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MUSICAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS & SHOWS

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Ref. no.
Description/contact info.
Expires
AMEV/PL001
ADELANTA EVENTS - CHOIRS IN QUIET PLACES
The Choirs in Quiet Places choral workshop and concert is an annual event taking place in January in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Choirs and individual singers are invited to attend, and come from Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and Yorkshire, as well as further afield. The day begins with a choral workshop (sectionals and massed singers) in a local school, led by an internationally-known musical director, assisted by other professional singers and musicians. One or two major pieces are selected each year as the centrepiece for the workshop and concert. In the afternoon, the singers come together with an orchestra to rehearse for the evening's concert, which usually takes place in Southwell Minster. Choirs in Quiet Places has now run twice successfully, and the organisers, Adelanta Events, are looking for sponsorship partners to support the programme, and also to explore the possibility of extending the concept to an event specifically for Youth choirs and musicians. "Sponsorship packages start at £250; but rather than dictating packages and benefits, we would like to work with potential sponsors to design a tailor-made programme which will achieve the sponsor's aims". Contact: Alison Lowe. Address: Adelanta Events, 2 Commercial Road, Nottingham NG6 8HA. Tel.: 0115 975 6979. Fax: 0115 975 6907. E-mail: salesinfo@adelanta.co.uk
link to website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL002
BEARDED THEORY MUSIC FESTIVAL
The organisers of Bearded Theory Music Festival invite sponsors to consider the attached sponsorship proposal (see download button below) for their popular music festival, which is held annually in Derbyshire. Whilst the event has received a lot of press this year, they want to ensure the festival continues for years to come as a market leader. In an online poll from an industry publication, Bearded Theory was recognised as one of the best UK festivals alongside Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds and the Isle of Wight Festival. Bearded Theory is often listed alongside the five major UK festivals and this is a compliment to how Bearded Theory's brand vitality has flourished over the past twelve months. The organisers are now looking for sponsors to support the festival brand for the first time in the event's history. The festival can offer a lot in return, which is why they are inviting potential sponsors to peruse the attached proposal, to see the opportunities on offer to any sponsor or investor. They have already secured three prime time national TV slots for successful sponsors to announce the partnership, which can be aired within the next three weeks. Sponsorship opportunities range from an investment of £500 to £30,000. "We thank you for considering our proposal and should you have any questions or if you would like to arrange a meeting, please do not hesitate to contact me on the telephone number below. We look forward to welcoming you as part of the Bearded Theory family". Contact: Richard Bryan, Event Director. Address: 18 Cleobury Close, Brockhill, Redditch B97 6TG. Tel.: 07824 611628. Fax no.: 01527 592756. E-mail: rich@beardedtheory.co.uk.
link to website

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Ongoing
AMEV/PL003
BIG BLUE EXTREME SPORTS FESTIVAL, 17TH-19TH SEPTEMBER 2010, ISLE OF WIGHT
Big Blue 2010 is looking for a headline sponsor, plus official partners across the event, which features    Newton Faulkner headlining on the beach    the return of an Extreme Sports Festival to the Isle of Wight    one of the biggest mobile urban parks in Europe on-site    professional extreme sports athletes from all over the world    chance for visitors to 'PLAY', with the opportunity to try all the extreme sports on offer    the opportunity to take part in the X-Mile, raising funds for the Ellen MacArthur Trust    the Rob Da Bank DJ Party. The Big Blue Festival is a new breakthrough extreme sports festival, launched this year. Based on the Isle of Wight at Yaverland Beach in Sandown, the Big Blue Festival will take place over three days in September (17th - 19th) and feature over twenty extreme sports on land, air and sea. The Saturday will include a Rob Da Bank party night with Newton Faulkner playing on the beach. What can you expect to see at the Big Blue Festival? Top professional competitions, sports displays, live music, a kid's zone and a new concept called 'PLAY', where the general public can get involved and try some of the exciting new sports on offer. A live big screen will ensure none of the action on land and sea is missed. The sea will be packed with action sports including Windsurfing Freestyle and Racing Championships, National Paddleboard Championships, Surfing, Kitesurfing on the bespoke slider park, Wakeboards, Sailing, Kayaking and the Thundercats. On the land will be the Big Blue Freesports Park, one of the biggest mobile urban parks in Europe. This state of the art urban park is filled with ramps and obstacles that provide an extreme sports playground for anything from BMX and Skateboarding, to Beat Box, Graffiti Jams, Parkour and much more. The Big Blue Freesports Park will showcase displays from the best riders, put on 'PLAY' sessions. Beside the Freesports Park there will also be some exciting up and coming breakthrough sports, including Ropeboarding, Slackline and Street Surfing. The UK's tallest mobile climbing wall, standing at 9m, will also be on-site. The Festival activities will culminate in the 'X-Mile' charity event on Sunday, 19th September, where the general public and competitors will be encouraged to cover an extreme mile on land and water in aid of the Ellen MacArthur Trust. Contact: Sarah Rees, Commercial Manager. Address: Into the blue, One the Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7QJ. Tel.: 07769 827261. E-mail:
sarah.rees@intotheblue.biz.
link to website

Featured attractions

'PLAY'

'PLAY' is a great feature at the Big Blue, encouraging people of all ages to get involved in some of the exciting sports on offer. The Festival will host open sessions everyday for a massive range of sports including freestyle football, kitesurfing, mountain boarding, parkour, paddle boarding, surfing, skating, BMX, streetboard, mountain biking, Thundercats, powerboat driving and windsurfing.

Live Action and Music

A big screen situated right in the centre of the Festival will broadcast all the action over the weekend live - with expert commentary provided. The screen will be situated next to the custom-built restaurant and bar area.

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL004BOOMERANG PROMOTERS LTD.: THE GATHERING
Boomerang Promoters Ltd. are holding a two day music festival at Errol Airfield on the 28th and 29th August, 2010. This great new event will feature live music and dance live music on two stages - and dance inside a Big Top. The airfield is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, approximately half way between Perth and Dundee, and has a capacity of 10,000. It's very well known: vintage car rallies and other events requiring large flat open spaces take place at the airfield throughout the year. Each day there will be camping and parking on site (the licence is pending). A range of exciting sponsorship opportunities are now available. "We would offer anyone who wants to sponsor the event full branding opportunities (as it sits now the name is The Gathering). We would also offer branding of the stages and Big Top". Contact the organisers now for more details. Contact: Jim Louden. Address: Boomerang Promoters Ltd., 5 Park Street, Dundee, Angus DD1 5AX. Tel.: 07929296956. E-mail: jimlouden@hotmail.com.

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL005
CHURCHILL - THE MUSICAL
CHURCHILL - The Musical is a brand new stage show written by Derek Charles Ash and Trevor Holman, which portrays both the private and public life of Sir Winston Churchill, from his loving marriage to Clemmie, through to his retirement from all forms of public life. Sixteen brand new songs (demo CD available), each of which has been carefully crafted to create the appropriate musical feel, style and atmosphere, help portray not only the very loving relationship between Winston and Clemmie, but also show the great humour and razor sharp wit for which Winston was world renowned. The show presents an entertaining insight into both the public and private life of the man voted by the British public 'The Greatest Briton to have ever lived'. CHURCHILL - The Musical is scheduled to have its opening World Premiere Gala Night on Saturday, 2nd October, 2010. The writers and producers, both of whom live and work in the Algarve, are still in discussion with several UK theatres, but they decided that as the show was written and created in the Algarve it would be only right and proper to have the opening world premiere in the Algarve. CHURCHILL - The Musical will be a co-production with the Camera (council) of Lagoa and the location will be the excellent 300 seat modern theatre in the town of Lagoa, with a special 'Red Carpet Gala Night' for the world premiere, followed by a week long run including two matinees, before the show moves to other theatres and locations. The show is being directed by Ray Jeffery, whose career in the theatre encompasses over four decades, during which time he has directed over a thousand musicals and two hundred plays, including the 'off London' world premieres of Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage Aux Folles, Billy and Les Miserables. Work has already started on the various aspects required to put on the show, such as basic set design and build, props, costumes, wigs, lighting scripts, music scores, arrangements and choreography, and Ray is now busy casting in the UK. The show will have an onstage cast of thirty-two, with twenty professional actors, singers and dancers flying to the Algarve from the UK and an additional twelve cast members drawn from Algarve auditions. A very experienced and highly professional backstage team of stage director, choreographer, wardrobe mistress, wig master and lighting designer is being assembled by Ray from various UK theatres and together with a stage crew from the Algarve a team of approximately fifty people will be working on the show. Tickets will be on sale from April onwards and a very exciting future is predicted for the show. The show is costing approximately £100,000 to stage and interested sponsors and investors should contact the writers and producers by initially emailing: trevor.holman@arc.eu.com. For more detailed information on the show, click the link (below) to the website. Contact: Trevor Holman. Address: Quinta do Retiro, Sitio Pés do Cerro 314Z, Moncarapacho, Algarve, Portugal. Tel.: 00351 917 010189. E-mail:
trevor.holman@arc.eu.com.
link to website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL006
CLIC SARGENT
The CLIC Sargent Annual Christmas Concert at the Royal Albert Hall is an extremely popular event with its supporters and is a sellout to an audience of 4,000. This is a very attractive pre-Christmas marketing/sponsorship opportunity, the next concerts being due to take place in December 2009 and 2010. The event, which features a 1,500 strong choir of children from schools throughout London and the south east, boasts celebrity headliners such as the hugely popular Lee Ryan (formerly with boy band Blue), Joss Stone, Lamar (The Fame Academy), Billie Piper, Hear'Say and Miss Dynamite. The show presents a host of professional singers and variety performances, including circus acts and dance groups, making this a thoroughly modern and highly entertaining way to celebrate the festive season. Past concerts have attracted a host of star supporters amongst the 4,000 strong audience, with recent attendees including Cherie Booth QC (CLIC Sargent Patron), Annie Lennox, Eddie Jordan, Ian Wright and Lady Helen Taylor (CLIC Sargent Ambassador). This year's event is sure to be no exception, with celebrities hoping to help ensure the Christmas Celebration will once again be a resounding success for CLIC Sargent and the many hundreds of families it aids and supports. This family festive evening is an extremely successful event and the Title Sponsor will be synonymous with this high-profile charity concert. "We will offer you maximum brand exposure to the thousands of concert attendees and our wider audience, before and throughout the Christmas Celebration". Contact: Paul Turner, Head of Major Fundraising. Address: Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8SG. Tel.: 020 8752 2835. E-mail: paul.turner@clicsargent.org.uk
link to website

Branding opportunities

All signage at venue to read: CLIC Sargent Christmas Celebration, sponsored by (sponsor's company name/logo)
All printed material to refer to, and branded as, CLIC Sargent Christmas Celebration sponsored by (sponsor's company name/logo) eg promotional flyers, reminders and event programme
Logo on all tickets: sponsor's logo to be placed alongside the CLIC Sargent logo on all event tickets

Verbal acknowledgement on evening by MC and Conductor
Sponsor's literature and posters to be available for distribution
Sponsor's logo with hyperlink on the event website
Souvenir Programme: branding/advert

Guest hospitality

Press and Public Relations opportunities

"The knowledge that you will be supporting the UK's leading children's cancer charity".

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL007 CLOUDCUCKOOLAND/OP PRODUCTION
Cloudcuckooland is a music theatre comedy for kids and their families. It's riotous, funny and a touch irreverent, but carries a serious message about not messing up the planet. It's performed by six actor musicians who play twenty-two instruments between them; the musicianship is stunning and a great inspiration for kids. It was created in the Spring of 2008 with an initial one-off grant from the Onassis Programme and toured the UK, then played for a month at the Edinburgh Festival. It got excellent reviews, much feature coverage and was nominated for the Total Theatre Awards. The Observer picked it in its top seven pieces of theatre at the Edinburgh Festival from thousand of shows. Most importantly, for the company, it has fabulous feedback from kids, parents and teachers. The story follows an attempt by the birds to take revenge on humans for trashing their habitats. It features a gallery of beautiful and hilarious bird characters (the trombone-playing flamingo on stilts, and the trumpeting dodo with his zimmer frame) and culminates in the chickens trying to roast Gordon Brown for Sunday lunch unless he agrees to their climate change demands. The whole project aims to be ecologically sound and practice the message it preaches, but with with wit and humility. The company was helped in the creation of the show by a number of organisations, from the RSPB to the Carbon Trust. Many programmers from the UK and worldwide saw the show in Edinburgh and want to book it. One commented: 'I just wanted to say how impressed I was with Cloudcuckooland in Edinburgh. I thought it was unique, exciting and streets ahead of all the other children's shows at the Fringe'. The company would love to take the show to more kids around the UK and the world (together with a programme of workshops and participation events). However, they need a sponsor to be able to do that. They envisage this will be a company whose priorities are children getting involved in music and the arts and/or spreading a message of ecological responsibility in a fun way. The company can     Put the sponsors name and logo on all print, adverts, press releases, mailings, posters, etc.    distribute flyers/product samples with their mailings and at events    have display material in foyers    include adverts in their programme    host the sponsor's guests, with complementary tickets and entertainment opportunities    and be extremely grateful! The project is managed by Helen Eastman at OP Production Ltd.. Helen has a strong track record in producing and managing large scale arts events and UK and international touring. "We have raised a proportion of funds needed from donations (donors include Dame Judy Dench and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney) but need to secure £10,000 of sponsorship. We hope to find a great working relationship with a new sponsor". Further information, a selection of photos and reviews and examples of previous print and programmes are available on request. Contact: Helen Eastman. Address: 17 Shorts Gardens, London WC2H 9AT. Tel.: 07770 277812 or 020 7836 6798. E-mail: helen.eastman@classics.ox.ac.uk

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL008DRAMARAMA MUSIC & DRAMA CLUB
Dramarama is a community youth drama organisation. It works with children within the local community, giving them something to do in the evenings and with the aim of getting the children off the streets and helping them to build confidence and team building experience. All staff work on a voluntary basis and all funds come from government grants and fundraising events. The club is looking for sponsors who are willing to help in a variety of different ways - either through one-off or regular donations, in order for the children to buy much needed equipment, or by donation of the equipment itself. In exchange the club offers to add the donating company's logo to all of its advertising leaflets and any event posters or public paperwork, along with a notice attached to the equipment donated stating that the item was generously donated by the sponsor in question. Its current needs and requirements are as follows    music mixing software    theatrical lighting system    scenery and staging equipment. They are also in the process of planning a family fun day during the summer holidays for the children in the area and require various pieces of equipment for the activities they have planned. These are    marquees x 2, 3m x 3m    art and craft equipment    bouncy castle    ball pit and balls    trampoline    face painting equipment    outdoor gaming equipment (hula hoops, skittles, giant board games, etc.)    large catering tea urn    large sponges (wet sponge throwing). "Any further questions are welcome - please do not hesitate to contact me. Many thanks in advance". Contact: Mrs Gemma French, Chairperson. Address: 25 Eaden Crescent, Hoyland, Barnsley S74 9RH. Tel.: 01226 741592. E-mail:
Dramarama@hotmail.com.

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL009
GRT PRODUCTIONS LTD
Sponsorship packages associated with the shows offered by GRT Productions Limited represent exceptionally good value, with extensive brand promotion to their audiences and beyond, as well as VIP corporate hospitality options. All the previous shows have proven popular, including three successful tours. Sponsorship funding will allow the company to increase its external promotion to the public, drawing in bigger audiences, all the while promoting the sponsor's brand. The company has Kingdom touring large and medium venues across the UK and Ireland, appealing to various demographic groups and reaching annual audiences from 15,000 to 144,000. Potential sponsors can choose which show is the best for their brand image and objectives. GRT Productions Ltd is one of the UK's leading production companies, with combined experience of over seventy-five years of producing first class shows. Sponsorship is sought to the value of £25,000 exclusively or £5,000 collectively for each show. "Make your brand stand out from the crowd". It's now or never ... Contact: Barbara Caprice. Address: 145-157 St Johns Street, London EC1V 4PY. Tel.: 0845 459 1212. Fax no.: 01489 605335. E-mail: grtproductions@ntlworld.com.

Current opportunities

Kingdom

         The ELVIS Trilogy
                  From the Cradle to the Grave ... and beyond ...

This theatre musical comprises three significant periods of Elvis' life. To begin with the audience is taken on a journey through the early years of Elvis' career, from the popular Hillbilly Cat to the King of Rock 'n' Roll represented by Paul Malloy. The next part of the journey visits the spiritual life of Elvis and the backbone of his musical influence through his passion for Gospel music portrayed by The Rockin' Rev, Steve Caprice and gospel choir. The journey continues with Elvis' most famous period as the King of Entertainment in The Concert Years, performed by Craig Jefferson. The Finale is an interpretation of the gospel show that Elvis was due to take on tour, had he not passed away, featuring all three award winning Elvis stylists and the cast.

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL010
GLOBAL MUSIC FOUNDATION
The Global Music Foundation is a non-profit organisation, formed in December 2004. The foundation's aim is to share its musical knowledge, ideas and experience in an open, friendly and constructive artistic environment and to deliver high quality arts and culture events to the public. It does this through an ever-expanding series of concerts, workshops, seminars and events around Europe that provide the ideal opportunity to perform, share and learn together. These events provide an opportunity to present a sponsor's product or service to an audience that is receptive and positive. Global Music Foundation understands the commercial needs of a sponsor at whatever level of support is chosen. Benefits to sponsors include     extensive site branding exposed to a concert-going public of several thousand people     ad. spots and logo projections at concerts shown on a large venue screen     sampling and product placement    media exposure through event marketing, and active involvement in radio, television and new e-media broadcasts    VIP tickets for sponsors and their clients providing access to the corporate area. The name and logo of the sponsor would be included on all promotional material, including tickets, leaflets, posters, press releases, etc. Branding can be displayed about the site on the day of the concert at various locations (including entry to venues, stage, site, ticket checkpoints, etc.). Logos printed on street banners at entrances to towns. Further options can also be discussed. Venue capacities range from 300 to 10,000, depending on the programme. This Global Music Foundation can claim global impact, with yearly international events in six countries in Europe (and more in the pipeline). Other benefits include: being associated with a high quality, cross-community organisation providing educational opportunities and training for people of all ages from all over the world. Sponsors can also support assisted places on courses and make them available to people who otherwise could not afford to attend. GMF can design the sponsor package to suit the sponsor's requirements and budget. Take a look at the list of events they have coming up and the countries in which they will be presented. These events represent a marketing opportunity that is pan-European. "If your company has a policy of supporting music/arts learning initiatives, The Global Music Foundation provides the perfect opportunity to meet your objectives". Contact: Ian McClaren, Marketing Director. Address: 183A Stonegate Road, Leeds LS6 4PU. Tel.: 07974 140035. E-mail: sponsor@globalmusicfoundation.org
link to website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL011GOSPEL FRONTIERS LTD.
Gospel Frontiers is a company committed to supporting and promoting Christian and gospel music in the UK. The company actively supports upcoming Christian and gospel singers, singer/songwriters, groups and choirs, and increased sponsorship will assist in the ability of Gospel Frontiers to have a greater effect with these. Gospel Frontiers currently manages Beatrice Muniu, who is an active performer at numerous events and concerts throughout the year. The company has available for sponsorship a number of artists who are already well known, in addition to Beatrice Muniu. Gospel Frontiers also hosts a number of websites and is also looking for sponsorship for all or any of these. Generally this would be on an annual basis, reviewed at each year end. The company provides promotion of events and the opportunity for various companies to advertise at one or numerous events through tickets, programmes and advertising leaflets and posters. Gospel and Christian music is an emerging market in the UK - and this will be growing. Coupled with a strongly-focussed web presence, already a growing source of global and national trade and advertising, Gospel Frontiers is confident that, in conjunction with those that it represents, it can be a benefit to the sponsor's company and its advertising requirements. Contact: Ian Lloyd, Director. Address: 8 Balgowan Road, Beckenham BR3 4HJ. Tel.: 0207 038 5753. E-mail: ian@gospelfrontiers.com.
link to website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL012
THE JAM FOUNDATION
The JAM Foundation boasts a unique position as the South East's premiere charitable organisation that targets the promotion and progress of 'wannabe' musicians. In January 2009, JAM Foundation was inaugurated and its first event took place during March and April, 2009, at Tunbridge Wells' renowned live music venue, The Forum. Affray! at The Forum was a huge success, pitting ten bands against each other over a series of four nights. All of the bands were local musicians and the level of competition was intense. The final saw Where's Billy against Blind Archers and the judges votes were split between the two bands, with Blind Archers narrowly taking the acclaim as Affray! 2009 victors! They also secured the first prize of a three and a half day recording contract with Audio Sorcery. The JAM Foundation's audience is a mixture of young and old. Audience figures for Affray! topped 600 over the four nights and its Facebook group currently has nearly 1,000 members. With a recent association with Paul Dunton, who is responsible for the annual Local & Live Festival in Tunbridge Wells, the JAM Foundation now has a link in to over 12,000 people in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas. The next major event is planned to run for three months from September to December. JAM Raw! 2009 sees yet another 'Battle of the Bands' format, akin to Affray!, but will include twenty bands/singers/songwriters, each competing over seven nights with a target of being crowned JAM Raw! 2009 winners and a three day recording studio session with Audio Sorcery. Looking towards the future, JAM Affray! 2010 will return in the Spring and current ideas will involve forty bands taking part, with the chance to win an amazing prize, unlike any ever seen before in the 'unsigned' category of the music industry. The long term goals of the JAM Foundation are discussed on the organisation's website, along with some highly interesting content and information. Contact: Mark Nicholson, Chairman and Event Co-ordinator. Tel.: 07926 367545. E-mail: mark@jamfoundation.org.uk
link to website

Current involvement opportunities (examples)

    Direct product use in the public eye
    The obvious sponsorship arrangements of logos and product names being seen on stages, advertising and media reviews
    Banners with logos draped from the stages and surrounding crowd areas
    Logo on T shirts (on request)
    Logo and link will also be included in any communications with the JAM Foundation members and network
    Link the JAM Foundation website both ways to sponsor's web site, so the audience can see the full extent of the sponsorship.

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL013
JAZZ SERVICES LTD.
Jazz Services is a charitable organisation that exists to promote and support the development of jazz in the UK. The organisation offers a comprehensive information, advice and support and consultancy service to musicians, bands, promoters and managers to promote UK jazz to national and international audiences, and actively campaigns to improve the overall standards of music education. Business benefits are detailed in the charity's sponsorship brochure. Contact: Ms Humie Webbe, Project Manager. Address: 11 Craiglee Drive, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff CF10 4BN. Tel.: 029 2091 2126. E-mail:
hw.webbe@ntlworld.com
link to website

  Download more info.!   Click button to download more information from Jazz Services Ltd. (pdf format)

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL014
KALA PHOOL
Kala Phool is an arts development agency that strives to make diverse artforms accessible, fun and low cost. Currently not core funded, Kala Phool needs financial support from like-minded organisations that want to work with it. Projects Kala Phool develops and delivers include the Brighton Hip Hop Festival, which boasts a position as the UK's largest celebration of Hip Hop culture. Kala Phool currently works globally with existing and emerging partners, as well as those from across the UK, pushing the boundaries in making all the artforms under the Hip Hop 'banner' visible. The festival was five years old in 2008 and Kala Phool are keen to have sponsors come and support their vision - they are open to more than one supporter.     Mother India 21st Century Remix - this project is currently under development and involves the rescoring of the iconic and Oscar award winning Indian epic, Mother India. It will be produced using the talent of the world's top Turntablist, bringing the film to a fresh new audience with India and Pakistan's independence as its inspiration.     Frieze Box - imagine, a box covered in canvas in the middle of your town, school or on a roundabout, with artists working on it in rotation. This is the concept and currently Frieze Box is being developed to work with younger people, in schools and with national festivals. It's a way of taking the art to the people and allowing them to have a go. Quality is foremost in Kala Phool's visioning and the agency works with the best of the best, the most respected and credible artists ... but also in their own right they value Kala Phool's work. Kala Phool works to support under-developed artform sectors that may not necessarily have a voice. It advocates on strategic, national and international levels with a variety of agencies. "We want to hear from you". Contact: Ms Indy Hunjan. Address: PO Box 106, Brighton, East Sussex BN50 9BU. Tel.: +44 (0) 7977 449052. E-mail: indy@kalaphool.com
link to Kalaphool website
link to Brighton Hip Hop Festival website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL015
LEEDS PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
The chorus of the Leeds Philharmonic Society is a chorus of national standing which regularly broadcasts for the BBC, and which has made a number of commercial recordings. Its members are all amateurs, however, and the society is largely self-financing. The society is looking for sponsors for two areas. First, to enable the chorus to undertake an overseas tour of some 100+ singers to Budapest, Bratsilava and Prague, without the financial burden being totally on the chorus's individual members. The society anticipates having to meet the cost of travel and accommodation, together with the cost of an organist, orchestra, soloists and music hire in the host countries. Secondly, to contribute to the cost of those concerts the society promotes itself, outside of the Leeds International Concert Season. Again it is looking at the cost of a conductor, orchestra, soloists and the hire of Leeds Town Hall or another venue. Sponsors will be fully credited on all promotional material both in the UK and in Europe and the society is open to discussion on more innovative ways to celebrate any partnership. Contact: Jack Parkes. Address: 46 Eden Mount, Burley, Leeds LS4 2TD. Tel.: 0113 2287806. E-mail: Jack.Parkes@ntlworld.com
link to website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL016
LIMETREE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
Limetree Music & Arts Festival is now in its third year and is becoming well respected in the Festival arena, having been nominated for Best Small Festival and Best Live Performances in the 2008 and 2009 Festival of the Year Awards. The festival attracts a mature, professional audience with its core appeal being to young families. The business's turnover is doubling year on year and in 2010 is expected to hit all its targets for attendees. Operated and managed by a small team headed by Sean Birdsall, a Finance Director in a successful construction company, the festival has attracted masses of good PR and publicity which can be viewed online or sent to anyone who registers an interest. Sponsors will have exclusivity and various options can be discussed. "We are now getting national coverage in print and will be expecting some TV coverage in the near future. The festival would be particularly attractive to a drinks company, as Limetree operates its own bars and could offer a fully exclusive deal with a drinks operator, including them in all direct marketing materials (100,000+ A5 flyers) and incorporating a full web presence. Bespoke deals are available, so please do get in touch". Contact: Sean Birdsall, Managing Director. Address: 10 Scarthingwell Park, Barkton Ash, Leeds LS24 9PG. Tel.: 01937 557812. Fax: 07941 477067. E-mail: sean@limetreefestival.co.uk.
link to website

 

Ongoing
AMEV/PL017MARRYING MEG
Marrying Meg, a Scottish musical comedy by Highland Perthshire-based writer Mark Robertson, has won a place in the world's most prestigious festival of new musicals. The New York Musicals Festival, which stages thirty shows every autumn in midtown Manhattan, is a hotbed of up and coming talent, many of its productions moving to off-Broadway, some even to Broadway itself. Hollywood keeps an eye on this scene for possible future film adaptations. Marrying Meg is the festival's only UK show this year, and the first Scottish musical ever to win a place in this world-renowned event. To date, Marrying Meg has been a runner up in three major musical writing competitions in the UK, including Cameron Mackintosh's Highland Quest for a New Musical in 2007. It has been lauded by several major theatrical producers and artists including    "The songs are really charming and for once don't sound like anyone else", Cameron Mackintosh    "... wonderfully funny and tuneful ... a hugely engaging and memorable show ... It's rare for someone to have such a talent for lyric-writing as well as a real gift for memorable and exciting show music. We love it", George Stiles and Anthony Drewe    "Mark Robertson has a talent well worth nurturing", Tim Rice. Several big-name Broadway personnel are already on board, including Tony-nominated choreographer Christopher Gattelli and five-time Tony-winning costume designer William Ivey Long. The cast is to include major Broadway performers Michael McCormick (The Producers, Curtains) and Jill Paice (Scarlett O'Hara in Trevor Nunn's Gone With The Wind). The production team is now seeking funding and sponsorship from companies or individual benefactors keen to be associated with this high profile, high quality product. Overall financial needs are modest at £30,000 to £40,000. Two US sponsors and one UK trust fund have already come forward. Sponsorship of £3,000 to £5,000 would rate inserts in programmes, banners on posters, front of house display space and joint billing with all other producers. Mark Robertson was born in Dundee, trained as an actor in Edinburgh and now lives in Blairgowrie. He performed in drama and variety productions across the UK before spending several happy and successful years in several West End musicals. He has written for numerous TV productions, his latest being a new Saturday night sitcom which he is developing with Aardman Animation for the BBC. Contact: Mark Robertson. Address: The Cottage, Forebank Road, Blairgowrie PH10 7BX. Tel.: 01250 870627. E-mail: mark-robertson@live.co.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL018
MUSIC DESIGN AWARDS
The Music Design Awards recognise designers, worldwide, for the outstanding work they do for the music industry, at every level. To those in the know, designing for the music industry takes hard, hard work and real innovation - strokes of brilliance underscored with inspiration - leading to spectacular end results. Design for the music industry is unrelentingly challenging and occupies the minds of the world's most inspired, leading-edge designers and design houses. The Music Design Awards represent an opportunity for designers around the world to enter their projects for clients. The awards are truly global in context and open to designers from all regions. There are sixty-two awards to win - eleven project categories across five music genre groupings and seven continental region categories. Leading companies seeking to encourage and reward great design for the music industry support the Music Design Awards, such as Eye magazine and Art Vinyl, who supported the launch Awards in 2009. The organisers of the Music Design Awards are keen to foster longer term relationships with partners/supporters and build enduring two-way relationships, ensuring supporters benefit from positive exposure and the Awards benefit from the credible support of companies for whom the link between design and music is important. Supporting organisations will benefit from electronic media exposure (in the form of website and editorial content), email activity, e-bulletins and e-ads on search engines. They will also gain exposure in more traditional media such as direct mail, editorial in trade titles, carefully selected display advertising and support from media partners. Contact: Marie Thomas, Operations Director. Address: Music Design Awards (jla), 80 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7NW. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 8675 8405. E-mail: marie.thomas@musicdesignawards.com.
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL019
THE NATIONAL CONCERT ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
The National Concert Orchestra of Great Britain was formed with two specific remits: (a)to provide valuable work opportunities for graduate music students; and (b) to perform music repertoire which is commercially feasible and desirable. The orchestra itself is basically fixed at thirty musicians and is expanded to forty-five musicians on occasion. The repertoire performed ranges from 'Popular Classical' to 'Light Popular' and a variety of concert performances, not limited to its recent Bat - the Symphony tour (the music of Meatloaf), Abba - the Symphony, A Festival for Christmas, which features the widest range of popular classical and Easy Listening. The concert performances also include The Last Night of the Proms, which is given a more 21st Century approach (as were the highly successful BBC Proms 2007 with Michael Ball), The Vienna Proms, which are appreciated by a wider public than most orchestras realise and A Festival of Film, which plays the most popular film music from the American Billboard Top 100. In 2008, the orchestra was the only professional British orchestra to perform a concert of music to celebrate the centenary of composer Leroy Anderson (Sleigh Ride, The Typewriter, Belle of the Ball, Blue Tango and twenty more very popular tunes) whilst in America and Scandinavia - almost every orchestra performed a concert of his music! The sponsorship opportunity is for a person or persons, with a genuine interest in a wide genre of orchestral music, to participate in the development of the orchestra, its players (who are mostly in their early twenties) and in overseeing the presentation to a wider public of music repertoire other than the heavy classics. "As Musical Direcor and Conductor of the orchestra", says Greg Francis, "my own experience has been in writing orchestrations and conducting some of the well known orchestras, including five years with various of the BBC (light) orchestras in the 1980s and the German Radio Orchestras (NDR and HR Frankfurt). I have most recently orchestrated for and conducted two programmes of popular music for the RLPO (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra) which have been extremely popular with the wider public. As I am now sixty-two years of age, I have the personal time and resources to provide most of the musical orchestrations to the orchestra free of charge, and so none of the sponsorship money would be used for this purpose. To sponsor one concert of any of the above music programmes would require an input of up to, but not exceeding, £5,700.00, to guarantee against any unexpected losses. We do not require sponsorship to purchase instruments or music parts. The orchestra has forward bookings for 2010 and into 2011". Contact: Greg Francis, Musical Director. Address: Marton Lodge, 3 New Hall Avenue North, Blackpool FY4 5HY. Tel.: 01253 695446. E-mail: greg@usoproductions.co.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL020

SCOTTISH ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2011
Royal Blind are looking for a title sponsor for the Scottish Royal Variety Performance 2011, which runs every two years. This high profile event attracts top artists from around the UK, who perform at this red carpet event to raise vital funds for Royal Blind. Royal Blind is a leading Scottish charity that provides services for blind and multiple disabled children. The event is the biggest in the charity's calendar and they are now looking for financial support. In return the title sponsor will receive a proliferation of media exposure, including TV coverage of the event itself, as was the case in 2009. "If you are at all interested in sponsorship opportunities, please do not hesitate to get in touch and we can discuss various options". Contact: Mrs Helen Forrest. Address: 50 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh EH10 4NW. Tel.: 0131 229 1456. E-mail: helen.forrest@royalblind.org
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL021
SEEDTIME PROJECTS
"Would you like to promote your products or services to 7,000+ local people in Dagenham and the surrounding areas? One that promotes community cohesion to meet your corporate social responsibility aims?" In the Mix is a community cohesion festival, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, aimed at bringing about better understanding and harmony in the community, especially across race, age and religion whilst celebrating talent and diversity. This year's event will take place on 7th August in Parsloes Park, Dagenham. The last event of this kind in 2008 had a footfall of 3,500. Projections for 2010 are a footfall of 7,000+. The event is advertised in the local press and also via a full advertising campaign on the local radio station that reaches 29,000 adults per week. The project is initiated by the charity Seedtime Projects. "We believe that by bringing the entire community together to celebrate diversity through music, art and entertainment, there will be better understanding between various groups of people living in the community. Community cohesion is a buzz word in Barking and Dagenham and In The Mix is truly becoming on of the main events for connecting the local community. Seedtime Projects has various sponsorship packages available from £50 - £30,000. Further information is available on request. Get Ready ... get In The Mix!" Contact: Dawn Quye-Joyce, Community Engagement Manager. Address: 5a Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, Essex RM9 5PA. Tel.: 020 8596 0106. Fax: 020 8526 7011. E-mail:
dawn@seedtimeprojects.org.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL022
SPORTS INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT LTD.
Sports International Management Ltd. is a globally recognised athlete management, sports marketing and brand management company, based in central London with over fifteen years' industry experience. The company's clients include internationally renowned athletes, sporting legends and varied global events, including music festivals and concerts. It is focussed on providing an excellent bespoke service for all of its clients. Contact: Roger Barnes, Director. Address: 64 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4QD. Tel.: 0207 6310 408. Fax: 0207 6310 403. E-mail: hq@s-i-m-l.com
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL023
STARDREAMS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY
Stardreams Musical Theatre Company is the dream of Robert Edmunds, who has been a musical director with several theatre companies throughout South Wales for the past twenty years. His aim is to bring together the very best in natural talent to create a musical theatre company like no other, and to provide opportunities for the young people of Wales who have always dreamed of being a star. "As Stardreams Musical Theatre Company prepares to mount another exciting production", says Robert, "I would like to extend an invitation to you to join us in a partnership that will benefit your company in a number of ways. The company is a professionally run organisation which stages two productions a year and gives young people a chance to participate in the development of professional-quality musical theatre. Our past productions have a history of being smash hit shows, and consistently play to very good houses. We have a range of excellent sponsorship packages available. Why not take a look at what we do!" Contact: Robert Edmunds, Founder and Musical Director. Address: 49 Tyntyla Avenue, Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF41 7SU. Tel.: 01443 439466. E-mail: robertstardreams@googlemail.com.
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Ongoing
AMEV/PL024
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Sponsorship packages associated with the shows offered by Theatre Productions Limited represent exceptionally good value, with extensive brand promotion to their audiences and beyond, as well as VIP corporate hospitality options. All the shows have proven popular, with up to six successful previous tours. Sponsorship funding will allow the company to increase its external promotion to the public, drawing in bigger audiences, all the while promoting the sponsor's brand. The company has five shows touring large and medium venues across the UK and Ireland, appealing to different demographic groups and reaching annual audiences from 15,000 to 144,000. Potential sponsors can choose which show is the best fit for their brand image and objectives. Theatre Productions Ltd is one of the UK's leading production companies, with combined experience of over a hundred years of producing first class shows. Sponsorship packages are available from £7,500. "Make your brand part of a hundred great nights out". Contact: Steve Hood, Partnerships Manager. Address: Linton House, 1 High Street, Linton, Derbyshire DE12 6QL. Tel.: 079 30319790. E-mail: steve@outlinks.co.uk.
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Current opportunities

Christmas Crooners
: a cascade of classic seasonal songs, in the style of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra

Over the Rainbow
: a moving and uplifting tribute, journeying through the life and songs of Eva Cassidy

The Naked Truth
: a comedy, tracking five women as their lives unfold in laughter and tears, as they prepare for a charity pole dance event

Viennese Strauss Gala
: an evening of nostalgia and romance with the song, music and dance of the great operettas of Strauss, Kalman and Lehar

The Extra Factor
: the action moves from the House to the TV studio, in this musical comedy's ironic take on the reality TV show, featuring some of the biggest hit songs of the last three decades

 

Ongoing
AMEV/001BATH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Inaugurated in 1948, the Bath International Music Festival has an illustrious artistic history and is a well-established event of national significance and international reputation. It takes place annually over seventeen days in late May/early June, presenting a range of high quality events including orchestral, chamber and contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz, world music and new electronica. The programme takes place mainly in city venues and also includes free-to-the-public outdoor events. A selection of events additionally take place in the surrounding towns and villages of the North East Somerset local authority area. Over the last sixty years the festival has been host to many internationally acclaimed artists and has showcased many spectacular events, including the now famous collaboration between Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar. 2009 dates are 22nd May to 6th June, when more than sixty events will be staged in a number of Bath's outstanding venues, including the art-deco Forum, regency Assembly Rooms and Guildhall, and the magnificent Bath Abbey. Projected audience numbers are over 24,000 and there will be extensive Radio 3 recordings and live broadcasts. The first Friday in the Music Festival sees the Party in the City event, which itself is a festival within a festival, being a celebration of local and community talent alongside internationally-renowned performers. There are outdoor and indoor events with over thirty venues in use for that one evening and outdoor busking culminating in an impressive firework display. Contact: Ruth Knagg, Development Director. Address: Abbey Chambers, Kingston Buildings, Bath BA1 1NT. Tel.: 01225 462231. Fax: 01225 445551. E-mail: ruth.knagg@bathfestivals.org.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/002 BELOW STAIRS MUSICAL (for cancer research)
Below Stairs, premièred in May 2002 in Chesham. All future stagings will generate money for Cancer Research UK Ltd., as the composer has good cause to thank such a charity, having survived cancers of the colon, liver and lung. The aim now is to mount a production at a large theatre, such as the 1,000-seater Swan in High Wycombe, with the realistic expectation that £25,000 upfront sponsorship will generate at least double that for Cancer Research UK. The resulting high profile exposure will then stimulate the UK amdram circuit to put the show on, thus generating a stream of cash in the future for the charity. “Below Stairs” is a tuneful, feel-good musical set in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1, its star being housemaid Lucy. The website www.BelowStairsShow.com gives full details of the show’s history, its plot, the rave reviews, the cast demands, and so on. Scores and libs are available for assessment hire. There is a warts-and-all video of the première but the show has changed a lot since 2002 and the intention now is to produce a top-quality video of the July Staines production, along with a cast sound recording on CD. Among the show’s fans are BBC newsreader Patrick Lunt – who augmented the chorus sound in the first production – and actor/writer Simon Williams (Major Bellamy in TV’s Upstairs, Downstairs), who describes the show as ‘fabulous’. Sponsors of the proposed large-scale charity production will double their investment for cancer research, delight audiences with a feel-good show with memorable tunes and create a stimulus for other amateur operatic societies to stage the work to benefit charity. Contact: Alan Lewis. Address: 16 Battingswood Gardens, Naphill, High Wycombe HP14 4SR. Tel.: 01494 564512. E-mail: belowstairsshow@aol.com

 

Ongoing
AMEV/003 THE BRISTOL FESTVAL COMMUNITY GROUP - THE BRISTOL FESTIVAL
The Bristol Festival is the south west's hottest new music, arts and culture festival, organised by volunteers to showcase a massive range of local talent. Attracting 14,000 last year, with a capacity of 30,000 for this year, the Bristol Festival is a cultural melting pot of the city's diverse communities of all ages and backgrounds, brought together through the shared enjoyment of music, dance and food. This year 2,000 performers and 300 volunteers join together for the festival located in the heart of the city centre. The festival has two parts    Brizzolfest - a large outdoor site located within the Amphitheatre, including seven stages of live bands, world music, dance, cabaret, street theatre, kids' areas, workshops, interactive digital projections, fire shows and world foods    Rave-on-Avon sees the crowds move into ten nightclubs for the evening. The event is the highlight of the group's year round charity work, including free workshops in arts, music, dance and theatre, with local community groups and schools involved in performances. The group also offers volunteer training, event industry work experience, skills swapping and house local artists in subsidised studios throughout the year. The Bristol Festival has massive public support in the region and receives unprecedented levels of press coverage including BBC and ITV, every local radio station from Community FM to BBC Radio Bristol, front pages and extended features in local press such as Venue Magazine and the Evening Post and over 3 million website hits a year. Bristol has one of the most edgy and alternative under-30s demographics in the UK and is home to the wealthiest students outside of 'Oxbridge'. "Sponsorship opportunities offer excellent value for money, with advertising across all our publicity. We are flexible and happy to incorporate your ideas when promoting your brand in association with our fantastic project". Contact: Poppy Stephenson. Address: 4th Floor, Bush House, 72 Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QD. Tel.: 0117 328 1492. E-mail: info@thebristolfestival.org
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Ongoing
AMEV/004BRITISH FEDERATION OF BRASS BANDS
The British Federation of Brass Bands works to develop and protect the interests of brass bands in the UK and funds educational workshops held by member bands, etc. The Federation is seeking sponsorship support curently for both its major championship events (see details below). Contact: Hayley Granger, Development Officer. Address: 122 Main Street, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 2HL. Tel.: 01274 511280. Fax: 01274 511281. E-mail: bfbb@clara.net
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Current Opportunities

The National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
This is an event held annually in September/October, organised by the British Federation of Brass Bands. A championship title, a trophy and prize money are awarded to the winners of each of the five sections/levels. In total around sixty bands take part, this being the main contest of the brass band movement's calendar.

The National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
This event is held annually, organised in five sections/levels of youth bands, who battle it out for championship honours in their sections with trophies and prize money awarded. Around forty bands attend each year. The contest is the main youth contest of the brass band movement.

 

Ongoing
AMEV/005CAFE GOSPEL
Gospel Entertainment Company is looking for sponsorship to re-launch a Gospel event called Gospel Renaissance in Birmingham. Sponsorship funds will be used to an extensive marketing campaign to cover the West Midlands. The company's marketing campaign will include the printing and distribution of promotional leaflets/posters and the creation and broadcasting of radio adverts. Benefits offered to sponsors will include: (i) logo and contact details of the sponsor on all leaflets and posters, and (ii) name of the sponsor mentioned during all radio advertisements. Sponsorship is sought to the value of £1500. Contact: Elizabeth Lawson-Bennett. Address: PO Box 10486, Birmingham B26 1LP. Tel.: 07812 101611. E-mail: music@cafegospel.co.uk. Website: http://www.cafegospel.co.uk

 

Ongoing
AMEV/006CAMBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Contact: Gillian Perkins, Festival Director. Address: 10 Gurney Way, Cambridge CB4 2ED. Tel.: 01223 350544. E-mail: director@cammusic.co.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/007CARNIVAL LATIN AMERICA
El Pueblo Latinoamericana, now in its second year - and returning due to popular demand from both the Latin American community and Southwark Council - is an exotic and splendid family event, boast its organisers. It features a wonderful array of Latin American artists based in Europe, including one international-calibre salsa star. Last year's 'phenomenal success' saw several thousand people riveted to the acts on stage and moving to the unique rhythms offered by bands and dancers from Latin American countries. Contact: Francisco Valles, Marketing Manager. Address: 32 Milton Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4SR. Tel.: 07790-049453. Fax: 020-8279-7786. E-mail: franvalle@aol.com

 

Ongoing
AMEV/008CHELTENHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL
Cheltenham Jazz Festival is one of the most exciting dates in the international jazz calendar. From global jazz legends to the hottest contemporary musicians, the Festival in 2007 offered a host of exciting and high profile events. Artists attending the Festival included household names The Guillemots, Marti Pellow, Madeleine Peyroux and Curtis Stigers. "In developing corporate partnerships, our responsibility is to provide high quality tangible benefits and the opportunity for your company to attach its brand to an artistic programme of world class quality". Contact: Claire Coleman. Tel.: 01242 775193. E-mail: claire.coleman@cheltenhamfestivals.com.
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Ongoing
AMEV/009CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL
Cheltenham Music Festival offers a wide variety of sponsorship packages and corporate hospitality opportunities, in what The Guardian called "one of the biggest and most prestigious [festivals] of the summer". Contact: Claire Coleman. Tel.: 01242 775193. E-mail: claire.coleman@cheltenhamfestivals.com.
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Ongoing
AMEV/010CORSHAM FESTIVAL
Corsham Festival is an annual seven day arts festival held in Corsham, Wiltshire in late June. The organisers tell us that it was named by the Daily Express as being one of the top fifty arts festivals in the UK and by the Financial Times as one of the UK's emerging arts festivals. Sponsorship is now sought for individual arts events or for the festival as a whole. The Corsham Festival has a particular focus on contemporary music and the work of composer Sir Michael Tippett, who lived in the town for ten years. Contact: Nicholas Keyworth, Festival Director. Address: Osborne House, 1 Station Road, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 9EU. Tel.: 01249-713509. Fax: 01225-464898. E-mail: corsham.festival@virgin.net.
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Ongoing
AMEV/011 EASTWOOD COLLIERIES MALE VOICE CHOIR
Eastwood Collieries Male Voice Choir, which this year is celebrating its eighty-fifth anniversary, was formed in 1920 by a group of enthusiastic colliery officials. Originally called the Eastwood Collieries Officials Male Voice Choir, it consisted of around a dozen men. By the middle of the first year the word 'officials' had been dropped and membership increased to around forty voices. During the early days membership was made up solely by the mining community workforce but as the mining industry reduced in size in recent times, members from outside the coal industry were welcomed into the ranks of the choir. The present membership of over fifty is made up of representatives of many trades and professions, with only a few retired members of the coal industry remaining. The choir's repertoire is varied and includes traditional male voice arrangements as well as pieces from other countries and languages. Being well versed in other languages, the choir is equally well travelled and the highlight of 2003 was to be invited to attend the Yorkshire Cancer Research Festival Concert held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The choir performs at least 18 concerts annually in England and Wales, raising vital funds and awareness for many local and national charities, including private wedding ceromonies. Sponsorship is needed to enable the choir to perform more concerts, replace existing uniforms and equipment and extend the choir's ability to attract new members through new tours and venues, forging links with local schools and colleges, targeting all age groups and offering them the joys of singing to these persons who might not normally associate themselves with male voice singing. Contact: Lord James Ferrabbee, Hon. General Secretary. Address: 51 The Fieldings, Suttin in Ashfield, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 2TF. Tel.: 01623 552350. E-mail: james@ferrabbee.fsnet.co.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/012ENGLISH TOURING OPERA
English Touring Opera is the leading touring opera company in the UK, visiting more regions and venues than any other English opera company. Touring twice annually to around thirty-three theatres and presenting as many as 120 performances per year to more than 40,000 audience members, from Truro to Perth and Norwich across to Belfast, English Touring Opera is the perfect vehicle for any company with a multi-regional or local focus. "ETO are the ultimate strolling players, taking opera of a remarkably high standard to the most unlikely places". The Guardian, March 2010. "Sponsorship of English Touring Opera provides you with access to an affluent nationwide audience and affiliation with an acclaimed opera company with a true national reach. Whether it is branding, access to world of opera for your employees, entertaining clients or fulfilling Corporate Social Responsibility commitments, ETO can help you accomplish your philanthropic vision and offer significant publicity opportunities. We offer bespoke and individually tailored sponsorship opportunities in order to meet your company's specific needs. We would be delighted to discuss your ideas to develop the best sponsorship solution for you. This flexible approach also means we can offer something to suit every budget". Contact: Alex Darbyshire, Administrative Director. Address: English Touring Opera, 52-54 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4RP. Tel.: 020 7833 2555. Fax: 020 7713 8686. E-mail:
alex.darbyshire@englishtouringopera.org.uk

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Current sponsorship opportunities include:

    Spring Season 2011
    Autumn Season 2011
    Spring Season 2012

 

July 2011
AMEV/013ELY FOLK WEEKEND
The Ely Folk Weekend is an established traditional music festival based under canvas. The event takes place during the second weekend in July each year. It is already widely publicised relaunched itself in 2002 after taking a year out. The festival is fortunate to be based so close to the historic City of Ely with its famous Cathedral and collection of mediaeval buildings, and takes advantage of this by putting on additional events in the City centre. Tel.: 01353614164. Address: 4 Willow Walk, Ely, Cambs. CB7 4AT. E-mail: info@elyfolk.co.uk
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Ongoing
AMEV/014GED BROCKIE - GUITARIST
Be involved in an exciting new musical venture as part of the Edinburgh International Fringe 2010. Guitarist Ged Brockie will perform a new guitar concerto by renowned musician/composer Bruce Hebenton-Graham with a 21-piece chamber orchestra. Stoneyport Agency offers five performances taking place at the Acoustic Music Centre in Edinburgh as part of the International Fringe Festival. The Performance - the performance will be split into two parts. In Part One Ged Brockie, accompanied by some of Scotland's finest jazz musicians, plays works from Ged's various albums. There will then follow a short film with interviews from the composer, performers and creative professionals involved. In Part Two the guitar concerto, with accompaniment from the chamber orchestra, will then be performed. This work is just under thirty minutes in length. Dates of the five concerts are as follows: August 2010 - 16th, 17th, 19th, 22th and 23rd. Tangible Benefits      The audience will consist primarily of lovers of guitar music, those familiar with Ged Brockie's work and jazz and classical music goers. The audience will, as a generalisation, be drawn from a relatively mature and financially secure section of society.      A further benefit will be the inclusion of the sponsor's corporate logo and website on all advertising carried out on behalf of Ged Brockie - flyers, posters professionally distributed throughout Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival (note: this can not include the AMC website or associated promotional material such as Fringe-related ticketing/listings).      Display advertising as well as prominent notice of the sponsorship in souvenir programmes.      Twenty free tickets for the sponsor to use as required for any of the available nights ("You will need to stipulate specific nights you wish to attend").      Opportunities to attend any of the two rehearsals, meet the players and end of run party.     Prominent billing as one of the principle sponsors on all press releases.     Prominent billing as one of the principle sponsors on the forthcoming website.     Feature as principle sponsor as well as logo and website on the in-house film to be broadcast at the event.      Personal vote of thanks at the end of each concert by Ged Brockie. Cost: the cost to become a principle sponsor is set at £1,600 (there is no VAT attached to this). Contact: Ged Brockie. Tel.: 07912146789. E-mail:
g.brockie@blueyonder.co.uk
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30th July, 2010
AMEV/015 GOLDCOAST OCEANFEST 2010: 18TH-20TH JUNE
Probably the coolest surf and music festival north of the equator! Since its inception more than ten years ago, GoldCoast has proved that its sponsors can successfully build brand equity, place product in the hands of its target audience and create an experience that guests take home and share with others, thus expanding their reach. Sponsors wishing to discuss key opportunities and benefits, the marketing plan, target markets, realistic participation and audience numbers, timelines and other essential facts, should get in touch. Contact: Warren D. Latham, Event Director. Address: Unit One, Velator Business Park, Braunton EX33 2DX. Tel.: 01271 817000. Fax: 01271 815926. E-mail: info@goldcoastoceanfest.co.uk.
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Ongoing
AMEV/016 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
The ICA programme incorporates all aspects of visual art - design, digital art, photography - as well as theatre, live music, education, networking events, club nights and talks, managing not only to uphold distinctive identities for each genre but also reflecting the multi-disciplinary sensibility which characterises the organisation. There are many opportunities for corporate partners to support the ICA through sponsorship, from one-off events and bespoke projects, through to partnership on major exhibitions. The ICA prides itself on working very closely with its partners, tailoring packages to meet their objectives and budget. Contact: Rosie Allerhand. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Tel.: 020 7766 1414. E-mail: rosie@ica.org.uk
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Sponsorship of the ICA provides opportunities for companies to:

     Align themselves with London's most cutting edge and diverse arts institution
     Access artists and the ICA's creative networks
     Access a diverse target market
     Support a renowned cultural institution thereby receiving substantial exposure and acknowledgement
     Market their brand with targeted publicity and press campaigns including national and international press
     Make use of the ICA building in unique ways
     Entertain clients and employees
     Evaluate projects

 

Ongoing
AMEV/017LONDON BACH SOCIETY
Sponsorship opportunities are available in connection with the London Bach Society's London Bach Festival, which takes place annually in the autumn. Other concerts and special projects are arranged throughout the year. Settings include period buildings, churches and leading concert halls. Private and corporate memberships are available. The Society's 'Bach Notes' bulletin is published in March and September. Enquiries are welcome at any time. Contact: Mrs. Margaret Steinitz, Director. Address: 73 High Street, Old Oxted, Surrey RH8 9LN. Tel.: 01883-717372. Fax: 01883-715851. E-mail: margaretsteinitz@lonbachsoc.demon.co.uk.
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AMEV/018LONDON CONCORD SINGERS
London Concord Singers are an award-winning chamber choir of about thirty mixed voices, based in central London, with a broad-ranging repertoire. The choir was established in 1966 by the conductor, Malcolm Cottle and he has remained the Musical Director. The choir became a registered charity in 1996. The choir gives three main concerts each year in central London. Recent programmes have included a programme of music written for Berlin, including music by Otto Nicolai, Felix Mendelssohn, Kurt Weill and Arvo Pärt. This concert was sponsored by the German embassy. Another recent programme centred around Jewish music, including music by Leonard Bernstein, Ernst Bloch, Kurt Weill and Salomone de Rossi. London Concord Singers have given a number of world, UK and London premières of works by composers such as John Rutter, Andrzej Panufnik, Richard Rodney Bennett, John McCabe, Kenneth Leighton and Michael Ball, as well as pieces specially written for the choir. The choir has also given performances of major contemporary pieces such as Alfred Schnittke’s Choral Concerto and Malcolm Williamson’s Requiem for a Tribe Brother. In its thirty-year history the choir has performed all of the unaccompanied choral music of Francis Poulenc. Following on concert tours to Normandy in 1999, to Ghent and Bruges in 2001 and Rouen in 2002, the choir travelled to Rheims in July 2003 and gave a concert in the cathedral to an audience of over 1,300. In 2004, London Concord Singers toured Barcelona, giving a concert in the Iglesia Santa Maria del Pi, as well as singing Mass in the cathedral. Many sponsorship opportunities are now available. Contact: Robert Hugill, Hon. Secretary. Address: 36 Torrens Road, London SW2 5BT. Tel.: 020 7274 3600. E-mail: info@londonconcordsingers.org.uk.
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AMEV/019LONDON FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC
The London Festival of Chamber Music, founded in 1995 by Luciano Iorio, takes music into the community. The music is drawn from the most well-known repertoire, but the programmes also give the opportunity of hearing some very attractive rarities. The concerts are organised so that the audience can mix freely with the performers in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. The Educational Programme of the London Festival of Chamber Music takes chamber music to schools, giving to children the gift of classical music and building tomorrow's audience. Address: 44 Gondar Gardens, London NW6 1HG. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7435 6232. Fax: +44 (0) 20 7431 6843.
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AMEV/020LONGPLAYER TRUST
Longplayer is a 1,000-year musical composition by Jem Finer. Originally commissioned by Artangel, Longplayer is now cared for by the Longplayer Trust, a non-profit organisation with charitable status. Longplayer, generated by computer, is situated inside London's only lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf. The music has been playing since December 1999 and is scheduled to repeat itself by December 2999. The trust is planning to build a device to generate Longplayer mechanically, parallel to the computer. The machine will be using 250 Tibetan singing bowls and be up to ten metres high. The estimated cost is £2,000,000. In order to raise the money, the trust has to produce a feasibility study, which will cost about £30,000, and is therefore looking for sponsorship support from sponsors who share their passion for time, in the hope that the project can be sustained for future generations. Contact: Frank Ottersbach, Trust Manager. Address: Longplayer Trust, 183 Norwood Road, London SE24 9AF. Tel.: 020 8671 4968. E-mail: franzottersbach@onetel.net.uk
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AMEV/021 LUKE JERRAM
Luke Jerram is seeking partners for a significant public artwork. Aeolus - an Acoustic Wind Pavilion, is an ambitious new work created by UK artist Luke Jerram (
www.lukejerram.com). Aeolus was the ruler of the four winds in Greek mythology. Aeolus is a giant singing sculpture that responds to the wind, providing a wonderful audio-visual experience. It is a spectacular optical and acoustic pavilion that has been developed by Jerram and a specialist team of engineers from the University of Southampton. Fabricated in steel and the size of a small house, it is the outcome of research into Aeolian harps and sound chambers. Just like wind turbines, it relies on the wind to animate it. Aeolus is touring the UK in 2011 and will be visited by thousands, on windy hilltops and urban wastelands. Download an information pack at www.aeolus.org.uk. There are opportunities for organisations to be involved and benefit from the international profile that involvement brings. "The work already has significant funding in place and we now need support, either in cash or in kind, to take this exciting new work on tour and share it with audiences throughout the country". Contact: Carolyn Black. Address: Pervasive Media Studio, Leadworks, Anchor Square, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5DB. Tel.: 0117 9157237. E-mail: info@lukejerram.com
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Sponsors will benefit from:

    Substantial national and international press coverage
    Corporate hospitality events and conference profiling
    Full accreditation (logos and company name) online, in press releases and in all printed materials
    Diverse audiences - Aeolus will be seen by thousands of people

 

2012
AMEV/022 MUSEUM OF ARMY FLYING
If our country had never needed early balloons, kites, First and Second World War planes and gliders, all manner of fixed wing and rotary aircraft and, nowadays, attack helicopters, then The Museum of Army Flying wouldn't need your help now! The museum celebrates over 100 years of flight, is home to a national collection of military kites, gliders, aeroplanes and helicopters and, with imaginative dioramas and static displays, traces the development of Army flying from pre-World War One to the modern Army Air Corps. It has an educational wing for children, hands-on and interactive exhibits, room for conferences, corporate and private parties - and it is situated right next to a working airfield at Middle Wallop in Hampshire. The museum is a charity and relies solely on admission fees, event money and the generosity of donors. It badly needs funds to expand in order to house further aircraft at present in store or out on loan, to improve and modernise its cramped archives, develop workshop space and double its education facilities. The museum hosts Music In The Air, its one big charity fund raising event of the year, when the a crowd of 12,000 enthusiasts who come to picnic on the grass airfield listen to music and watch dazzling aerial displays in the skies above them. The event is highly popular, always a sell out and the museum is looking for sponsors for it. Contact: Alison Brierly, Marketing Director. Address: Musem of army Flying, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8DY. Tel.: 01980 67421. Fax: 01264 781694. E-mail: alison@flying-museum.org.uk
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AMEV/023THE OASIS YOUTH CENTRE
Youth Beatz 2010 is an interactive event for young people aged 12 to 25 to have fun, take part and be better informed. A wide range of flexible sponsorship opportunities is on offer, of the event as a whole and at the event itself. The lead partner of Youth Beatz 2010 is Dumfries and Galloway Council. Youth Beatz 2010 will attract an estimated audience of 10,000-15,000 from across the UK. N-DUBZ was recently announced as the headline act. N-DUBZ have had eight UK Top 40 singles, including a number one, and two platinum selling albums; their most recent UK tour was sold out; they are confirmed to headline a stage at Glastonbury 2010 and are also performing at T4 on the Beach. N-DUBZ have featured in a number of global brand advertising campaigns, most recently in adidas commercials alongside David Beckham, Snoop Dogg and Noel Gallagher. N-DUBZ have won Mobo and 02 Silver Clef awards and have been nominated for Urban Music awards and BRIT awards. On MySpace, N-DUBZ front man Dappy was recently voted the pop star people would most like to be Prime Minister. N-DUBZ will be one of the biggest acts ever to have played Dumfries. "With sponsorship and advertising packages starting from £250 + VAT, Youth Beatz 2010 is the natural event to sponsor". Contact: Inga McVicar, Director. Address: McVicar Marketing, 11 Greenhall Road, Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway DG7 1TP. Tel.: 0782 444 3654. E-mail:
inga@mcvicarmarketing.com.
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31st July, 2010
AMEV/024 PAW - PARTY FOR ANIMALS WORLDWIDE
PAW has been created to raise funds and awareness for all the amazing animal conservation and welfare organisations that are situated around the globe. It has already been suggested that PAW is fast becoming the animal and environmental version of Children In Need. PAW's launch event came in the form of a one-day music festival which took place at the Cardiff Arena on August 21st, 2007. The 2007 PAW beneficiaries were: Animals Asia Foundation, PDSA, Marine Conservation Society, Born Free Foundation, The Monkey Sanctuary Trust and SPANA. More information is available on the PAW website. "This is an excellent sponsorship opportunity for any company wishing to do more for animals and the environment whilst engaging with a large and varied audience and being associated with some excellent causes as well as popular celebrities". Contact: Katie Hobbs. Address: Murraytone House, Looe, Cornwall PL13 1NZ. Tel.: 01503 262532. Fax: 01503 262532. E-mail: paw_info@yahoo.co.uk.
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AMEV/025 REALIFE TRUST
The Woodworks Annual Music and Dance Festival attracts approximately 1,000 (with plans to expand to 15,000 by 2008, say the organisers) across the Bishops Stortford, Stansted Airport, M11 corridor area of East Herts. and West Essex. This major event offers excellent sponsorship opportunities in terms of publicity materials, showcase events, world class performances and all-age public participation. Contact: Tony Phillips, Director. Address: 3, The Courtyard, Windhill, Bishops Stortford, Herts. CM23 2ND. Tel.: 01279 504735. Fax: 01279 757658. E-mail: tony@realife.org.uk.
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AMEV/026SUMMER SWING AT KEW GARDENS
'A jazz Glyndebourne for the Metropolitan young' - The Times. This annual 5-night Festival has been running for over sixteen years at Kew Gardens. Set in front of the magnificent illuminated glasshouse, the Temperate House at Kew, this picnic-style event features high profile artists such as Jools Holland and Bjorn Again. Each concert ends with a firework finale. Demographically, the audience of over 25,000 is composed primarily of ABC1s, 25-35 years old from south and and south-west London. Both total sponsorship and sampling opportunities are available. All funds generated by the Festival go towards the vital role the Gardens play in global conservation and biodiversity. Address: Events Manager, RBG Kew Enterprises Ltd., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AB. Tel.: 01825 731 853. E-mail: swing@kew.org
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AMEV/0027 TENBY ARTS FESTIVAL
Tenby Arts Festival is an annual event offering a diverse programme of music, dance, drama, poetry, art and talks featuring local, national and international artistes. It opens with a weekend of family entertainment launched by a grand parade through the streets of the town prior to the main cultural repast spread over eight days in late September. In previous years, performers have included Julian Lloyd Webber, Evelyn Glennie, Luminita Berariu, The King's Consort, Katherine Jenkins, Kerstin Doelle, Noriko Ogawa and a host of others. The 2010 Festival will be held between 18th and 25th September. Tenby is a beautiful, medieval, coastal resort in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The Festival is a registered charity and, following the loss of Arts Council funding, is heavily dependent on sponsorship to maintain this important event for visitors and local residents in an area deprived of access to the arts. Contact: Diana Lunn, Secretary. Address: 24 Penally Heights, Penally, Tenby, Pembrokeshire SA70 7TH. Tel.: 01834 845341. E-mail: dialunn@tiscali.co.uk
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AMEV/028WHITBY MUSICPORT
Staged each October, Whitby Musicport boasts a position as the UK's biggest indoor World Music Festival, attracting artists from all over the world - and a sell-out event for the last two years. Contact: Jim McLaughlin, Director/Co-ordinator. Address: Highfield, Sledgates, Fylingthorpe, Whitby, N. Yorks. YO22 4TZ. Tel.: 01947 603475. E-mail: musicport@email.com.
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