A Festival Career programme 2014

2014 A FESTIVAL CAREER

2014 CONFERENCE FOR FESTIVALS

‘A FESTIVAL CAREER’ A special programme designed for students and recent graduates

Wednesday 22 October 2014 Christ Church Canterbury University BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE http://artsfestivals.co.uk/content/a-festival-career

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A FESTIVAL CAREER Augustine House Christ Church Canterbury University Canterbury CT1 2YA 10.30-16.15 Wednesday 22 October 2014

As part of the 2014 Conference for Festivals, this programme has been specifically designed for students and recent graduates who are looking at a career in the festival sector and will focus in detail on the different jobs that go towards running a festival

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Conference Partner

Christ Church Canterbury University For more than 50 years, Canterbury Christ Church University has been a big part of the Kent community, providing education which makes a real and positive difference to people’s lives.

Conference Host

Canterbury Festival Canterbury Festival is Kent's International Arts Festival, the largest festival of arts and culture in the region, and one of the most important cultural events in the South East.

PROGRAMME 10.30–10.50: REGISTRATION 10.50: WELCOME with Rosie Turner Artistic Director Canterbury Festival Chair British Arts and Science Festivals Association

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A FESTIVAL CAREER 11.00-12.30: PANEL DISCUSSION ‘The Show Must Go On’ Leading professionals talk about their careers, focussing on the things they have learnt along the way. Do they wish they had been wiser? Discussion and Q&A with: Becky Burchell Arts Producer, Bestival Bestival is an award winning 4 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill – a beautiful leafy country park near Downend and Newport in the heart of the Isle of Wight. From the most original boutique campsite experience, to the Bollywood Cocktail Bar, a Wishing Tree Stage, fancy dress en-masse and even a landlocked Port, it’s this uniqueness that makes Bestival a wondrous world of discovery and adventure that will inspire peace, love and dancing.

Barry Church–Wood Venues and Companies Manager, Edinburgh Fringe The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Edinburgh. Every year thousands of performers take to hundreds of stages all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers.

Jenny Coombes Development Manager, Freedom Festival Freedom Festival celebrates, through artistic and cultural expression, Hull’s independent spirit and historic contribution to the cause of freedom. Freedom Festival is a blend of theatre, music, comedy, poetry, outdoor spectacle and performance aimed at a wide audience of all ages, bringing renowned national and international artists to Hull while providing significant opportunities for local and regional talent.

Paul Gudgin Festival Director, City of London Festival Each summer the City of London Festival brings the City's unique buildings and outdoor spaces to life with an extensive artistic programme of music, visual arts, film, walks and talks, much of it free to the public. Inaugurated in 1962 to revitalise the cultural life of the City, it has established itself as one of the UK's leading arts events.

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A FESTIVAL CAREER 12.30-13.15: ROUND TABLES, Session 1 In small informal groups this is your chance to hear the following people talk about their career path and discuss with them the detail of their current festival jobs.

Please select two people from the list below you would like to speak to, one for the morning Session and one for Session 2 in the afternoon.

(Once you have booked your ticket we will contact you to choose your roundtables.)

Jo Bauser Marketing Manager, Henley Festival A floating stage. The biggest names in music and comedy. Black ties. Sharp suits. Designer dresses. Celebrity chefs’ pop-up restaurants. Champagne sipped beside the Thames. An armada of pleasure boats. Dance. Street theatre. Art, sculpture and roving eccentric. Explosions of flowers. Echoes of laughter.

Fireworks. And more fireworks. Late night parties. Generous servings of decadence, garnished with sophistication. Welcome to Henley Festival – where more is more.

Becky Burchell Arts Producer, Bestival Bestival is an award winning 4 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill – a beautiful leafy country park near Downend and Newport in the heart of the Isle of Wight. From the most original boutique campsite experience, to the Bollywood Cocktail Bar, a Wishing Tree Stage, fancy dress en-masse and even a landlocked Port, it’s this uniqueness that makes Bestival a wondrous world of discovery and adventure that will inspire peace, love and dancing.

Alice Clay Development Manager, City of London Festival Each summer the City of London Festival brings the City's unique buildings and outdoor spaces to life with an extensive artistic programme of music, visual arts, film, walks and talks, much of it free to the public. Inaugurated in 1962 to revitalise the cultural life of the City, it has established itself as one of the UK's leading arts events.

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A FESTIVAL CAREER Jenny Coombes Development Manager, Freedom Festival Freedom Festival celebrates, through artistic and cultural expression, Hull’s independent spirit and historic contribution to the cause of freedom. The Festival is a blend of theatre, music, comedy, poetry, outdoor spectacle and performance aimed at a wide audience of all ages, bringing renowned national and international artists to Hull while providing opportunities for local talent.

Paul Gudgin Festival Director, City of London Festival Each summer the City of London Festival brings the City's unique buildings and

outdoor spaces to life with an extensive artistic programme of music, visual arts, film, walks and talks, much of it free to the public. Inaugurated in 1962 to revitalise the cultural life of the City, it has established itself as one of the UK's leading arts events.

Sarah Perryman Participation and Development Manager Brighton Fringe Brighton Fringe is the largest arts festival in England and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world. It sets out to stimulate, educate and entertain a wide audience by providing a showcase for diverse art forms. Everyone can take part, in fact, whilst enjoying a friendly and supportive environment. And all this in an iconic city with unique cultural heritage.

Louisa Pestell Participation Producer (Performance and Dance), Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is a world-famous arts centre on the South Bank of the Thames. Created in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, Southbank Centre draws on its heritage as a festival site, with art and activities inside and outside. We encourage everyone to become involved in the arts in new and creative ways.

Victoria Taylor Assistant Publicist, BBC Proms The 100th Proms season took place in 1994 and the festival now includes over 70 main Prom concerts every year, ever widening the range of symphonic and operatic music presented. The BBC Proms continues to welcome leading international performers whilst showcasing the best of the British music scene, including the BBC's own orchestras and choirs.

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A FESTIVAL CAREER Lilia Prier Tisdall Creative Producer, Holloway Festival Holloway Arts Festival, now in its twelfth year, brings national and international artists and performers to the area for eight days in June each year. We present events spanning music, spoken word, cabaret, literature and more, in local venues as well as large scale outdoor street parties. The ethos of the festival is to create connections between people and artists through events that happen on their doorsteps and streets and to celebrate creativity through a huge range of arts activities and events.

Kate Wyatt Programmes Director: Festivals, Spitalfields Music Spitalfields Music brings together world class artists and local people in one of the most unusual and creative corners of London. Drawing inspiration from the area, we produce two annual music festivals and run creative music projects throughout the year in the local community. In an area often seen to be full of challenges, we focus on music and its power to bring people together, change perspectives, engage the body, emotions and intellect and to spread energy!

Since 1976, we’ve been putting music at the heart of Tower Hamlets.

13.15-14.00 LUNCH 14.00-15.00 DRAGONS’ DEN Teams will have 5 minutes to present their idea for a new innovative, viable and green small scale weekend festival to the local council to win a grant to run it.

It will be judged by a panel of Dragon Festival Experts The Dragons will have 5 minutes to challenge the teams on their presentation.

There is a £250 cash prize for the winning team!

Open to all to enter Enter your team of between 2 and 6 people now email: dragonsden@artsfestivals.co.uk

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A FESTIVAL CAREER 15.00-15.15 BREAK

15.15-16.00 ROUND TABLES Session 2 A chance to choose a different festival professional from the morning session to talk to, again in small informal groups about their career path and discuss with them the detail of their current festival jobs (See morning speaker list)

16.00-16.15 WINNERS OF DRAGONS’ DEN ANNOUNCED & FINAL ROUND UP

For more details and to book your place, please visit the BAFA Website http://artsfestivals.co.uk/content/a-festival-career

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Volunteering If you would like to volunteer at the Main BAFA Conference for Festivals (http://artsfestivals.co.uk/content/conferencefestivals) which will be on the 23 and 24 October please email: volunteer@artsfestivals.co.uk.

Priority will be given to those who attend the Student Conference.

Canterbury Festival We will be holding the Conference and Student Conference whilst the Canterbury Festival is on in Canterbury, for information on the festival programme please go to: http://www.canterburyfestival.co.uk/

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