Charity show organiser asks for help
Date: Monday, December 07, 2009
THE organiser of an annual event is appealing for donations to help her raise more money for charity.
Steph Awbery has run the Berkshire 4X4 Show at Reading for the last couple of years, with all profits going to charities including the local air ambulance, Cancer Research and the Multiple Sclerosis...
Study looks at festival's impact
Date: Monday, December 07, 2009
A REPORT has been commissioned to assess the economic impact of the Reading Festival.
Promoter Festival Republic has brought on board Bristol based consultants Baker Associates to determine just how valuable the event is to the local economy.
Surveys have already been carried out at this year's even...
Letter about Fireworks
Date: Thursday, December 03, 2009
This probably wins hands down as the most ill informed person describing fireworks being made from radioactive toxic substances .....Opinions - Letters to Editor (South China Morning Post) 2nd December 2009After viewing last New Year harbour celebration fireworks, can any Hongkonger seriously believ...
Commission provisionally rules against merger plan
Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009
THE Competition Commission has provisionally ruled against a merger between event industry giants Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
Prior to the announcement of the merger, Live Nation had signed an agreement withanother ticketing company, CTS Eventim, to provide ticketing services for its live music ev...
BBC takes a chance on Abba popularity
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
THE Thank You For The Music concert took place the day after the BBC hosted another event - Proms in Park - at the same venue.
This meant that the show's organisers were able to use the existing stage and infrastructure - a formula which worked well with the Andrew Lloyd Webber concert last year.
A...
Pocket festival cancelled after council row
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
DONCASTER'S Pocket Festival has been cancelled after a row broke out between organisers and the local council over the site.
The festival aimed to combine all the elements found at bigger festivals but on a smaller and more affordable scale and organiser Bob Worm of Events Collective hoped to attrac...
More backing for campaign against scam ticketing website
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
PROMOTER Festival Republic has joined a host of music and sports stars backing a campaign warning the public about scam ticketing websites.
The launch of the Office of Fair Trading's Just Tick It campaign coincides with new research revealing 20 per cent of people know someone who has been ripped of...
National Day Fireworks, Hong Kong Harbour
Date: Friday, October 02, 2009
On October 1st, China celebrated its 60th anniversary of Communist Rule. In Hong Kong, the day ended with a fireworks display with a budget of US$400,000, in the harbour. Apparently "more than 31,888 fire shells" were discharged in the 23-minute display off 4 barges. The display was sponsored by the...
Bloom 2009 festival fails to blossom
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2009
THE Bloom festival wilted just a few weeks before it was due to take place.
Organisers decided to cancel, blaming the tough economy and the fact that they had to find a new location at the last minute for their decision - but they have vowed to be back bigger and better than ever next year.
Dates fo...
Sun pulls in the crowds
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2009
BLAZING sunshine at this year's Fairport Cropredy Convention resulted in high ticket sales and a large number of walk-ups.
The music festival - which suffered from torrential downpours last year - has been hailed a success by organiser Gareth Williams, who told The Main Event he couldn't have asked ...
