Fest Media Pack 2010

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2010

Media Pack now over 100,000 copies: the biggest and best magazine covering the edinburgh festivals

amnesty international festival partners 2010

about fest Fest is the ultimate free guide to the Edinburgh Festivals. Now in its ninth year, the magazine reviews over 500 shows every August and has established itself as the definitive voice at the Edinburgh Festivals.

Published every Tuesday and Friday More copies than any other Festival magazine The only free glossy guide to the Festivals

5 issues over three weeks, with 15,000 copies of each issue The biggest Festival magazine with over 100,000 copies in August Distributed free from >150 stands in the most popular venues, bars and cafés 96 glossy A5 pages packed with show reviews, interviews & listings

A comprehensive free 96-page A4 pre-Festival guide All content available online with searchable listings Outdoor marketing, sponsorship and high visibility across the city

fest history Fest was launched nine years ago with the goal of bringing a free and professional voice to the crowded Festival magazine market.

As well as successful partnerships with the BBC, Time Out, Big Issue and now Amnesty International, Fest has also established a formidable journalistic pedigree. Beating off competition from The Guardian, The Scotsman and The List, Fest has won the prestigious Allen Wright Award for Fringe Journalism in 2006, 2009 and 2010.

Every year 1.5 million visitors spend ÂŁ200 million at the Edinburgh Festivals. As the youngest, biggest and most exciting publication, Fest offers unique access to the affluent, 18-35 culture consumers that dominate this market.

festmag.co.uk Fest’s website publishes all of the magazine’s content and much more.

Our comprehensive online guide is among the most popular Festival websites.

2009 saw over 200,000 visits from Festival-goers throughout August.

This year we will be launching mobile-oriented content for visitors on the move, and expanding our listings to cover the whole festival.

For more information on digital advertising opportunities contact the sales team.

advert rates

In 2010 Fest will publish 5 issues - 10, 13, 17, 20 & 24 August These details only apply to the main run of magazines.

For more information on the preview guide, turn to page 10 Back cover Inside front Page 3 Inside back Full page (guaranteed front half) Full page (no fixed position) 1/2 page 1/4 page Eighth pages are also available, but for term deals only: 2 issues @ £275 | 4 issues @ £500 | 5 issues @ £600

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sponsorship As the most visible Festival publication, we’re delighted to introduce a variety of tempting sponsorship offers which can help to raise your brand’s profile.

Listings sponsorship £3,000

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Key VenUes There are over 500 venues across Edinburgh which run festival events. Below are the ones you absolutely need to know about Underbelly

56 Cowgate, 08445 458 252

Based in the cavernous former vaults of the edinburgh Central Library, Underbelly is the youngest of the socalled big four venues. Recognised as the most self-consciously hip major venue, Underbelly is home to two bars and the late-night comedy showcase, Spank.

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Udderbelly

BRisto sqUaRe, 08445 458 252

Map sponsorship £3,000

Logo on map, 1/2 page advertising space and highlighted venues in the magazine’s center spread.

easily the most physically distinctive venue in edinburgh, Udderbelly is literally a giant, upside-down, purple cow. with a capacity of 400, Udderbelly is the also the Underbelly family's largest performance space and regularly plays host to the biggest names in comedy.

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1 assembly - assembly hall Mound Place, 0131 623 3030

11 Udderbelly's Pasture Bristo Square, 08445 458 252

21 sweet grassmarket 61 Grassmarket, 0870 241 0136

12 Underbelly 56 Cowgate, 08445 458 252

22 sweet teviot Place Teviot Place, 0870 241 0136

13 festival theatre Nicolson Street, 0131 529 6000

23 the grV 37 Guthrie Street, 0131 220 2987

3 bedlam theatre 11b Bristo Place, 0131 225 9893 4 the bongo club 37 Holyrood Road, 0131 557 2827 5 c Venues Chambers Street, 0845 260 1234

1 BRisto sqUaRe, 0131 556 6550

situated on Bristo square, the Pleasance Dome spends much of the year masquerading as edinburgh University's student union. However, during august it plays host to the Pleasance's more avant garde theatre offerings. Moreover, it houses edinburgh's famous Mosque Kitchen, the place to go for curry at all hours.

140 tHe PLeasanCe & 117 niCoLson stReet 0131 662 6892

Key VenUes 2 assembly - george street 54 George Street, 0131 623 3030

as the largest single site in edinburgh for stand-up comedy, the Pleasance Courtyard is something of a hub for comedy enthusiasts. it's the place to discover the next big thing, to see the biggest names and to enjoy an afternoon's celebspotting in the sunshine.

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Zoo’s two venues—housing five separate performance spaces—are particularly famed for their hosting of new writing.

Modern dance and cabaret are also big here. medina & negociants

45-47 LotHian stReet, 0131 225 6313

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Home to if.comedy newcomer nominee Mike wozniak’s debut in 2008, Medina & negociants are this year attempting to emulate their prior success in the newcomer market by playing host to time out’s Rising star, geroge Ryegold amongst others.

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14 Fringe Box Office 180 High Street, 0131 226 0026

24 the hub Castlehill, Royal Mile, 0131 473 2000

15 fringe e-ticket tent Princes Mall, 0131 226 0000

25 the stand comedy club 5 York Place, 0131 558 7272

16 gilded balloon teviot 13 Bristo Square, 0131 622 6552

26 the Zoo 140 The Pleasance, 0131 662 6892

sweet VenUes

27 Zoo southside 117 Nicolson Street, 0131 662 6892

Cutting back in 2009 to 75 select shows, sweet return to the Fringe in their grassmarket and edinburgh College of art locations. Home to much small theatre and newcomer comedy, sweet shows can be variable but some pleasant surprises are always found lurking in the programme.

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17 musical theatre @ george sq George Square, 0131 651 1292

8 c cubed Royal Mile, 0845 260 1234

18 Pleasance courtyard 60 Pleasance, 0131 556 6550

28 traverse theatre Lothian Road, 0131 228 1404

9 cabaret Voltaire 36 Blair Street, 0131 225 9744

19 Pleasance dome Bristo Square, 0131 556 6550

29 edinburgh Playhouse Greenside Place, 0131 473 2000

10 dance base 14-16 Grassmarket, 0131 225 5525

20 Underbelly's hullabaloo George Square, 08445 458 252

30 Underbelly’s baby belly Niddry St South, 0844 545 8252

Make the most of Fest’s visibility by getting your own four-page wrap around cover distributed to over 100 key Festival venues.

Distribution box sponsorship from £950

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Fest’s 150+ distribution points around the city can be branded with your logo.

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the stand comedy clUb

5 YoRK PLaCe, 0131 558 7272

edinburgh’s only year-round independent comedy club, the stand has become the venue of choice for a group of high profile comedy renegades, such as stewart Lee and Daniel Kitson, who have shunned the glitzy commercialism of the big four’s Comedy Festival in favour of the stand’s more intimate and authentic charm.

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greyfriars KirK

86 CanDLeMaKeR Row, 08452 26 27 21

while hosting an active Presbyterian community, the idyllic greyfriars Kirk has a less-than-secret dual role throughout the year as one of edinburgh’s regular classical music venues. august continues in this vein with an extensive eiF programme. the QUeen’s hall

85-89 CLeRK stReet, 0131 668 3456

the year-round home of the scottish Chamber orchestra, this full-size concert hall holds host to an eclectic mix of events for the edinburgh international Festival, Fringe and the edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival throughout august.

Usher hall

LotHian RoaD, 0131 228 1155

one of Britain’s leading concert venues, the Usher Hall’s spectacular acoustics, its size and it’s world-famous organ made it a sorely-missed absentee from last year’s programme. But while the £25 million refurbishment won’t be fully complete, the doors will be thrown open in august for the likes of sir willard white and esa-Pekka salonen. assembly @ george street

54 geoRge stReet, 0131 623 3030

the former hub of the Fringe before its shift to Bristo square, george street is the assembly rooms’ flagship venue. in addition to two bars, the stylish georgian complex continues to attract a mix of big names and hot newcomers – though which of these categories John smeaton fits into is anyone’s guess. c VenUes

C @ CHaMBeRs stReet / C too @ JoHnston teRRaCe / C s0C0 @ CHaMBeRs stReet/ C CUBeD @ LawnMaRKet / C CentRaL @ noRtH BRiDge, 0845 260 1234

it’s probably fair to say that C venues live up to their marketing buzz words, “vibrant, vivacious, variety.” with five locations in the centre of the city, there’s a wealth of spaces to fit a huge variety of new work, from the award-worthy to the mediocre. traVerse theatre

CaMBRiDge stReet, 0131 228 1404

the traverse is the spiritual home of Fringe theatre. opened in 1963 on the premises of a former brothel, the venue has long cultivated a reputation as scotland's premier new writing theatre and represents one of the only 'safe bets' for audiences looking for quality at the Fringe. bedlam theatre

11B BRisto PLaCe, 0131 225 9893

Housed in an impressive neo-gothic church, Bedlam is the oldest student-run theatre in the country. although its Fringe programme largely consists of student productions—which can vary wildly in quality—you're likely at least to stumble across a few unpolished gems. gilded balloon

13 BRisto sqUaRe, 0131 622 6552

Home of Late 'n' Live—the original and most raucous late-night comedy showcase—the gilded Balloon, though perhaps the most diminutive of the big-four venues, still offers a staggering 70 shows a day in eight performance spaces.

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advert sizes Half horiz.

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Half vertical 200 mm x 68 mm

Quarter box 98 mm x 68 mm

all sizes are given as height x width in millimetres

full page bleed trim

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Eighth page 46 mm x 68 mm

tech specs Copy should be supplied as flattened PDF files in CMYK colour.

We also accept CMYK TIFF and JPEG files. Please ensure file resolution is at least 300dpi and that quality is suitable for print.

All copy should be emailed to adverts@festmag.co.uk or supplied on disk.

The deadline for copy is 4 days prior to the date of publication.

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preview guide Half horiz.

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Half vertical 297 mm x 93 mm

Quarter box 135 mm x 93 mm

all sizes are given as height x width in millimetres

full page bleed trim

303x213mm 297x210mm

please double-check your dimensions before sending Quarter banner 65 mm x 190 mm

Quarter tall 275 mm x 44 mm

This year, we’re expanding our free preview guide to 96 glossy A4 pages, with 25,000 copies distributed from 19 July, three weeks before the Festival.

The guide will be distributed at popular venues throughout Scotland & London.

For more information on package deals please contact the sales team.

basic rates Back cover Inside front Page 3 Inside back Full page (guaranteed front half) Full page (no fixed position) 1/2 page 1/4 page

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