The Big Stooshie

02/05/2020

Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle [Live at The Big Stooshie]

Ocean Colour Scene at The Big Stooshie

02/05/2020

Dead Sea Souls

Hello, my Big Stooshie friends.

This weekend is the 8th anniversary of our excellent (but ill-fated) music festival.

So as a little memorial and I am asking for everyone to post something on this page.. Even if it's just a "hi I was there".

Did you come to the gig? Were you an organizer, a volunteer, member of a band, or maybe attendee? Post your memories (videos and photos) over the next couple of days... for no other reason than it will make me (and I suspect many others) smile during these difficult times and remember a great weekend back in 2012.

Remember to tag your friends. And share this - be interesting to see if we can get a bit of that Big Stooshiue Magic back - 8 years on!

A couple of mentions, just to get things started
Yvonne Vonnie Carstairs Jo McCulloch Atholl Fraser Ross Coutts Gary Lindsay Shane Muir Sami Mudaliar Marcin Humscum Newton Faulkner Ocean Colour Scene James Hood The Boomtown Rats Glasvegas Robert Forrester Dean McIntyre The Complete Stone Roses Root System (Official) The Catch 22s The Media Wh**es Scarlet Shift Healthy Minds Collapse Ninja-kebab Help for Heroes Official SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity KingdomFM Liam Russell

I am going to start with a nod to one of my favorite bands that performed at the show - The awesome Dead Sea Souls (don't have any footage at the big stooshie - but this will do)

https://www.facebook.com/deadseasouls/videos/192935142016841/

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🎥Scott Kempik

31/03/2019

Hello :-) I dont know if anyone still looks at this page. However I have been increasingly disappointed to see that former administrators for the Big Stooshie have been using the page for promoting businesses and products which are completely unrelated to the event.

While I realise it was a very long time ago (7 years in May), and was publicly know as a failure. I want this page to remain a testament to the project and the time and effort of many to try to "make a difference". For that reason I have removed a number of the people who had posting privileges and will remove any posts which were not directly related to the event

28/10/2016

The Big Stooshie

13/11/2013

Saturday afternoon, the sunshine pours like wine through your window....

06/05/2013

Freedom Productions

Freedom Productions

Congratulations to Jackie Henderson!

After the tried and tested "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" You have won our competition for the £15.00 Ticketmaster voucher to spend on any concert or event of your choice!

Also you get to pick you're favorite track from your favorite band's performance from last years The Big Stooshie - Scotland's Charity Music Festival and we will send it out to you on a DVD or Blu-ray!

Thank you to everybody who entered & keep your eyes peeled for our next competition!

05/05/2013

I cant believe it was a year since the Big Stooshie Festival. It is a real shame that we are not doing the same this year and raising money for good causes.

Anyway ... On the whole fond memories and my best regards to everyone who helped out

Jim Russell

04/05/2013

Freedom Productions

***************ONLY 12hrs TO GO!!!!!!!****************
***************ONLY 12hrs TO GO!!!!!!!****************
***************ONLY 12hrs TO GO!!!!!!!****************

***************COMPETITION TIME!******************


Productions are giving you the chance to pick your favorite performance of last year’s Big Stooshie and have it edited, uploaded to YouTube and dedicated to a person of your choice!

Not only that but they are also giving the winner a £15.00 gift card from Ticketmaster!

All you have to do to win is “like” the Freedom Productions page and “share” the Newton Faulkner video on to your page.

It’s as easy as that!

Don’t worry for those of you that already “like” the page, as long as you share the video you will be automatically entered into the draw.

The competition will close on the 4th of May 2013 (at midnight) on the one year anniversary of The Big Stooshie so you have plenty time to get your friends to enter the competition for you too!

Best of luck!

www.facebook.com/freedomproductions

Freedom Productions

Freedom Productions are a video production company
Email us at [email protected]
www.freedomproductions.ukprofessionals.com/
Or call 07967 174 760

02/05/2013

Freedom Productions

Less than 48 hrs to go! Time is running out!!!

***************COMPETITION TIME!******************

Freedom Productions are giving you the chance to pick your favorite performance of last year’s Big Stooshie and have it edited, uploaded to YouTube and dedicated to a person of your choice!

Not only that but they are also giving the winner a £15.00 gift card from Ticketmaster!

All you have to do to win is “like” the Freedom Productions page and “share” the Newton Faulkner video!

It’s as easy as that!

Don’t worry for those of you that already “like” the page, as long as you share the video you will be automatically entered into the draw.

The competition will close on the 4th of May 2013 on the one year anniversary of The Big Stooshie so you have plenty time to get your friends to enter the competition for you too!

Best of luck!

www.facebook.com/freedomproductions

Freedom Productions are a video production company
Email us at [email protected]
www.freedomproductions.ukprofessionals.com/
Or call 07967 174 760

12/04/2013

*******COMPETITION TIME!*******

Freedom Productions are giving you the chance to pick your favorite performance of last year’s Big Stooshie and have it edited, uploaded to YouTube and dedicated to a person of your choice!

Not only that but they are also giving the winner a £15.00 gift card from Ticketmaster!

All you have to do to win is head on over to the Freedom Productions page, “like” the page and “share” the Newton Faulkner video!

It’s as easy as that!

Don’t worry for those of you that already “like” the page, as long as you share the video you will be automatically entered into the draw.

The competition will close on the 4th of May 2013 on the one year anniversary of The Big Stooshie so you have plenty time to get your friends to enter the competition for you too!
Best of luck!

06/04/2013

Freedom Productions

You know you want to! :)

Good morning everybody. Remember, we are still running our competition to win a £15 ticketmaster giftcard and a song from lastyears Big Stooshie chosen by you to be edited and dedicated to somebody of your choice.

All you have to do is like and share the Newton Faulkner video on our page!

Good luck and have a great weekend!

20/03/2013

Newton Faulkner's performance at last years Big Stooshie is now live over at Freedom Productions

Not one but two songs!!

Enjoy :)

20/03/2013

Not long now until the competition to pick a song of your choice to be edited from last years Big Stooshie!

20/03/2013

How would you like the chance to pick the next song to be edited from the Big Stooshie 2012 and have your name in the credits?

We will tell you how you can enter tonight with the release of the Newton Faulkner video!

So get your thinking caps on!

But for now here are some screen grabs from tonight's video!

Newton Faulkner

19/03/2013

Freedom Productions

LISTEN UP

If you want to pick a song to be edited into a video from last years Big Stooshie then this is your chance!

We have been reading all your comments regarding the songs you would like to see edited from last years Big Stooshie and have decided to run a competition.

How would you like the chance to pick the next song to be edited from the Big Stooshie 2012 and have your name in the credits?

We will tell you how you can enter tomorrow night with the release of the Newton Faulkner video!

So get your thinking caps on!

19/03/2013

Yea It sure Is Newton Faulkner!

Make sure you check out Freedom Productions tomorrow night and check out not one but two songs from his set!

19/03/2013

Freedom Productions

A screen grab from our next edit of The Big Stooshie!

Can you guess who it is yet?

18/03/2013

THE WAIT IS OVER!

HEAD ON OVER TO Freedom Productions FACEBOOK PAGE NOW TO WATCH THE BIG STOOSHIE'S SUNDAY HEADLINER,
JAMES’S PERFORMANCE OF………. :)

18/03/2013

Only an hr to go until the launch of a new Big Stooshie performance.

Yesterday we asked you what band you wanted to see the most and James came top of the pole!

See you at 7pm!

18/03/2013

Not long until 7pm now! Here are some screen grabs from James's performance of........

James live at the big stooshie

18/03/2013

Ok revelers its midnight so its a good a time as any to close the pole for what bands performance you would like to see next from last years Big Stooshie.

Looks like James won!

The video will be shown tomorrow night at 7pm on the Freedom Productions page.

Who can guess what song it will be?

17/03/2013

Head on over to Freedom Productions page now to check out this amazing performance of State Of Emergency's epic cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird live at The Big Stooshie 2012!

This is not to be missed!! Enjoy!

17/03/2013

State Of Emergency

Live at the Big Stooshie 2012

16/03/2013

For sneak peek screen grabs before the music videos are released on this page, make sure you head on over to Freedom Productions for all the updates as they happen!

There is already another video on the Freedom Productions page ready to be viewed! Enjoy :)

16/03/2013

But for now, here is a little something for ya!

Laddies and Gentleman, The Catch 22's!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRwf2uQ5jA

16/03/2013

Hay everybody. Its nearly a year now since the Big Stooshie rocked the Howe Country Centre. Freedom Productions are now starting to release some videos of the bands performances. Tell us what band you would like to see the most and we will see what we can do :)

10/08/2012

Dead Sea Souls, who played TBS2012, are launching their debut album 'We Were Always Electric' at THE LIQUID ROOMS (Official) tonight! (11 August). Over 16s, pay on the door. Well worth checking out!

01/06/2012

Can everyone pm with a contact number to get it shirts and hoodies many thanks xx vonnie

01/06/2012

I would like to comment on an important message left on my last post. I did not want to leave it as a follow-up comment as it would have been lost.

Carolyn Hendry left a message for us a polite message saying that we should not have told the traders that the event would be a sell out as they lost money buy over stocking the stalls.

PLEASE NOTE - All the traders at the event were contracted by Howe Country Center/Charlie Wilson and HCC not BS benefited financially from all the income raised the stands. I have heard from many sources that they were misled about advanced ticket sales - The Big Stooshie Team had no involvement in this fabrication.

All the contractors that I spoke to personally were informed that advance tickets sales had been steady but below our expectations. I had said that we were confident that we would receive a large number of walk-ins on the day - we are all gutted that there was less than 100 tickets purchased at the gate, which lead to the financial failure of the event.

Of course in the early stages of the campaign there were comments like "buy your tickets now as we expect the event will sell-out". However as we progressed and this was clearly not the case I informed my team to carefully manage peoples expectations to avoid misleading them.

It is unfortunate for the traders that other parties were not so honest and transparent but The Big Stooshie can take no responsibility for the action or behavior of others.

01/06/2012

STATEMENT REGARDING BIG STOOSHIE PRODUCTIONS LTD.

I am writing to you today in my role as Managing Director for Big Stooshie Productions Limited (Company Number. 398540- registered in April 2011), organisers of The Big Stooshie, Scotland’s Charity Music Festival, held at Howe Country Centre on 4-6th May this year.

For the past month my team have been trying to formulate a plan in the hope that the company could remain solvent, pay our creditors and move forward towards profitable Big Stooshie events in future. However after initial investigations, and principally due to high levels of debt after the event in May, putting such a plan in place for Big Stooshie Productions Ltd would appear to be untenable within the time scale required.

After both financial and legal consultation I have been advised that it is my duty as Company Director to write to our creditors explaining the situation and to start procedures for closing the business due to insolvency.

It is with huge personal regret that I acknowledge that some businesses and individuals have not, and will not, be paid in full for their services at the Big Stooshie Festival. While we have received incredible and selfless demonstrations of support from some of our creditors, of course there are many who feel deeply dissatisfied with the situation. I completely understand these grievances and at this point can only comment that any commitments were made in good faith and I believed that funds would be available to pay everyone after the event.

As Managing Director I accept full and complete responsibility for the financial failure of the event which I thought would be a huge success right until the last day of the show. However I believe that I was honest and upfront with everyone involved with the project from day 1. I explained that the event did not have any substantial financial backing and all costs would be funded exclusively by ticket sales revenue. This statement is not meant to belittle the legitimate grievances of those who are out of pocket, simply a statement of fact.

To fund the project, the vast majority of the costs were paid by myself personally with none of the money invested repaid to me. This personal investment means that I am by far the largest creditor to Big Stooshie Productions Ltd by way of my directors loan. Additionally I “donated” all the profits made from the bar, to pay the costs across the 3 days. This was supposed to be "ring fenced" from the outset as a small personal income, for 18 months of unpaid work.

The impression given in the press and media is that most of the contractors where not paid, this is simply not true. The majority of the overall costs were settled before the event through personal investment and advance ticket sales. All invoices submitted on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th May where paid in full. It is true however that there were insufficient funds after Sunday to pay the majority of the invoices due on the day or invoices due for payment after the event.

It is undeniable that Big Stooshie is one of the greatest disappointments of my life and has left me and my family with serious financial worries. However I would like to end by focusing on a positive note. The Big Stooshie was not a commercial event but was organised by a small group of volunteers who wanted to start something "special" in Scotland which would have a significant and measurable effect on people’s lives, by raising large sums of money for charity. The organisers and management team were all volunteers and nobody involved received any financial reward since The Big Stooshie’s inception. I have great pride in what we accomplished, and I have so much respect and admiration for everyone who worked tirelessly, as volunteers or contractors to put on a show which many hailed as “the best event EVER!”.

It is with sad realisation that all this effort and dedication would have been hailed as a massive success if the turnout was just a bit better. My personal conclusion is that it is a sign of the difficult financial times we live in.... Great idea but bad timing.

Yours faithfully

James Russell
Managing Director
Big Stooshie Productions Ltd

29/05/2012

Hey folks pop along to the Windsor hotel kirkcaldy on Saturday purchase your Big Stooshie T Shirt and enjoy a nite of live music from Ninja Kebab, Waiting on Jack, cutting Corners, Fire In Effect and Manic Romance for £2.50 if t shirt is bought xx

24/05/2012

We have some Big Stooshie Tee shirts left. We are selling them on behalf of the merchandise company. No sensible offer refused. Let me know what you are looking for

13/05/2012

The Big Stooshie's cover photo

13/05/2012

James "Laid" - Big Stooshie Festival 2012

This time last week....

James performing "Laid" @ Big Stooshie Festival 2012, Technical Production by DM Audio Ltd.