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We are VIKIN - The Future of Event & Festival Technology | Innovators in creating branded festival apps that revolutionise experiences for organisers, visitors, and performers. | Transforming events with our multi-language platform, offering bespoke digital solutions to make your event's brand glow, enhance visitor interaction, and unlock new revenue streams. Join us in redefining festival experiences with intelligent search, personalised visitor experiences, and dynamic inline advertising. | Our affordable, feature-rich platform is designed to facilitate better connections, insightful analytics, and seamless integration, ensuring your event stands out every year. Let's collaborate to achieve your event's experience, revenue, and insight goals.

24/09/2026

After our second year at Greenbelt and first year at Shambala, it was LOVELY to receive amazing feedback from attendees:

"It worked great offline - rubbish signal this year so I really needed that"
"It worked without phone signal! It was a convenient and reasonably waterproof way to look up the timetable."
"This app was outstanding! Way better than any previous ones!"
"It was a well-rounded app that was a lot better than previous years"
"The app worked very well offline which was an enormous help."
"Thank you so much for all your hard work and for providing such a useful tool that really enhanced the Greenbelt experience."
"I thought the app was brilliant. Thanks to you and all the team for producing it"

Do you have an app your attendees rave about each year, and look forward to downloading? If not - you should visit our site to learn why attendees eagerly wait for apps from us.

22/09/2026

Hello hello everyone! 👋

As you know, we went to Shambala Festival in August, and we're hoping to show you a little more of what the VIKIN app platform can actually do during a live event.
So, let's start with one of my favourite features - and not just because without it, I probably would have got lost at Shambala within about two seconds. 😂

Like many of the events we support, Shambala can have very limited signal on event days. Add in the severe weather many events experienced this season, and having reliable navigation becomes even more important.

That's where offline map navigation comes in. 📍

The same map can help attendees find:
✨ Stages and workshops
✨ Food and drink
✨ Facilities around the site
✨ Their own pinned tent
✨ Their car or campervan
✨ Other important locations they want to find again later

And that's exactly what having a VIKIN app feels like: clear, easy to use, and there to support organisers and attendees at the same time.
I'd love to hear how your event season went, especially with the difficult weather this year. How did you help attendees navigate the site and feel confident they had the information they needed when conditions changed?

15/09/2026

We loved speaking with attendees about their app experiences at Shambala and Greenbelt and hearing how the app helped them get more out of the festivals. It was also amazing to see our fabulous clients in person and be on hand to answer any questions there and then, especially when the weather added more and more complications.

Our organisers' loved how quickly changes were updated; they appreciated our customer support with any questions they received, either by email or through Facebook groups; and how helpful they found the new mapping tools on our brand new Surveyor app (more on that very, very soon!). Event volunteers and stewards also relied on the app notifications to keep up to date of any schedule changes - showing how a VIKIN app is a great way to keep everyone in the loop.

Does your current app supplier get on site to help you out and take some of the weight off your shoulders? If not, you should check out our site and see why organisers work with us, year after year.

02/09/2026

What a way to end off the summer with Shambala Festival and Greenbelt Festival!

This was our biggest weekend of the year - but what a success it was!

✨ over 12 million app interactions
✨ 100k app data updates (with 99.99% success, even with incredibly poor signal!)
✨ over 400k notifications sent out to attendees
✨ 290k performances added to attendee’s personalised schedules
✨ 250k searches performed (beer is again right at the top, like last year!)

With some pretty challenging weather conditions, it was great to see our event partners making great use of notifications to send attendees important guidance, and it was amazing to see that we could push hundreds of programming changes out to attendees even with exceptionally poor signal. Our event partners also got to see our brand new organiser app in the fields too, which made it so much easier to collect GPS coordinates & ensure every location on site showed perfectly in the app. We’re excited to add more functionality to the organiser app over the next few months to turn it into one of the best organiser tools on the market!

We’re also SO HAPPY to see some attendee feedback like this:

🤩 “It worked great offline - rubbish signal this year so I really needed that”

🤩 “It worked without phone signal! And being a convenient and reasonably waterproof way to look up the timetable.”

🤩 “This app was outstanding! Way better than any previous ones!”

🤩 “It was a well-rounded app that was a lot better than previous years”

🤩 “The app worked very well offline which was an enormous help.”

🤩 “Thank you so much for all your hard work and for providing such a useful tool that really enhanced the Greenbelt experience.”

🤩 “Thought the app was brilliant. Thanks to you and all the team for producing it”

We loved speaking with attendees about their app experiences about how the app helped them get more out of the event, and it was amazing to see our fabulous clients in person and be on-hand to answer any questions there and then, when at times the weather added more and more complications.

The attendees in our feedback form are saying “I want other events to have an app like this one” - and the attendees can’t be wrong! If you’re an event organiser and want an app attendees LOVE, drop us a message!

Next up: The Big Retreat’s new event in Cambridgeshire! Fingers crossed for less mud…

28/08/2026

We're beyond proud of our seamless integration with the Crescat platform, built initially for our shared event partner Greenbelt Festival, and now available for all our event partners.

For large events, having a single source of truth for data makes all the difference. A single source of truth means that when things change (and change quickly) you only have to think about updating one thing, and everything else falls into place. Our integration with Crescat streamlines this process: update your lineup, artist details and more in Crescat, and then have the data seamlessly sync into your VIKIN-powered attendee app.

As we've seen with Greenbelt Festival, having a single source of truth for data means you can provide in-depth details that give your attendees the ability to really discover your event. Attendees love discovering new artists from detailed profiles, links out to their most recognisable songs to generate interest, beautiful images that draw attention to profiles, and quotes from reviews - as seen by the over 1.2 million screen views in the Greenbelt app before the event has even started.

You always remain in control of what attendees see - just mark content as 'draft' or 'available' within Crescat, and anything in draft stays private until you're ready for attendees to see it.

Greenbelt have been delighted with our integration with Crescat, and we're excited to continue to work with both Greenbelt and Crescat to add new features and improvements to make the lives of organisers easier for even more events.

18/08/2026

It’s safe to say - the Greenbelt and Shambala attendees are LOVING their new apps - with both Greenbelt and Shambala sitting solidly at the top of the charts for Entertainment apps in the UK for over a month!

We’ve been busy in the run up to these great festivals - launching features like our brand new timeline & clash-finder, custom sessions, in-app notes, and custom Find My locations to name just a few! We’re so happy that thousands of attendees are loving these features, and that they’ve been able to use our VIKIN apps to plan and get the most out of their time in the fields!

We’re not done yet though - we’ve got a few more features up our sleeves to release before next week… 👀

(if you run an event and you want an app that attendees actually enjoy using - drop us a DM!)

17/07/2026

We’re thrilled to announce that the Shambala 2026 app - powered by VIKIN is STILL #1 for Entertainment on the UK App Store! 🤩

Since the app launched last week, we’ve received incredible feedback from attendees - from how seamless the clashfinder is, to how helpful it is to have custom sessions in-app, and how clear our interactive map is! We’ve been active in the Shambala Facebook groups directly talking with attendees to answer questions and receive feature suggestions - with countless new features being prioritised in our roadmap for upcoming updates.

Are you off to Shambala next month? Download the app now to get the full lineup, build your personalised schedule, solve your clashes with the best clash-finder on mobile, and explore the site with our interactive maps!

Check out the app now - link in comments! ⬇️

24/05/2026

With a full campground at , the VIKIN-powered app makes it easy to find your way back to bed at night!

Simply open the app, add your van or tent location, and then use the in-app directions to find your way back in the dark at night. Simple and straightforward - and a very well-loved feature by our attendees!

Not yet got the app?! Download it now - link in bio! 👀

23/05/2026

Another great day at with getting everyone on their feet! 🤩

Looking for a bite to eat afterwards? All of the food vendors are easy to find in-app - filter by dietary preference, search by cuisine, and then use the in-app directions to find your way there! The paste from is our recommendation for today! 🍝

Download the app now to get the most out of The Big Retreat - link in bio! 👀

22/05/2026

The fields are starting to fill up at !

Just arriving today? Download The Big Retreat Festival’s app right now to see what’s happening, save your tent & car locations, discover new activities, and navigate straight to 👀

Download link in bio!

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