Monday, February 15, 2010
The HSE has announced it is to revise its guidance for the events industry to reflect legislative changes and improvements in industry practices.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
ORGANISERS of one of the county’s most well-known country shows have announced it will go ahead this year after they managed to raise £50,000 to stage the event.
The Alresford Show was almost scrapped after last year’s event was abandoned due to torrential rain making Tichbourne Park dangerously impassable hours before it opened.
Bosses were left with [...]
Monday, March 30, 2009
TICKETS for a music festival, cancelled last year after the murder of biker Gerry Tobin, are due to go on sale today despite its organisers not having a licence to stage the event.
The Rock and Blues Custom Show, a bikers’ music event which was stopped last year after objections by police, is due to take [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Professional event organisers, Gable Events, have launched a brand new team building event for 2009. Following eighteen months of meticulous development, they are extremely proud to announce the UK’s first fully participatory corporate Medieval event!
Given the term ‘Medieval Day’ most people think of a purely spectator event where the highlight of the day is watching [...]
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The original Woodstock festival was the high watermark of Sixties flower power, memorable for its music, its nudity and its mellow atmosphere.
The last attempt to revive it, for a 30th anniversary festival in 1999, ended in chaos with hundreds of police officers called to the site to stop rampaging fans from torching the stage and [...]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
THE Isle of Wight Festival has scooped another award, while comedy duo Matthew Horne and James Corden became the latest acts tipped for the Island and this summer’s festival.
The festival, which recently revealed legend Neil Young and iconic rockers The Pixies as the closing acts for Sunday night, was recognised at the International Live Music [...]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A British music festival has been scrapped after falling victim to the global economic crisis.
The Heavenly Planet Festival in Reading, England was due to take place in July (09) but bosses have been left with no choice but to cancel the event because of cash-flow worries.
Melvin Benn, the festival’s organiser, says, “It is with regret [...]
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
THE Festival Fringe has won a long campaign for greater recognition from Edinburgh city council – months after being brought to the brink of bankruptcy.
A deal has been agreed to more than double the festival’s annual grant. Its new funding of £100,000 is to be approved by councillors tomorrow, following years of lobbying by festival [...]
Saturday, March 7, 2009
ORGANISERS of Edinburgh’s Treefest and Woodmarket are appealing for funding after one of their main backers pulled out.
This year’s event will take place in Inverleith Park on July 18 and 19, even though a previous supporter, which provided around £15,000 of funding, pulled out after last year’s event.
Due to the loss of funding, one part [...]
Friday, March 6, 2009
PLANS for Prestwich Festival are gathering pace, with exciting events announced and more supporters coming on board.
Organisers have also announced its name — the Love Prestwich Festival.
The event will kick-off with the Prestwich Clough fun day on May 17 and finish with a big bash at Prestwich Carnival on June 21.
The festival is taking place [...]
Friday, March 6, 2009
A FESTIVAL that attracts thousands of revellers to a seaside town has been axed.
Increasing costs and lack of volunteers have forced organisers to pull the plug on the Party in the Park, staged in Cliff Park, Dovercourt much to the disappointment of residents.
Described as “the highlight” of the year, the one day free festival has [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
GIGS being played across Nottingham this month will help buy shelters and provide water in the world’s poor areas.
Artists are playing at venues across the city in the Oxjam Festival.
It is the fourth time the event has come to Nottingham and this year is expected to be bigger than ever. Local artists and some from [...]
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
London 2012 Olympic Games organisers have published sustainability guidelines aimed at cutting the environmental impact of corporate and public events leading up to the games.
David Stubbs, London 2012 head of sustainability for London 2012, which is delivering the games alongside the Olympic Delivery Authority, said: “Between now and 2012, we will be holding any number [...]
Monday, March 2, 2009
A businessman has stepped in to save a St George’s Day parade in the West Midlands after a local council pulled its funding over racism fears.
Last month Sandwell Council said it would not pay for the event on 23 April through West Bromwich.
It said it had seen footage of last year’s event which showed it [...]
Sunday, March 1, 2009
SLOUGH’S biggest festival, which attracts 30,000 revellers, is back this summer.
Slough Mela, which was axed last year, will return to Upton Court Park on Sunday, July 19.
The colourful festival celebrates South Asian culture and will now be organised by East London Festival Ltd, which won the contract from Slough Borough Council last week.
Organiser Ray C, [...]
