The Festival Organiser's Bible by Judith Spelman
Indispensable for anyone interested in starting or running a festival of any kind - Blackmore Vale Magazine This book applies to all festivals - literary, music, folk, jazz, food, arts - big and small. It explains how to get a festival started, using local features, team-building, grants, sponsorship, networking and putting together a balanced programme. There are 340 literary festivals and almost 400 music festivals in the UK each year, with many smaller local festivals organised by towns and villages. From the Bridport Hat Festival to Glastonbury Festival, the organisers faced the same initial decisions when they began and this book explains how they dealt with them. · Recognising the resources · Initial funding · Choosing the right venues · Creating a budget · Booking speakers, musicians and stallholders · Contracts and artistes information sheets · Running a marketing and publicity campaign · Ticket distribution · The value of social media
Indispensable for anyone interested in starting or running a festival of any kind * Blackmore Vale Magazine *
Judith Spelman is a journalist and author who was involved in setting up the Stamford Book Festival and Oundle Festival of Literature. She started the Sherborne Literary Festival and ran it for four years before stepping down to spend time on her writing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781472139085 |
| ISBN 10 | 1472139089 |
| Title | The Festival Organiser's Bible |
| Author | Judith Spelman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2018-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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