Partners
Eventbrite
Eventbrite is an online service that people everywhere use to create, share, and join any event imaginable. Whether it’s a photography class with a local artist, or a sold-out concert in a city stadium, Eventbrite makes it happen. We enable event creation, promotion and ticket sales. We help people discover events that match their passions. And we let everyone share the events they’re creating or joining, bringing more people together around the world.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Showsec
Showsec is an award winning event and venue security specialist dedicated to achieving excellence in crowd management. Based on a common commitment to safety and customer service, for more than 30 years Showsec’s team of skilled professionals have worked with clients in the live events sector to offer bespoke security services for cultural, music and sporting events, this year working with unique one off events including BT London Live and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, festivals such as Download and Bestival, as well as providing nationwide tour support for Madonna.
www.showsec.co.uk
Total Production International
Founded in 1998, Total Production International (TPi) magazine is widely regarded as the industry’s most authoritative monthly business-to-business publication dedicated to the design and technology of live events, from concert, gig and festival productions, to theatre shows and temporary events.
Circulated to almost 10,000 key international decision makers, TPi’s readership ranges from show designers, technical crew, production/tour management and promoters, through to suppliers of sound & lighting systems, video, staging, security, catering, trucking, power and more.
www.tpimagazine.com
IQ Magazine
IQ is the essential magazine for the international live music business. A natural extension of the ILMC, it presents news, features, information and analysis to conference delegates and the wider industry at large. While the ILMC provides an annual platform for vital discussion and debate, IQ provides a year-round focus on emerging trends and crucial business news.
www.ilmc.com/iq_magazine
ABLE2UK
ABLE2UK was started by Howard Thorpe in 2001. The idea of the organisation is simple yet effective…just because you have a disability you are still ABLE2 do anything. Alongside daily news covering disabled news ABLE2UK also reports back from UK festivals and is currently helping promoters to improve their accessibility by launching the ABLE2UK concert this year by raising funds for a new & improved disabled area.
www.able2uk.com
The Association of Independent Festivals (A.I.F.)
The Association of Independent Festivals is a non-profit trade association created to represent UK independent music festivals. The membership comprises over 40 festivals; combined attendance of these events is in excess of 550,000 people. The aim is to help the businesses of our individual members, and help the needs of the independent festival sector.
www.aiforg.com
Showcase
For more than 40 years, International Showcase has been the annual “bible” of the music production industry. Over 750 pages provide essential contact information on almost 10,000 companies and individuals involved in providing specialist services to the music business from across the world. Again for 2012, this little gem for all things music will be available for free to all the attendees of this prestigious awards night. See you all there!
A Greener Festival
A GREENER FESTIVAL is committed to helping music and arts festivals around the world adopt environmentally efficient practices. AGF provides information, education resources, training, and facilitates the exchange of good ideas. AGF’s website provides free information about how environmentally efficient methods are currently being employed at music and arts festivals, and how negative impact of festivals on the environment can be limited and reduced. AGF created the leading international green event award “A Greener Festival Award” in 2007, which assesses and accredits festivals on their environmental performance. Recognised as “The international standard for environmentally efficient music festivals” the Green Festival Awards operate in 5 continents managed by local volunteers, and assesses over 50 festivals globally each year. AGF initiatives include “Festival Wood”, a reforestation project managed by Trees for Life in Scotland, ongoing audience research with Bucks New University, and the annual Green Events & Innovations conference.
www.agreenerfestival.com
Bucks New University International Centre For Crowd Management & Security Studies
Bucks New University has developed a reputation for its innovative programmes and has a long and successful history of educating and training for the music and events Industries. Through the Centre for Crowd Management and Security Studies, Bucks has also become the leading providers of higher level education and training for the crowd management and security industries supported by ground breaking research.
www.crowdsafetymanagement.co.uk
The Green Festival Alliance
The Green Festival Alliance (GFA) brings together promoters and suppliers committed to acting on climate change to identify and speed up the adoption of sustainable practices at festivals. The Alliance was formally launched in January 2012 by a steering group of founder members: Julie’s Bicycle, Bestival, Festival Republic, Shambala Festival, Kambe Events Ltd, the Association of Independent Festivals and and Firefly Solar.
www.greenfestivalalliance.org.uk
For partnership enquiries please contact Chris McCormick on chris.mccormick@bluepeg.co.uk
