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UK Festival Conference & awards

Went along for the first time to this event. Held at the HMV Forum for the daytime discussion based event and later at The Roundhouse.

There were various topics discussed by a variety of industry figures. There was a wealth of experience and knowledge to listen too. Subjects debated included the social media, weather impact, the Olympic’s versus festivals, safety and the state of the industry. Some of the speakers, like Serge Grimeaux, used the event to beat the drum for their services , in his case RFID technology.

Budding festival promoters were encouraged but told to have a ‘great idea’ and to pay their suppliers( otherwise the industry is harmed).

It was useful event and the opportunity to meet familiar faces from the summer.

Particularly enjoyed hearing Melvyn Benns career in festivals at the end of the conference. His humour and passionate love for Festivals was a good listen. He also had some sage advice for promoters.

http://www.festivalawards.com/info/

Over The Moon at Glastonbury for 3rd Year

It was a hard weekends work at Glastonbury Festival this weekend past. Over The Moon was on site from Friday to Monday 20th. We put up the G Stage back stage bar (our traditional marquee) as the PussyFoot cabaret bar

G Stage Backstage Bar, Glastonbury 2011

On the saturday we put up the G-Stages front of house,25x14m Stretch Tent for the third year running.

And on the Monday we put up a Medieval and Pop-Up for the ‘Oink In The Meadow’ cafe in the camping area A.

Stretch Tents Galore

It was hard going in the rain all weekend, and the stretch tent erection was delayed when we hit a water main we hadn’t been notified about!! 3 hours later we started the work (7pm) finally finishing in the dark at 1am. Hard going but we were determined to get it done as planned.

This is the 3rd year stretch tents have been at Glastonbury and they are going from strength to strength. From 2 in 2009 to 20 this year. Intent is growing its presence.