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Regional Events Conference

A regional events conference for regional event people.
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31/03/2022

Gosh I enjoyed this conversation…I think it was made extra special as we were able to record in-person which I haven’t been able to do since 2020.
Whilst holidaying in Australia, Adam Bannister visited relatives in Wagga Wagga, met the lovely Melinda, and luckily for Wagga Wagga (and regional Australia), they fell in love, got married and decided to stay put. Adam founded Pyrus Event Services in 2016 and very quickly built a name for himself as the go-to person when it comes to event technology consultancy and production management services.
In March 2020, like many working in the events industry, Adam’s work was nearly completely wiped out. Not one to sit around and mope, he saw an opportunity to change up his business offering and has been at the forefront of adapting to a virtual and hybrid way of delivering events ever since.
Pyrus are strong proponents for inclusion and are dedicated to ensuring ease of access for all participants at events. Pyrus has also recently launched a new product, Pyrus Connect, that better connects access technologies to virtual, hybrid & live events.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Adam on numerous occasions since 2017 and he is the best in the business.
Just search for Eventualities on your chosen podcast platform and take a listen 🎤🎧

20/01/2022

Solar panel run ice cream and popcorn machines, worm farms and the importance of policy and working with local stakeholders…we cover a lot of ground in this episode with Cameron Little.

Cameron Little is the Principal of Sustainability Systems & Services, a specialist sustainability consulting and service provider. He has over two decades of experience within the environment, sustainability and corporate social responsibility sector.

Cameron lectures and provides training through numerous educational bodies. He is also a practitioner in the field and provides numerous sustainability-related resources and services to events throughout the year from small Council run events to iconic events such as the Sydney Festival, New Year’s Eve in the Sydney Botanic Gardens and Australian Fashion Week.

Cameron has recently been elected as President of the Sustainable Event Alliance. A global guild of events professionals, events organisers and sustainable suppliers.

Take a listen 🎧 - https://shows.acast.com/eventualties

03/01/2022

The Woodford Folk Festival would usually be wrapping up another event at this time each year. Whilst the event looked a little different this year, they still managed to hold Bushtime.

The Woodford festival experience is deep, rich and colourful. It is based on a vision of inclusive and creative community, culture and tradition passed through generations, expressed through story and ceremony. The site, a former barren dairy farm, has been lovingly regenerated with over 120,000 subtropical rain forest trees, orchids, ferns and sedges, planted to create a habitat for butterflies and wildlife.

Woodfordia is transformed into a village that hosts over 25,000 daily patrons, performers, stallholders, volunteers and organisers. As many as 2,680 volunteers across 162 departments are at the heart of the organisation and contribute to the setup and day-to-day running of the festival. During the event, the festival is actually the 67th largest town in Australia.

Each year construction begins in early December and continues up until Christmas Day. Over 450 contractors and volunteers build the village.

Bill Hauritz AM is the Founder & Executive Director of the Woodford Folk Festival and is my guest on this episode of Eventualities. Take a listen here https://shows.acast.com/eventualties 🎤🎧

📸 Woodford Folk Festival

15/12/2021

My latest podcast guest was given advice from a school careers counsellor to consider entering politics or tourism…luckily for us she chose tourism.

With over 20 years practical experience within the Visitor Economy, Rebecca Morley has been responsible for developing, promoting, marketing and securing business for Port Stephens as well as the broader Hunter Region and North Coast.

Currently Beck is employed as Business Executive for Destination North Coast driving overnight visitation through targeted campaigns.

Beck runs her own business; Beck Morley Consulting, that assists businesses in the speciality areas of grant writing, marketing, business development, project and event management across a range of industries.

This episode covers regional conferencing and business events. There are links in the shownotes to some handy resources. Take a listen here – https://shows.acast.com/eventualties

22/11/2021

Peter Jones AM is one of Australia’s leading event producers, creating and designing special events for over thirty years.

Based in Melbourne, Peter has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions throughout his career. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia at the Australia Day Honours for significant service to the tourism and hospitality sector in 2018.

Peter has continually dedicated a great deal of time to representing and supporting the industry at many levels. He is a previous Chairman of the Victoria Events Industry Council and as a member of the Victoria Tourism Industry Council. He was also a board member of Destination Melbourne, past President of the Melbourne chapter of the International Special Events Society and on the Tourism Australia Business Events Advisory Panel.

Peter was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Regional Events Conference in Dubbo and it was a delight to have him on this episode of the Eventualities podcast 🎤 🎧

Images courtesy of Peter Jones Special Events include:
- FightMND Big Freeze
- Field of Women
- Australia Day Fireworks
- Beats for Brain Cancer
- The Queen’s visit
- AFL Grand Final Entertainment – The Killers

11/11/2021

We're excited to be launching Season 2 of the Eventualities podcast today 🎤🎧

Peter Noble OAM has been working in the music industry for almost fifty years. In 2014 Peter was awarded the Rolling Stone Award for his outstanding career-long contribution to popular culture. In 2016, Peter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to live and recorded music, to tourism, and to the community.
Over the course of his career, Peter has worked in many areas of the music business including record producing, touring artists, artist management, setting up the Aboriginal Artists Agency, event site development and festival promotion.
Peter is the Festival Director for Byron Bay Bluesfest which was founded in 1990, showcasing music from around the world every Easter long weekend.
Peter was a keynote speaker at the inaugural Regional Events Conference in Wagga Wagga in 2016. It’s a delight to welcome Peter to the Eventualities podcast - https://shows.acast.com/eventualties
📸 courtesy of Bluesfest.

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Dubbo, NSW

Website

http://regionaleventsconference.com.au/

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The Regional Events Conference will be back in 2021!

Hey friends, we've got a little news about REC to share. This year – *cue the violins playing sad songs* – we won't be holding our beloved Regional Events Conference. We know, we know, we have absolutely a-DORED catching up with our regional event friends and making new ones over the past four years. We've been inspired, learnt a whole lot, and of course had some good [like, *really* good!] times in Wagga, Port Macquarie and Dubbo since we started REC back in 2016. But now? It's time to take a break, take some time to go through the feedback we've received over the years, and consider how we might be able to make our fifth REC even better. Yes, you read that right, there will be another REC – we'll be back in 2021! In the meantime, we know you'll still be creating, reenergising + reinvigorating some of the best regional events around, we'll certainly still be working on a few, and we'll no doubt see many of you at industry events and other conferences. Chat soon, friends!

Back by popular demand – around 82% of which was his own – for a third year on the mic as MC is Phil Wishart! We’re thrilled he hasn’t yet abandoned us for the professional MC circuit, and is pretty keen to join us in Dubbo this week [now that he’s finished swanning around Europe, of course!]. He’s been front and centre at REC each year, so it’s no surprise we’ve been able to put together a montage of his best moments. Enjoy!

Our delegates love the chance to hang out + catch up after a day filled with engaging speakers. That's why we make sure our program is filled out with great social events so you can relax + mingle with all your new regional-event-loving friends! Registrations for 2018 are open now - regionaleventsconference.com.au/register-here/ - we'd love to see you there! Images: 2017 Conference Dinner at Uneke Warehouse by Jack of Hearts Studio.

NSW Regional Events Conference Flyer + Port Macquarie Eat See Do Guide

The postie will be delivering something wayyy better than bills this week... 📮📬🙌🏼

Here's a sneak peek ahead of Day 1 tomorrow. A huge thanks to Rachel Day Viski and Papel paper for collaborating on the program. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow #NSWREC Visit Wagga Wagga Destination NSW

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About the Regional Events Conference

Regional events are as unique as the communities they come from.

Music festivals get their own little twist, events which hero a region’s produce acquire a distinctly local flavour, and then you’ve got those one-of-a-kind events which could only belong to the characters and communities they’re built upon.

We’re all slightly different, but we face similar challenges. The quality and quantity of local accommodation, how to keep your volunteer committee engaged and energised year after year, when to let go or when to reinvigorate, the list goes on and is always evolving.

As King Events, we’ve faced our fair share of these and created the Regional Events Conference to empower event organisers and communities to tackle these challenges. By bringing together like-minded regional event people, we attempt to make those problems a little less gargantuan, and [hopefully!] a little more manageable.