Brighton Festival Fringe Goes Green!

Firefly have announced that they are to be the exclusive technical production partner for the Brighton Festival Fringe in 2010.  Firefly will be with the festival to ensure internal productions are delivered sustainably.

Brighton Festival Fringe is one of the largest and fastest-growing open access arts festival in the world and the largest in England. Anyone can put on an event in the Fringe, so it functions as a fantastic springboard for new work as well as a guaranteed platform for more established acts. It is one of Britain’s most dynamic – and democratic – arts festivals, rapidly establishing itself as a testing-ground for new work.

Brighton & Hove has held Fringe activity since the Brighton Festival was launched in 1967.  In 2006 the Fringe became a company in its own right and appointed an independent board of directors: it is also a registered charity. Fringe 2010 will run from May 1-23.

Firefly will be providing a number of solar powered stages as well as supplying all technical infrastructures across Fringe City, which is Brighton’s biggest street party and a unique showcase for Fringe acts.  Now in its fourth year, it takes place in the heart of the city each Saturday in May, bringing with it live music, food and drink stalls, street art, installations,  and walkabout performers from all over the world. It also includes Fringe Street, a day of programmed international street theatre. In 2009 34,000 people attended the events across the month.

Nick Stockman, Fringe Executive Manager, said: “This marks a real step forward for the Fringe in terms of its environmental agenda. We want to pay more than lip service to the idea of sustainability, and teaming up with Firefly is a practical way of achieving this.

“We also want to help support local enterprise so it’s great to be able to work with a Brighton and Hove success story like Firefly.”

Firefly’s partnership with the Festival Fringe will form part of its drive towards renewables and a new greener era.  Fringe City is rapidly becoming one of the city’s flagship events, showcasing Brighton & Hove’s push towards sustainable events.

Andy Mead, Firefly’s MD, said: “The Fringe is a flagship event for Brighton, and Firefly has been set up wholly to work with and develop community events – we’ve won Lottery funding to do this. The Fringe is one of the most important community events in the calendar so we felt it would be good to team up. ”

Categories: Eco Events, Event Sustainability

Tags: Brighton Festival Fringe, Event Power, Firefly Solar, Solar Power for Events, solar powered stages

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