Archive for January, 2009
You could stage your event at the Millennium Stadium for free
GWENT community and charitable organisations can apply to use a flagship sporting venue free of charge. Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium has now launched its Community Events programme 2009 which sets aside 15 days for a variety of charitable causes. Manager Gerry Toms said the programme was a great opportunity for organisations all over Wales to enjoy [...]
Lack of cash sinks ‘Ferry’ arts festival
ONE of the city’s newest arts festivals has been cancelled after organisers failed to find enough funding. The second Ferry Fringe in South Queensferry had promised a wealth of artists and entertainers, as well as showcasing work by local bands and community organisations. The June festival was to include a street market, and the committee [...]
Taste of Edinburgh food festival forced to find a new home
ONE of Edinburgh’s flagship new festivals is being forced to move location after just two years amid fears a beauty spot is being damaged by playing host to too many events. Taste of Edinburgh is having to move out of the city centre, from the Meadows, to Inverleith Park, despite being heralded a major success [...]
Decision to charge €25 for final rally stage defended
THE ORGANISER of the last stage of the World Rally Championship has defended the decision to charge spectators either €25 or €30 to view the race. The rally, starting tonight, ends in Donegal town on Sunday at lunchtime with a “super special stage” section in the town centre. This stage will be a 1.5km time [...]
Glastonbury Festival hopes to move year out to 2012 to avoid Olympic clash
Glastonbury Festival is hoping to take the Olympic year off, rather than the intended year of 2011, to avoid a clash with the sporting event. The Festival’s organiser Michael Eavis, has told the Western Daily Press, (here), that he hopes the ‘fallow year’ which gives the land at Worthy Farm, Somerset a chance to recover [...]
Event organisers present £100 cheque
THE organisers of the annual plymouth prideevent have presented a local breast cancer care charity with a cheque for £100. Dave O’Brien, the event’s treasurer, gave the cheque to staff from the Primrose Centre at Derriford Hospital. The centre provides advice, diagnosis and treatment for breast-related diseases and is supported by the Primrose Foundation, which [...]
Cornbury Music festival organiser Hugh Phillimore aims to do a deal
Cornbury Music festival organiser Hugh Phillimore is trying to sell a 50 per cent stake in the event. Mr Phillimore said last night that negotiations were at an advanced stage with two different companies he hoped would boost the annual west Oxfordshire event. Mr Phillimore refused to name the organisations, but confirmed that “one is [...]
Monster truck crushes promoter at event
A monster truck show promoter, who days earlier touted his event’s safety record, died after being crushed by one of the trucks during a show in Madison, Wisconsin, Saturday night. George Eisenhart’s death was the second fatality at a monster truck event in just over a week. “Saturday’s incident, which is an uncommon occurrence, … [...]
Salsa festival set to spice up city
LIVERPOOL’S biggest-ever salsa extravaganza is set to bring a colourful helping of Latin dance fever to the city. Salsa experts from around the world, including Cuba and South America, will be heading to the city for the three-day event in March. The festival is expected to attract hundreds of dance enthusiasts. Organiser Salsa Liverpool plan [...]
Hop Farm Festival Wins Appeal To Increase Capacity
The Hop Farm Festival has won an appeal to expand the event’s capacity in 2009, organisers have revealed. The annual event in Kent will now welcome 53,000 festivalgoers – 23,000 more than in 2008. A magistrates court rejected an initial application to expand the festival last November because the committee felt that organisers hadn’t supplied [...]
Music bill is sour note for fiesta charity funds.
IT was supposed to be a Blaze of Glory, but rock legends Bon Jovi are at the centre of a wrangle which could rob bonfire organisers’ donations to worthy causes in Peterborough of thousands of pounds. The city’s annual Bonfire Night Firework Fiesta – the biggest display in the region – attracted about 15,000 spectators [...]
UK events mark Obama inauguration.
Events across the UK will be held later as Britons share in US celebrations marking the historic inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama. Parties include 20109 Change, a musical celebration at London’s indigO2. Belfast, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool will also hold events. Organisers say it is important for UK communities to mark Mr Obama’s [...]
Keen response for 2012 Round Britain Race event
Despite being four year away the response from offshore competitors following the announcement of the 2012 event during the London Boat Show has been outstanding. “We had several enquiries within the first four days of our announcement, “said event organiser, Neil McGrigor. We even had three from abroad which is great encouragement.” The number has [...]
Ale festival chief hopes TV celebs will boost event
THE organiser of Worcester’s beer and cider festival is hoping the event will attract a bigger audience this year once it is spotlighted on a popular TV show. The festival, which takes place in August, will be appearing on the small screen next month after television presenter James May and wine buff Oz Clarke visited [...]
Map My Tracks sets new standard in sports event GPS tracking
Until now GPS event and race management technology has been beyond the reach of most event organisers and sports clubs. But the launch of the new Map My Tracks event and race management system brings affordable real-time GPS tracking to events ranging from amateur club events to international sporting events such as the World Rally [...]
Confex 2009 announces keynote line-up
Hamish McRae, Ruby Wax and Kelvin MacKenzie will be delivering the keynotes at this year’s International Confex show from 24-26 February 2009 at Earls Court. They will be sharing some insight into the economy, their backgrounds, as well as imparting words of wisdom and hoping to inspire the audience as part of the free Confex [...]
Sponsorship deals in place fpr this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe
AN ARTS festival is making light of the economic gloom by securing major sponsorship deals. Print and poster gallery artrepublic will sponsor the visual arts section of Brighton Festival Fringe. The deal is more good news for event organisers because it was feared the credit crunch and recession would limit the number of companies willing [...]
Donington loses out on 2010 MotoGP event contract
DONINGTON Park has lost the British round of MotoGP, with Silverstone to stage the event from 2010. The Northamptonshire circuit lost the British Formula One Grand Prix contract to Donington last year. But in a reversal of fortune, Silverstone has acquired MotoGP from the Leicestershire circuit with the signing of a five-year deal. Richard Phillips, [...]
Can you help save Horwich carnival?
ONE of Bolton’s last remaining traditional carnivals is set for the axe — unless organisers can attract more volunteers. Organisers of Horwich Carnival are struggling to stage a planned calendar of events over the weekend of June 20 and 21 and are appealing for people to come forward and lend a hand. They are particularly [...]
Manumission forced to cancel Astoria farewell event
The planned farewell party for the Astoria in central London has been cancelled after promoters failed to get hold of the acts they wanted for the event. The venue closes this week before being demolished to make way for the Crossrail train link which will run under the site of the 2,000-capacity theatre. But extravagant [...]
Fringe rebuilding begins with search for new chief
THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe will today finally begin moves to hire a new head as part of a massive shake-up of the way the event is run. An international recruitment drive for the first chief executive in the event’s 62-year history has been unveiled – five months after the festival was taken to the brink [...]
Tonbridge show saved by new organiser
AN ANNUAL show which attracts thousands of visitors into Tonbridge every May has been saved after a new organiser came forward. The Tonbridge Garden and Home Show has taken place on the May Day bank holiday just off the town’s High Street for the past 14 years, but organiser Susan Adams announced in October that [...]
Police will not stop traffic for festivals
Police say they will no longer stop traffic for processions and carnivals in the county. Instead, organisers face paying for road closures – even if it’s only for half-an-hour. The news was announced at a special meeting in Tewkesbury to discuss the requirements needed to organise events in the town. It came about as the [...]
Legacy Of Liverpool Culture Award
As the curtain falls on Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture, thoughts inevitably turn to the L-word: legacy. The events of 2008 have widely been hailed a success, but the people behind it all are well aware that these days that alone is not enough. Speaking at the grand finale, Liverpool Culture Company’s creative [...]
UK venues to host French performing artists in six-month festival
UK venues including Sadler’s Wells, Leicester’s Curve and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh are to take part in the first ever major season showcasing French performing arts companies in Britain. The initiative has been led by the French Embassy in London, which has supported the project with £200,000 in administration costs. Arts Council England has [...]
Funding search launched for Ilkley Summer Festival
Five weekends of events are pencilled in for this year’s Ilkley Summer Festival, but bosses are searching for funding. Festival directors are pressing ahead with their plans for the sixth month-long festival this August, but have yet to secure the money they need. Since the first event in 2003, the annual festival has come to [...]
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