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2008
Folk Industry
& AFO
Conference |
Eastwood Hall,
Nottingham
20-23 November
2008 |
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The Largest Gathering of Folk &
Event Professionals Returns
Last chance for Early Bird discount
booking
Prices from just £20 until 31
Oct
Bringing together key players, beginners,
experts and everyone in between........a must
for anyone with an interest in the folk and
event sector. |
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ARTISTS
- The
Most Valuable Day of Your
Life? |
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Developing Your
Artistic Career
JUST £20 Thursday 20 November 2008
book
now...
New to the Folk Scene? Going for
music as a career? Chasing Seth Lakeman up the Charts?
Trying to get a few gigs to practice your
skill? This day is for YOU!
How
to use your creative skills profitably, how
to get signed, what does an agent do?,
how you can get funded, promoting
you CD.........all this and more will be covered by
expert speakers from leading labels, distributers,
agencies, Muscians Union, MCPS-PRS Alliance, managers,
artists and consultants including
Jim
Moray - Artist, Vaughan Pearce
- Show of Hands Manager, Paul Adams -
Fellside Records, Phil Butterworth -
Arts Council England, Tom Rose -
Navigator Records, Alan Bearman -
Artistic Director of Towersey Village Festival and
Agent, Steve Wenham - Music Leader,
Alan Levermore - Proper Access and
Label manager
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more...
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now... | |
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Promote it, Sell it, Write
it, Publish it, Dance to it or Play it THIS
IS YOUR
DAY |
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Promoting
Folk
Friday 21 November
2008
book now...
A
day designed to support people working in the
promotion and marketing of folk and roots music.
This day will cover Making Tour Funding
Apllications, Promoting Folk in The Current
Climate, Commissioning New Work, The
Integration of Albums and Live Work, New Media
Opportunities, Talking to the Press,
Publicists, E-Marketing,
Opportunities for Touring New Artists
and Audience Development beyond the
Folk Scene.
Speakers include Colin
Irwin – Journalist and Author, Dave
Farrow – DMF Promotions (and Seth Lakeman's
Manager), Tom Rose – Navigator Records,
Steve Kersley – Proper Distribution,
Harriet Sims – Glass Ceiling PR,
Richard Wooton – leading Folk
Publicist, Janet Farmer - Manager of
Pocklington Arts Centre, Terry O'Brien
- Playpen Management.
read more...
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THE Conference for
the Event
Sector |
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You are a Festival or Event organiser, you have
been for years or you're just starting out.
However experienced you are, you will gain from being at
the Association of Festival Organisers Conference.
This is the place the Festival's gather to swap ideas,
tell their stories, learn new tricks and re-charge their
batteries.
Don't be the one who says "I
wish i'd gone"
This annual event is an unparalleled opportunity
to hear from some of the top names in the folk and
events industry, to share ideas and to network with your
fellow delegates. Voice your opinion, hear great
speakers and exchange fresh ideas. This year's
speakers include Paul Brookes - Olympiad Cultural
programmer), Joss Croft - Visit
Britain, Robin Simpson - Voluntary Arts
Network, Colm Croffy - AOIFE,
Steve Kersley - Proper Distribution,
Rick Bond - The Complete Works,
Dave Farrow - Beautiful Days Festival,
John Payne - Horsey, Lightly, Finn,
Rick Bond - The Complete Works,
John McCusker - Artist, Ian
Anderson - Editor fRoots, Andy
Lenthal - Production Services Association and
many more now
confirmed.
"The most organised and interesting music
conference I have ever attended......I am genuinely
inspired by what a great industry (folk) is to be
involved in" Tom Rose, Reveal
Records
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more...
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now... | |
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2 Practical Training
Days |
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Thursday 20 Nov: A Practical Guide
for Folk Development Practitioners is a lively,
practical day focused on folk arts work and covers
music, song and dance with old tricks and new twists.
Working from practice towards theory, the day will offer
training on repertoire, warm up and health issues and
explores the challenges of facilitating creativity,
individual progression and reconciling immediate success
with long term development. Featuring
Paul Wilson (Wren Music) and
Laurel Swift (Morris Offspring and
Shooting Roots).
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more...
Friday 21 Nov: A Practical Guide to
Creating Innovative Community Projects
featuring Joan Crump, Nikki
Hampson and Damien
Barber. This session will help you
reinvigorate your outreach work by helping determine
your motivation and the needs of the communities you are
serving. Drawing upon recent experiences of work
with Loughborough Folk Festival, Shepley Spring Festival
and Shrewsbury Folk Festival, the panel will cover all
the essential elements of your outreach strategy
including the planning, participants, key partners,
timescales, budgeting, marketing, evaluation and
legacy.
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Beyond the
Programme....... |
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Artist
Showcases
Friday 21 November _at_ 9pm –
The Magpie’s Nest presents…
Saturday
22 November _at_ 8.30pm – AFO Showcase
presents…
Free
to delegates and the public, The Conference Showcase
Concerts provide an excellent opportunity to network
with colleagues and hear acts that will enhance any
club, festival and events programme.
see the line
ups...
Trade
& Agents Market
Throughout the
AFO Conference there will be a
dedicated Trade & Agents Market, giving you the
chance to talk to artists’ agents and event
suppliers.
If
you are interested in taking a stand or goodie bag
entry at this year’s Conference or need more
information about the event you can download a booking
form or telephone 01629 827 014 or contact:
conference_at_folkart-england_dot_org | |
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£100's of FREE Advice for AFO
Delegates |
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FREE Surgeries as part of AFO
Conference
The Advice Centre
Rick
Bond (Director, The Complete Works)
Need a
confidential sounding board, or advice with a work or
professional development issue? The Advice Centre can
provide information and contacts. Clarify your thoughts
and actions on a whole range of festival management
issues, or acquire useful tools and techniques to use to
help address a particular challenge.
A Liquid Legal Lunch
Jon Payne (Horsey, Lightly, Finn)
An
opportunity to our ask resident lawyer for some free
advice and listen to the latest developments in
licensing, safety and food law.
book for AFO
now... | |
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Booking, Travel,
Accomodation |
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Booking couldn't be easier - you can book
online, over the phone or by post
book
now...
Eastwood Hall offer a very reasonable
B&B and Dinner B&B rate and provide very high
quality accommodation, service and food. The
Hall is within easy reach of the M1 and Nottingham
and is well signed from Eastwood town.
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more... | |
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