Hello, We are The Fair Event experts for the best possible experience. Welcome to The Fair, an award-winning Event Production agency based in East London. The Fair is Big Cat Group’s dedicated events division; we are large-scale event delivery specialists focused on three things: safety, quality and budget. Since 2000, we have delivered world class large-scale events and festivals through our expert teams specialising in Event Production, Licensing & Health and Safety. Company We Keep Perfect Production Partner 92 festivals under our belts this season alone... We know how much work goes into promoting and growing a festival, from branding to ticketing partnerships through to your comms planning and much much more, it’s a full time job. We also know our strengths and support our clients by planning and delivering your festival seamlessly, leaving you to focus on what you do best. We work in partnership with our clients and are invested in ensuring every detail is right from stakeholder management and liaising with the Relevant Authorities through to site planning and technical production. The relationships we have built in the industry over the past 18 years enable us to get your festival live without a hitch. “Having had several teething issues in our first year we entrusted The Fair to handle all production and licensing aspects for GALA in 2017. Despite some typically rough British weather, the festival ran so smoothly it’s given us the confidence to grow in size next summer. The Fair have played a big role in our success as a festival and without them we’re sure GALA’s future would not look as bright.” Giles Napier, Director – This Is Gala Perfect Production Partner WATF’s work spans several areas including specialist event Health and Safety consultancy, Licensing and Production for festivals and large-scale, complex events internationally involving huge stakeholder groups within both the corporate and live sectors. The team have experience in delivering large-scale events, festivals, public realm and community events, launches and brand activations for a large portfolio of clients. Some of these clients include Festival, Boxpark, Shuffle Festival, Eastern Electrics, Holi Festival of Colours, GALA Festival, Bournemouth 7s and Mostly Jazz Festival as well as Hammerson, Bedford Estates, Time Warner, CBS, Baker St Quarter and charities such as The Big Issue Foundation. Through an approach that combines Production and Health & Safety knowledge the agency differentiates itself from competitors and delivers events that are safe, high quality and on budget, ensuring their clients and audiences always have the best possible experience. The agency’s approach to Health & Safety is both realistic and proportionate. The team have a rounded approach and are able to use their knowledge of event production to work with rigor and flexibility. The agency are members of SAGE (Safety Advisory Group for Events), NOEA, AIF and IOSH. Membership of SAGE means regular updates from the HSE in relation to event safety information. In addition to this, the agency subscribe to the purple guide and regularly attend events at the London metropolitan branch of IOSH. All team members regularly take part in external training including Project Griffin, and Project Argus, Counter Terrorism at Events (with NaCTSO). WATF have won many awards including NOEA’s Best Practice Award for Health and Safety and The Festival Supplier Awards for Health & Safety. Nick Morgan, founder and CEO has particular expertise in producing complex events and Health and Safety management for events. Along with Director, Rob Dudley they oversee The Fair's Event Production and Event Safety and Licensing divisions. The whole team are passionate about the events and work with organisations to share knowledge, drive growth and development, providing a positive and ambitious vision, working together to champion the industry. Nick regularly speaks at conferences such as International Confex, The Event Production Show, Event Buyers Live, Festout and IMEX and is also a committee member of SAGE, a Strategy Group Member of the AIF (Association of Independent Festivals) a council member of NOEA (National Outdoor Events Association) and sits on the board of The Roman Road Trust. We started working with The Fair when we decided to move Eastern Electrics to a new site. They supported us throughout the licensing process and were committed from day one to making the show happen in the way we envisaged it. They really care about what they do and are a great group of people to work with, from the Site Office to the Production Manager to the Health & Safety Officers, their expertise spoke volumes and the friendly team atmosphere made even the stressful times on site enjoyable - we couldn’t have asked for a better team to produce the show.” Rob Star, Director, Eastern Electrics. The day to day - How we work Introductory meeting Dedicated account manager & team assigned Outline roles & responsibilities Contract & budget sign off De-brief Set timeline and key Final budget reconciliation milestones Weekly status updates Live show Monthly client Multi-agency meetings pre- event meeting Production and H&S - How we work Brief Site Build Rehearsal /Briefing Scoping & Feasibility Tool Box Talks Live Production Site Visit Compliance Live H&S Site Planning SAG Break Infrastructure ESMP De-Brief Licensing Procurement Evaluation Event Creative Working Budget Measurement Added Value Producing festivals and large-scale events for over 18 years 18 years experience working with Local Authority and community events across the UK. Over 25 years experience working in the music industry Placemaking expertise. Strong understanding and relationships with ticketing partners Understanding of talent booking and talent agency workings History of working with sponsorship brokers and agencies Stakeholder management experience of 92+ stakeholders. UK wide and international network of promoters and festivals Event Health & Safety and Licensing division in-house. NEBOSH & TechIOSH accredited “We’re really excited to be working with The Fair in developing El Dorado Festival this summer. Their experience and key understanding of boutique festivals, particularly the weird and the wonderful, made thisY anour obviousCore partnershipTeam for us and we’re looking forward to creating a new and incredible adventure with them in June.” Kate Osler, Festival Director, El Dorado Supplier Family WATF are always a pleasure to work with. Whether they’re managing a site or procuring Technical Production, we have always found their team to be professional, flexible, polite and to have a good sense of humour – which is always important! Joe, Director, RSH Audio Having worked with ‘We are The Fair’ for a number of years as a key contractor to them, we have always found them to be an excellent team to work with from a Supplier Side. The advance of their projects is solid, as well as maintaining a good rapport with all contractors on site with well-run and successful sites leading to a successful event for their clients – we feel that their ‘partnership’ approach with key suppliers is a big part of the successful delivery of their projects with everyone from Site and Production Managers through to fellow sub-contractors having each other’s backs – it means that jobs can happen with everyone smiling, makes for a healthy working environment and no on-site issues are insurmountable with the resources on site. We have had the opportunity to be involved in some fantastic events with We are The Fair & highly rate their work and we look forward to many more years of continuing working together. Tom – SWG POWER Case studies Our festival family. We produce small intimate shows through to festivals with audiences of 50,000+, brand activations, charity events and public realm experiences. From Licensing through to live production, here are some examples of our work… GALA 2018 Background Gala is an independent festival all about great food and drink; and the best of house, disco, funk and soul. The ambitious first event was held in 2016 at Brockwell Park and while none could doubt the quality of the music there were logistical challenges. In 2017, The Fair were asked to step in and manage production, enabling the organisers to focus on curation. Our partnership has safeguarded the future of the festival with the 2017 event a complete sell out, and an incredible success. Challenge After the high of the previous year, 2018 brought a new challenge as larger events took to Brockwell Park, and Gala was faced with finding a new home. For the organisers it was imperative that the event remained in South East London, and The Fair worked tirelessly to secure the perfect spot in a beautiful corner of Peckham Rye Park. The location of the park coupled with suspensions on the London Overground, Southern and Thameslink services into the local area and closures of key transport hubs including Peckham Rye, Nunhead and East Dulwich made ingress and egress planning especially challenging. Delivery The Fair worked alongside the GALA team, Southwark Council and various suppliers to produce the events. In spite of a looming threat of thunderstorms and torrential rain, the sun shone all weekend and the festival site was basked in a golden hue. The atmosphere was eclectic with headliners including Derrick Carter, Midland, Horse Meat Disco & Honey Dijon. The vibe and energy of the audience was infectious and it was great to see the park come to life for so many people! With KERB