Jul 11, 2025
After losing their daughter in the 2021 Astroworld Festival crowd crush, Brian and Michelle Dubiski launched a foundation to help prevent similar disasters. Here, they share their journey and their vision for a safer live events industry.
Watching your two children go off to a concert parent’s worst nightmare. That’s the reality Brian and Michelle Dubiski, along with son Ty, have lived with since their daughter Madison was killed in the crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, USA. She was one of ten people to have lost their lives that night.
The Pink Bows Foundation progressed its aim of making events safer, with another positive step towards establishing an international standard. The first courses in the Middle East, in Riyadh and Jeddah, were hosted by ESM Operations, whose own staff were joined by invited attendees from members of The Royal Guard, the Government’s General Entertainment Authority, […]
Read PostSep 15, 2025
The goal of Pink Bows Foundation is as simple as it is powerful: to prevent parents around the world from having to go through what the Dubiski Family went through in the aftermath of the Astroworld crowd crush in November of 2021 – when they waited in vain for their daughter, Madison, to return home. […]
Read PostShowstop Procedure, a global crowd safety training and certification programme for venues and large-scale event organisers, has been accredited by Highfield Qualifications. Founded by the Pink Bows Foundation in memory of Madison Dubiski, who was 23 years old when she died in a crush during a Travis Scott concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, […]
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