Arts organisations collaborate on affordable smartphone app development for the future of festivals

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Each of the venues in the festival is listed with their contact details. The world symbol links to GPS maps. LONDON.- Festivals are there to be enjoyed but how often have you run yourself ragged, traipsing from venue to venue, or missed a must-see artist because of faulty timetables or that mountain of leaflets you couldn’t quite get through Logistical niggles can soon take the fun out of festivals but thanks to Apps for the Arts, a new scheme launched today 5/7/2012, future events are set to be slicker and more visitor-friendly than ever – and joining the scheme is surprisingly cost-friendly, too. Up until now, many arts organisations haven’t been able to splash out on their own smartphone app. But with Apps for the Arts, organisations can now share the development cost making it eminently affordable. Victoria Forrest, an award-winning* designer and entrepreneur who works with Arts organisations throughout the UK says: “An app of this kind can cost upwards of £20,000, making it out of reach for most Arts festivals. Much of this cost, however, falls within the prog ...  More