line-ups, stages, maps, comms and live ops in one backend. Designed for every event from a conference to a 60,000-strong festival in a field.

One engine, two worlds

Festival scheduling, comms and artist management in one place

Set it up once backstage and it appears in your branded festival app the moment you publish.

Custom festival app

Your own custom festival app

A bespoke app designed to your specifications and tailored to your audience

Personal schedule & clashfinder
Save acts, get nudged before they start, never miss a headliner.
Live site map
Find stages, bars and the nearest toilet. Works fully offline.
Alerts & comms
Weather, stage changes and secret events, straight to the lock screen.
Gamify the experience
Treasure hunts, spin-the-wheel, festival bingo and more.
FestEngine CMS

Managed live from the FestEngine CMS

A festival-wide control room for your ops team

Line-up & scheduling
Drag-and-drop set times across every stage, with clash detection.
Artists, traders & crew
Onboard artists and traders, then manage crew rotas and alerts from the same screen.
Site map management
Plot every stage, bar and standpipe on a searchable interactive map.
Live operations
Push alerts and manage the crowds in real time.
Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival app icon
Custom festival app · a real example

Your festival app, under your brand, on their phone

We design and ship native festival apps under your identity. This is the one we built for the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, running on FestEngine: schedules, maps, song books and a treasure hunt, all offline-ready.

Ranked #12 in the UK App Store Music chart
Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival app home screen
Home hub
Artist profile screen with photo, bio and favourite button
Artist profiles
Festival map screen with categorised pins and a venue card
Live festival map
Schedule grid screen with a performance reminder
Schedule and reminders
Treasure hunt screen
Treasure hunt
  • Published under your brand on the App Store & Google Play
  • Works offline: schedule, maps and song books in no-signal fields
  • Playful extras: treasure hunts, a song book, the Wheel O' Destiny
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Let's talk about your festival app.

Get in touch and we'll set up a call, walk you through the platform and show you how we'd bring your event to life.