PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION WELCOME Since the inauguration of Reading, Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight Festivals’ earliest incarnations, the UK has maintained its status as the epicentre of the international festival industry. Despite its relatively small size and temperamental weather, the nation now boasts a myriad of events that have - for many - become synonymous with the summertime. The UK Festival Awards and Conference comprises a day and night of reflection and revelry – both an incisive deconstruction and illustrious celebration of the most vibrant and historic festival scene in the world. With a set of attendees as eclectic as they are respected, the UK Festival Awards and Conference is widely considered to be the premier event for the exchange of ideas and recognition of the industry’s collective achievements. Festival Insights is the Festival Awards’ official media partner, and helps to raise the UKFA’s industry profile through its comprehensive pre and post-event coverage. The subscriber base of the online trade publication includes approximately 4000 of the international festival industry’s organisers, essential staff and suppliers, ensuring that word of the Festival Awards’ latest developments Photography: Pete Corkhill & Sara Bowrey & Sara Corkhill Pete Photography: reaches a highly relevant and engaged audience. THE CONFERENCE The UK Festival Conference runs throughout the day, involving numerous panel sessions whose aim is to discuss issues pertinent to festivals. Participants in these talks include some of the industry’s most innovative and experienced insiders. Bowrey & Sara Corkhill Pete Photography: Focus areas from 2014 included the threat of organised crime and legal highs, the exponential growth of technological advancement in the sector, how to maximise secondary THE AWARDS revenue streams, the industry’s response so climate change and more. Following a drinks reception and sit- down dinner, the Awards begin. The 22 accolades are presented in succession to the winners – some decided by public vote and others by a select committee – amidst an atmosphere of excitement and maybe a little amicable rivalry. Social media wizardry allows for attendees’ tweets to be projected onscreen before the show starts, encouraging inter-table communication and a light-hearted vibe. Photography: Pete Corkhill & Sara Bowrey & Sara Corkhill Pete Photography: REACH Testimonials The run-up to the 2014 “I’m very flattered and honoured to receive this Festival Awards saw an prestigious award and join an incredible line-up increase of 25% on votes of previous winners. It feels like a really wonderful cast over the previous achievement and I’m very proud to have it” year, with engagement Melvin Benn (Festival Republic), on his EFA Lifetime from over 70,000 unique Achievement Award voters. Its social media presence received an equally “A wonderful accolade to win” impressive boost, with the Michael Eavis (Glastonbury), on receiving Best Major official Festival Awards’ Festival Facebook page increasing from approximately 15,000 “A really important and enjoyable event for bringing followers to over 22,000. together the UK festival industry” Rob da Bank (Bestival) On the night of the event – according to UKFA media “We were thrilled to win the UK Festival Award for partner Snack Media – the ‘Best Live Act’. It was great to win an award that says UK Festival Awards made a you’re good at festivals and it’s always great getting total of 6.8 million Twitter that respect from the people that matter” impressions, with a total Matt Bellamy, Muse exposure of 22.2 million. More importantly, those reached spent a cumulative 128,450 minutes on the UKFA live blog, with average time-spent calculated at 11.7 minutes. Who was in the room? UKFA 2014 sponsors Access All Areas ADJ and Elation Advanced Music AEG Live AIF Airbeem Airwair Int AKA Promotions Arts Council England Arx Audio TechnicA Barn on the Farm Beat Herder Bestival Big Fish Events Big Green Coach Bloodstock festival Bluepeg Boomtown Bournemouth 7s Festival Boxwood BPM & Pro Broadwick Live Brownstock Festival Bucks New University Carlsberg Catalyst Brands CGA Strategy Charge Candy Clash Magazine CoolShock Events Count Of Ten CreamfIelds Creative Technology Creativevents DHP TM Dice Drowned in Sound Elastic Event Serv Event Wine Eventbrite Everything is New Exit Festival Fanteamz Festaff Festival Awards Festival Baby Festival Republic Funktion-One Fusion Festival Get Comedy Get in Bed Gigwise Ginger Owl Glastonbudget Glastonbury Festival Green Man Ground Control Harborne Event People Harvey Goldsmith / OnBlackheath Heineken HTPM-Group ID&C Ignis Imaginators IME Music IMG InCahoots IQ Magazine IVS iZettle JAH Agency Jimmy’s Farm JTI Kaffeine Buzz Kendal Calling Kilimanjaro Live LarMac Live Last.fm Laurent Perrier LD Communications LDC Lightblue World Wide Live Nation Live UK Liverpool Music Week Lodestar Mackerel Sky Events MAMA & Co Marlboro Marshall Harrison Martin Audio Mast-Jaegermeister Matthew Clark Maztec Melt More Moving Music Music Insurance Brokers Mutiny in the Park National Express Nexo NOS Alive Festival Peppermint Bars & Events Phar Partnerships Plaster Creative Communications PlugGo Powerful Thinking Primary Talent Production Resource SUPPORTERS Group UK PSA Retro Trax Festival RFIDentikit Rootstock Trading Secret Garden Party Secret Productions Seed Event Solutions Sennheiser Serious Stages SGM Showforce Services ShowseC Skiddle Snoozebox Spring Markets Standon Calling SWG Events Taste Festivals TC Group The Eden Festival The Football Association The Physical Network The Secret Festival The Wyldes ThunderPlugs Ticket Arena Ticketmaster Tomorrowland TPi Magazine Tramlines Festival TUI Utopia Music Associates Value Added Talent Vespasian Security Victorious Festival Vision Nine Warner Young Management We Are FSTVL Whitby Goth Weekend White Light WhyNot! Think People Wilderness Festival WME WYD Bars XL Yourope/ Open Air St. Gallen Zoo Project Zweiplan GmbH The list of awards is as follows: KEY SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Best Major Festival Best Medium-Sized Festival AWARD SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Best Small Festival Each individual award is available for sponsorship. The sponsor will be Best New Festival visible in all pre and post-event promotional material, as well as printed Best Family Festival on the physical award and projected onto screens at the event. Best Metropolitan Festival Headline Partnership - opportunities start from £40,000 Best Dance Event Award Sponsorship - opportunities start from £10,000 The Grass Roots Festival Award For more information on these opportunities, please refer to the Best Overseas Festival Contact section Best Toilets Headline Performance of the Year Best Festival for Emerging Talent Anthem of the Summer Line-Up of the Year Best Use of New Technology Agency of the Year Concession of the Year Best Non-Music Festival The Brand Activation Award The Extra-Festival Activity Award Best Hospitality Promoter of the Year Photography: Pete Corkhill & Sara Bowrey & Sara Corkhill Pete Photography: The Outstanding Contribution to Festivals Award OTHER SPONSORSHIP Ancillary Opportunities OPPORTUNITIES Napkin & table number sponsorship £1500 + VAT Water sponsorship £1000 + VAT Exhibitors Delegate bag sponsorship: £2000 + VAT The UK Festival Conference has a select number of exhibition spots throughout Delegate bag inserts: the Roundhouse for the duration of the £250 + VAT panel sessions. Conference refreshments sponsorship: Costs start at £2000 £2500 + VAT contact Chris McCormick +44 (0)7980 640487 [email protected] Tom Lawson +44 (0)7752 114141 [email protected] Steve Jenner +44 (0)7968 214560 [email protected].