Archive for December, 2008
Promoter presses ahead with RedFest festival
A promoter who has seen his music festival flop three times in a row has declared he “never wants to make a profit”. Matt Nichols, organiser of Redfest, made the claim after announcing an initial line-up on Monday for his fourth attempt at the festival, which this year is planned for July 25 and 26. [...]
Coast arts Festival set to mean business
THE Coast arts festival next summer hopes to combine art with business, in turn generating £2 million for the local economy. The festival wants to see the local business sector playing a bigger role in next year’s event, and is setting up an online business directory on its own website. As well as the major [...]
£75,000 funding for Plymouth Summer Festival
THE Plymouth Summer Festival will go ahead for a third year after a pledge of £75,000 funding. The City Development Company (CDC) has agreed to continue its support for the festival for at least one more year. The £75,000 from the CDC will be matched by private sector contributions to develop hard-hitting marketing of summer [...]
Liverpool launches first Pedal it Pink charity cycle ride event
A NEW cycling event is being launched in Liverpool especially for women. The first Pedal it Pink, organised by the Breast Cancer Campaign, will take place in Sefton Park on Sunday, April 19, and local women are being encouraged to register for the event. The fundraiser has a variety of cycle routes, from a 5k [...]
Event warnings as temperature plummets
New Year’s Eve revellers have been warned that they face freezing temperatures when they see in 2009. Nearly 400,000 people are expected to take to the streets of London ahead of a midnight fireworks display centred on the London Eye. Similar outdoor events in Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh should also prove popular. But weather [...]
Don’t blame me if ravers overdose, event organiser: AUS
The organiser of Melbourne’s biggest New Year’s Eve party said he could not be blamed if party-goers overdosed at the Telstra Dome event. Sensation dance party organiser Duncan Stutterheim said it would be his “biggest nightmare” if any of the 40,000 ticket-holders overdosed, as did 12 ravers at a dance party at Festival Hall last [...]
Diversion needed so main stage can be built
A PARISH council and the Open Spaces Society have objected to the proposed closure of the Thames Path for the Henley Festival. The festival, which will take place between July 8 and July 12, requires closure of the towpath on the same site as the Henley Royal Regatta. Two smaller diversions, each lasting two days [...]
National Student Drama Festival to be funded for further two years
A MAJOR Scarborough drama festival, which attracts hundreds of people to the town, has secured funding for the next two years. The National Student Drama Festival will be fully funded by Arts Council Yorkshire in 2009 and 2010 following a year-long review. Last year the event faced threats of major funding cuts but the crisis [...]
Hay Festival chief in talks to run Brecon Jazz
ORGANISERS of the Hay Festival said yesterday they could step in to save the future of Brecon Jazz. One is a giant of the literary calendar, the latter, which went into receivership earlier this month, a favourite with jazz fans across the world. Hay’s Peter Florence told the Western Mail he was in talks with [...]
Birmingham events specialist to manage film premiere
Birmingham-based events specialist Big Cat Group has been awarded the contract to manage the UK premiere of British independent film Clubbed. The event will be held in January at Birmingham’s Cineworld cinema on Broad Street. Set in the 1980s and inspired by Bafta-winning Coventry author and ex-bouncer Geoff Thompson’s autobiography Watch My Back, the film [...]
Award for nightclub’s under-18 events
A PROJECT tackling crime and anti-social behaviour at a local under-18s club night has resulted in the event continuing successfully. There were calls for Batchwood Hall nightclub to stop the teenage club nights following trouble at one of the events in 2006 which resulted in eight assaults. The ‘Baby Batchwood and Too Much Teen Spirit’ [...]
Edinburgh tram works threaten to derail showpiece events
TWO of the biggest events during Edinburgh’s festival season face being cancelled or drastically scaled down under plans to continue tram works in the heart of the capital throughout most of next year. City council officials have admitted they are considering ploughing on with the laying of tracks on Princes Street during the six-week festival [...]
Aberaeron site is decided for 2010 Urdd Eisteddfod
THE Urdd Eisteddfod is to be staged on National Trust land near Aberaeron in 2010. Eleven sites were considered for the week-long festival but the organisers have decided on the Llanerchaeron site. Eisteddfod director Aled Siôn said: “The Urdd is very fortunate and proud that so many areas showed an interest and that numerous excellent [...]
Heineken sides set to refresh second-tier event
The European Challenge Cup has become an expensive, low-profile tournament dominated by Guinness Premiership clubs, but the organisers have a plan to raise its stock and tempt a sponsor. From next season, three teams who finish second in their Heineken Cup pools and fail to qualify for the quarter-finals will enter the last eight in [...]
Loony Dook gets the cold shoulder from city’s party
ORGANISERS of the annual “Loony Dook” into the Firth of Forth have hit out after being ditched from Edinburgh’s official Hogmanay programme. The iconic event – which sees hundreds of people run into the freezing water on New Year’s Day – has raised more than £100,000 for charity since it was first held in 1987. [...]
ABTA will not hold UK convention events
ABTA will not hold a series of UK events for travel agents next year to replicate its overseas conference as originally planned. The news follows the recent announcement that the 2009 Travel Convention will be held in Barcelona. At this year’s convention in Gran Canaria, chief executive Mark Tanzer outlined plans for an additional series [...]
Ravers jailed after Thetford event
Police chiefs last night said they would continue to act tough on illegal ravers after ten men were given custodial sentences for their involvement in an unlicensed event in Thetford Forest. The seven men from Suffolk and three from Norfolk were sent to prisons and young offenders’ institutions for periods ranging from four to six [...]
Ironmen to take the plunge
ONE of the world’s most gruelling physical challenges could be bringing a multi-million pound windfall to Greater Manchester. Bolton has been asked to host the Ironman UK International Triathlon for the next three years. The 140-mile event could bring in millions of pounds to Bolton’s economy – and a global television deal struck for 2009 [...]
Asia’s Biggest Music Festival Faces Uncertainity
Sunburn, labeled as Asia’s biggest music festival, is facing uncertainty with Goa banning the beach parties citing security reasons. The festival was scheduled in Goa from December 26 to 28 at North district’s Candolim beach. The top disk jockeys from the world over where expected to perform for the festival that has been held in [...]
Events ban at Norfolk manor house
The owner of a Norfolk manor house has been told he cannot use the Grade II listed property as a venue for wedding receptions and corporate functions. Villagers who say their lives have been disrupted by events at Surlingham Manor, near Norwich, breathed a sign of relief after a planning inspector dismissed an appeal by [...]
Red tape over events licence under scrutiny in Westminster
A TINY Sevenoaks village’s grapple with council red tape has been propelled to the top echelons of British democracy. Anne-Marie Jordan lives in Underriver and is secretary for the village association. She wrote to Seveno aks MP Michael Fallon to highlight the lengthy and complicated process of applying for a temporary events notice when she [...]
Hudson city will foot bill for special events
Hudson — The city will pick up all service costs for all city-approved special events in 2009. Council members Dec. 17 voted 5-1 in favor of legislation to reverse a 2006 policy that charged service fees for special events in town except for five community traditional events — the Hudson Garden Club Home and Garden [...]
Lanhydrock Festival falls victim to credit crunch
NEXT summer’s Lanhydrock Festival has been called off because of concerns over the economic downturn. The National Trust cancelled the festival, claiming it would be “irresponsible” to hold it. The Lanhydrock Festival is a charity event which raises funds for conservation and preservation work on the trust’s Lanhydrock estate near Bodmin, Cornwall. The event, which [...]
Glasgow is set to rock with new music festival
GLASGOW has always been at the cutting edge of Scotland’s thriving music scene – now the city is breaking fresh ground again with an exciting new multi-venue festival. Hinterland debuts in Glasgow on April 30 and May 1 2009, with access to all the concerts and arts events relying on just one ticket. The innovative [...]
2009 Homecoming events unveiled
The full programme of events to mark Scotland’s 2009 Homecoming festival have been unveiled. A new 48-page guide details more than 300 events which will take place across Scotland between January and November next year. Homecoming Scotland is being held to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth. The festival will run from 25 [...]
Rave organisers warned not to hold events
Rave organisers are being warned that Norfolk Police are taking a zero tolerance approach to events this Christmas and New Year. Norfolk Constabulary has issued the stark warning to anyone planning to organise an illegal rave in the county and pledged to work with neighbouring forces to stop the events. Chief Superintendent Tony Cherington said: [...]
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