Kilimanjaro Live
entertainment company group in the United Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Live Group is a group of companies that work in the fields of music and comedy, based in the United Kingdom.
They own and operate Kew The Music, Live At Chelsea, Tartan Heart Festival, Stone Free Festival, Sonisphere Festival, Wakestock Festival and Warped Tour (Europe only).
Awards
Music Week Awards Promoter of the Year 2023
Music Week Awards Promoter of the Year 2018
Prog Magazine Industry VIP Award 2018
Live UK Awards National Promoter of the Year 2018
Music Managers Forum Award for Outstanding Contribution to Live Music 2018
Metal Hammer Golden Gods Best Lineup The Big 4 at Sonisphere Festival 2011
Myticket.co.uk
In 2014 Kilimanjaro's customer event listings website Kililive.com became MyTicket.co.uk in line with German parent company website Myticket.de.
Festivals
Kew The Music
Kew The Music is a collaboration between Kilimanjaro Live, Raymond Gubbay Ltd and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kilimanjaro has run the festival on the world heritage site since 2015.
Tartan Heart - Belladrum
2018 saw Kilimanjaro acquire Belladrum festival in Scotland. The well-established music and arts festival, held on the Belladrum Estate near Inverness, in Scotland. It is normally held at the start of August. Founded in 2004, the festival has rapidly grown in popularity. The festival has sold out in advance every year since 2008.
“Kilimanjaro Live” enters the record as entertainment company group in the United Kingdom. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kilimanjaro, Live and entertainment can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17102045. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023, 2018, 2011 and 2014.
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