Public-i Music Events and Media are a dedicated events industry team;
We offer music industry consultancy services to performers on a “pay as you go” basis, brainstorming, planning and helping acts to manage and represent their talent. This can be done virtually, via email, calls or whatever combination suits you. We’ve helped bands who have gone on to tour with Paolo Nutini, Kaiser Chiefs, Simpl
e Minds, Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays, James. See as on www.bigtop.biz where we work closely with Steve Blacknell, the only broadcaster who was present at Live Aid London and Live Aid Philadelphia courtesy of partnering Phil Collins via Concorde. In 2021 we are particularly concentrating our focus on;
Foodies Festival - 10 UK wide festivals, 3 days, offering 450+ slots, as curators, stage management and event support.
• Internet Radio – curating and presenting programmes of emerging artists
• Internet TV - weekly music show of emerging artists, for musicians and music fans - launching in May 2021
For over 30 years, we have been working with events and festivals across the UK as curators, stage management, consultants and publicists. Some of our career highlights include;
• BBC Website: Regional Contributors
• Foodies Festivals: Stage Management. Development. Curating 400+ slots per year. Brought in Musicians Against Homelessness to help with curating, media, artist liaison, together raising £s for Crisis (national charity for homeless people)
• Manchester United: Champions League visiting team handling
• Pininfarina and Ferrari: Production and event management for the launch of the ‘Sergio’ concept Ferrari at Hurtwood Polo Club, home to drummer and event headliner Kenney Jones (The Who/Faces/The Small Faces)
• Cumberland Hotel (now Hard Rock Hotel), London: General Management of ‘Carbon’ nightclub, ‘Momentus’ Champagne Bar and ‘The Brasserie’ restaurant
• SiN : Founders of UK-wide cross-genre networking for creatives
• Bloodstock Open Air: Industry and media liaison. Staging schedule. Coordination of emerging talent and creation of ‘Metal 2 The Masses’, nation-wide initiative offering local metal bands the opportunity to represent their venue.
• West End production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Geebo Productions): Stage Management/ Lighting
• Award Winning premiere tour of Jane Austen’s Opera ‘Mansfield Park’: Stage Management/ Lighting (English Heritage Opera Productions)
• Associated Publicity for Alexis Korner/ Cosy Powell/ Tony Ashton/ Rory Gallagher Memorial Concerts featuring the reunion of Led Zeppelin’s Page & Plant, comeback gig for Peter Green and a stellar cast of Rock and Blues legends including Jack Bruce, Paul Jones, Noel Redding, Brian May, Lonnie Donegan
• Establishing Derbyshire’s first Festival for 25 years and the launch of the area’s Radio Licence
• Establishing Derbyshire’s first Festival for 25 years and the launch of the area’s Radio Licence
• Festival Management / Organiser, Future Perfect Festival. 4 stages. 2000 attendees. Russell Howard headline. Manchester's biggest open air Arts v Cancer Festival at Castlefield Arena.
• Consultant for Africa Aid Charities– Malawi, Ghana
• Trouble-shooter/ Organiser, Hellfire Metal Festivals. London and 25,000 attendees at Music Live - NEC, Birmingham
• Stage Management, Health and Healing Festivals. Product sourcing. Media Campaigns & Press Releases. Publicity. Managing performer interviews. Buxton, Harrogate, Bridlington
• Stage Management/ Organiser/ Publicity, Queen's Jubilee in new “Green Flag Public space”, Pavilion Gardens. Buxton.
• Travel Organiser, BBC Barcelona Olympics. Manchester 1992
Stage Management/ Organiser/ Publicity in Derbyshire;
• REAP Strawberry Moon and Harvest Moon Festivals 2004 and 2005
• Christmas Switch On 1994-2005
• University of Derby Ball, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, June 2003
• Beer and Music Festivals - Ashbourne 2003, Longnor 2002
• BBC's Millennium Music Live 2000
• Music in The Market Place, multi band/ venue events 1994-2003
• BADAM 1998 - First High Peak Festival since 1973 - 1000 attendees
• Launched Student Entertainment venues for University of Derby
Over 200 shows embracing; councils, charities, private clients, carnivals, fun days, community events from Jan 1991 - Sep 2008
Media/ Journalism:
• Leisure writers, Gig Guide compiler: 1994 to 2005
• Previews/ Reviews Cinema, Theatre and Music for local/ regional/ national media 1993 - 2005
• Feature writer, Clients include; George Benson, Deacon Blue, Rick Wakeman & Boyzone’s Mikey Graham, inaugural Most Haunted Live, 6th Sense with Colin Fry (Living TV) since 2004
• Programme Notes; including Procul Harum, Ruby Turner
• BBC Contributor, Music and event websites since
• Comedy writing for BBC Radio 4's Weekending Summer 1996
• Radio, High Peak Radio, presenter/ controller - Spa Radio. 1993-96
• Editor, High Peak College Newspaper - The Exclusive 1994
• Voice-overs for computer games and Radio since 1993
