THE RIVER REEVES FOUNDATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARRIVA NW AND CULTURE WARRINGTON BRINGS YOU BILLY BRAGG PROUD TO BE PART OF THE WARRington FEstivaL 134th Mayor of Warrington LES MORGAN Opening Rivfest17 and singing! SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER MIDDAY - MIDNIGHT MAX (The Voice semi-finalist) SPRINGKING CARO JOE HILL THE LooKOUTS Are you coming this year? PRIESTLEY COLLEGE | LOUSHERS LANE | WARRINgtON THE RIVER REEVES RIVFest 17 FOUNdatION 2 3 Following our first small festival We want River’s journey to Get your tickets here last year, everyone at The River continue so that everything River www.riverreevesfoundation.org Reeves Foundation is really and his mates achieved in their Everyone at The River excited about this year’s Rivfest17. short but wonderful lives can Reeves Foundation sends love On September 2nd 2017 live on in those that the River and support to the families 5000 music lovers will join us at Reeves Foundation can support and friends of those who have Warrington’s Priestley College, over the coming years. been lost or injured in the to celebrate sensational bands, Working in close partnership awful events in Manchester on enjoy tasty street food, browse with Arriva Northwest as well Monday 22nd May 2017. some fab craft stalls in our as Culture Warrington and To those who have marketplace, and enjoy a drink or Warrington 2021 means that tragically lost their lives, many two with friends and family. Rivfest17 will be part of The of whom were so young, we Full details can be found here Warrington Festival this year and offer our deepest condolences www.riverreevesfoundation.org we hope many years to come! and know that those closest We are passionate about Some of the exciting bands to you will make sure you are the festival growing as River who’ll be performing at this never forgotten. would want it to, supporting new year’s Rivfest include: As an act of support for talented acts across the NW and MAXIMO PaRK the families and in solidarity current bands he loved. BILLY BRAGG with the people of Manchester, Rivfest will remain true ELIZA AND THE BEAR The River Reeves Foundation to what made River tick! We MO (THE VOICE WINNER) will be donating £1 to the We have massive ambitions for this MAX (THE VOICE SEMI-FINALIST) Love Manchester emergency festival and we will build it over RainBAND fund set up by Manchester City the coming years and we would SLYDIGS Council in partnership with the love you to help Rivfest take its SPRING KING British Red Cross to support first tentative steps into the wild, THE RPMS those affected by the attack and wonderful world of festivaldom! PSYBLINGS their families. Come and be part of this year’s WEEKEND WARS The aims of the foundation are to financially make their way in the crowd of 5,000. PaciFIC help young people realise their music and performing arts world. The River Reeves Foundation STILLIA dreams as actors, writers, artists, We also plan to support local as River would have wanted, has CARO directors and musicians through secondary and primary schools big ambitions. JACKOBINS grants, donations and other by helping enrich and support River along with his MODEL AEROPLANES payments. the music and arts curriculum for bandmates and manager in Viola FRIENDS OF OUR YOUTH We have the ambition to many years to come. Here are Beach were destined for the top TVME help talented youngsters; many some of the projects your money before their journey was cut JOE HILL from disadvantaged backgrounds will help get off the ground over tragically short in Sweden last year. THE LooKOUTS who might otherwise struggle the next few years: THE RIVER REEVES THE RIVER REEVES FOUNdatION FOUNdatION 4 5 The Bus Fleet Guitar Tuition and those more vulnerable to Rivfest Culture bid by helping promote Arriva NW will be providing a From September, a pupil in Year suicide because of circumstances We have enormous ambition and broaden the cultural offer for double decker bus that we’ll 8 from ten different Warrington beyond their control. for our annual music festival. the young people of Warrington. be converting into our first High Schools will receive guitar We want Rivfest to become our In partnership with LiveWire, Riv’s Music Bus complete with tuition for the remainder of their Bursaries and Grants main annual fundraiser as well Warrington Voluntary Action recording studio and music time at school. The schools have The RRF will be looking to as championing the best up and and English Half Marathon we practice space to be used as a chosen pupils with a natural support young people who might TCAT coming local musical talent as are keen to see The Warrington resource to promote music tuition talent who might not normally not pursue their dreams because This newly created multi-academy well as showcasing the very best Festival grow. We see the and performance across both be in a position to receive such of financial difficulties. Some of trust, The Warrington Challenge bands in the country and one day additional involvement of schools primary and secondary schools in an opportunity. We will follow the money raised across 2016 Trust (TCAT) is an exciting new the world! Business and major as an integral part of this growth Warrington. There will be more their progress with interest. and from Rivfest17 will be used collaboration of five Warrington influences in the world of music and by working closely with buses to follow with the intention to help young people in both schools and Priestley 6th Form are keen to support the ambition organisations such as TCAT of bringing the performing and Future in Mind further and higher education College with over 6,000 pupils. we have, so who knows which we will work passionately to creative arts to youngsters who The RRF will be working with embark on or continue with The RRF is working closely field we’ll find ourselves in as strengthen these links. might not normally experience schools to help support this studies within the arts that they with TCAT to develop exciting Rivfest grows over the coming the magic that the arts can crucial secondary schools’ project might otherwise not have been new educational pathways for years. bring. Look out for Riv’s Theatre that ensures all Warrington able. From September 2017, youngsters within the arts. We Bus, Riv’s Dance Bus and Riv’s schools are able to do the a number of youngsters will have ambitious plans to work with The Warrington Festival Animation Bus over the coming very best in looking after the benefit from the generosity of the TCAT schools and provide new We are pleased to have gone years! emotional wellbeing of everyone. people supporting the RRF by experiences and opportunities for into partnership with Culture Specialist staff will work with continuing in education and young people across the town. Warrington and as part of The those in our communities we will follow their amazing Coldplay are excited about these Warrington Festival see this as who might be struggling with journeys and champion them plans so watch this space! a perfect match as we also look bereavement, self-harm issues every step of the way! to support The 2021 City of HIttING MEET RIVER THE HEIGHts 6 7 Viola Beach’s eponymous titled album went to number 1 in the UK Charts in August 2016. River was born on 14th December Theatre in Manchester. 1996. His mum, Miranda Reeves It was then that his chance to brought him his first guitar at the join Viola Beach came along. age of 6. Over the next 13 years In 2015, River joined and he never really put it down! River became best mates with the was a happy, cool, laid back dude members of Viola Beach and their who loved to giggle and if you got very quick ascent to the heights close to him, he ran deep! of the music industry began. Their River had a passion for acting dream was tragically not to be. as well as music and was due He is loved and greatly missed to start at The Arden School of by so many. Coldplay’s tribute to Viola Beach at Glastonbury in 2016 touched us all very deeply. RIVFest 16 RIVFest 16 8 9 Everyone involved with The loved River and we’re proud of River Reeves Foundation worked everything that he had achieved miracles last year to pull off our in his short life, came together first festival with less than two for a magical day of music and weeks preparation! celebration! Coldplay, The Vaccines and Watch messages of support Billy Bragg sent video messages on our website, click here of support and all those that www.riverreevesfoundation.org RIVER REEVES RIVER REEVES FOUNdatION FOUNdatION FUNDRAISING FUNDRAISING Riv’s Riders 2016 Penzance to Warrington Cycle Challenge Riv’s Riders 2016 Penzance to Warrington Cycle Challenge 10 11 Our most successful fundraiser last launched so it had the potential Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and lows along the way. The Stella told an emotional home- year was Riv’s Riders 2016. Below to give the fund a great Staffordshire and Cheshire. group laughed and cried and were coming crowd in Warrington: is the story of the epic journey. kick-start. Stella and her husband Mark, more tired than they had ever Maybe one day you’ll join us on a It was also important that decided on 5.5 days in total been in their lives. ‘River was with us all the way future Riv’s Rider Challenge! Penzance, where River lived with (Monday to Saturday), giving us Riv’s Riders raised a net total and I know he’s so proud River’s older sister Stella his mum and siblings in the years an average of 75 miles per day of £14,599 for the River Reeves of what we achieved.