We talk to Ben Ray, founder of independent success story Slam Dunk, about taking the festival, or one of its three legs, into a greenfield site for the first time. We look at the fluid evolution of the Hampton Pool Picnic Concerts, the big players’ battle for London’s festival map and we check in with DF Concerts’ CEO, Geoff Ellis, ahead of the sophomore TRNSMT Festival, on Glasgow Green at the end of June.