Tag: event organiser
Lounge On The Farm organiser Sean Baker fights for new festival licence
Lounge On The Farm organiser Sean Baker, pictured left, believes a new licence will secure the festival’s long-term security and stability. Speaking in the same week Canterbury and Whitstable MP Julian Brazier added his support, Mr Baker hopes the team can learn lessons from last year’s expanded event. He said: “We felt rather than fighting [...]
Sussex Rocks festival cancelled
A music festival planned to take place in West Sussex has been cancelled because its main sponsor has pulled out, the organiser has said. Sussex Rocks was due to be staged on Southgate Playing Fields, Crawley, over two nights in May. Organiser Tony Witton said the main sponsor had pulled out, leaving the event with [...]
8th Henley and Marlow Stride will not go ahead unless event organiser steps forward
A Popular Marlow charity walk may have taken its final fund-raising strides unless an event organiser steps forward. The 8th Henley and Marlow Stride in aid of Cancer Research UK may be sidelined for good because a volunteer event organiser has so far failed to come forward. The charity, backed by Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman, [...]
Start Up Event Organiser Shoots To Success
A Liverpool events organiser has hailed the success of his first star-studded offering. Opus Events was set up in October by Lee McPartland, who previously established his reputation in the sector during several years at NW Corporate. It’s a Question of Sporting Class, held at the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool, raised £24,000 for various local charities. [...]
Chatsworth Horse Trials gets new director
Former event rider Tissie Reason has taken over as director of Chatsworth International Horse Trials. Ms Reason has competed up to advanced level and has been an event organiser and entries secretary for more than 30 years. She takes over the reins from Mike and Sue Etherington-Smith with immediate effect, saying she is “looking forward [...]
The Transition Festival given official ‘Green’ light.
THE GREEN light for an environment festival in Torbay has been given by licensing councillors. The Transition Festival due to be held on September 19 at Hollicombe Park, Preston, can now legally go ahead after councillors granted the site a premises licence. Event organiser Samantha Bearne applied to Torbay Council, which owns the park, for [...]
Security Planning Pays off at Glastonbury
Put nearly 140,000 people and hundreds of attractions – from the mainstream to the truly surreal – into several thousand acres of prime English farmland for a weekend and, without very carefully managed safety and stewarding, there is the potential for many problems. But with the long-term planning and careful site management of companies like [...]
Hub Festival to Rock the Dock in Liverpool
The UK’s biggest urban youth festival is on the move – and going green. HUB – the biggest free festival of its kind – is moving to Wellington Dock in a bid to make it a car-free event as part Liverpool’s Year of the Environment. Up to 20,000 people are expected over the weekend of [...]
Villagers object to Tribfest festival
RESIDENTS are fighting plans to stage a major music festival in an East Riding village. Organisers want to hold the Tribfest event at Beverley Polo Club in Tickton. Complaints about noise has led to the concert being relocated from Driffield Showground, where it has been staged in previous years. But the move has sparked a [...]
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