I think a separate section for gigs and festivals, separate from the music/tech/obits section, might make sense - but not limited to the UK. It might be that at present it would be mostly UK gigs and festivals, but that's another matter entirely. It'd be the place for us to look if we were off on a foreign trip, for example.

But I think that, whatever happens, it's only good sense and good manners to make a point of giving an indication of where something is happening in the thread title. In fact I think it'd be fair to have elves make a practice of putting that in, if it hasn't been done by the person starting the thread.