During my time arranging shows we created some pretty interesting numbers:
The Numbers
- Over 2000 different acts booked
- Presented over 20 acts that played at Bloodstock Open Air Festival
- Over 1350 shows undertaken
- Over 100,000 people came to the shows
- Over 50 Bands played their biggest ever shows with my event platforms
- Over £12,000 raised for various charities
- Over 14,000 CD’s published and sold/distributed featuring over 200 bands
- The only promoter to have sold out The Underworld venue (twice) purely with unsigned acts
- Ran The Thames Stage at Danson Festival for 4 years (between 50,000 and 70,000 in attendance over 2 day festival weekend
- Hosted Bexleyheath’s Rock Night for 7 years, with 500 attending weekly at its peak, every Thursday night ‘The Rat n Parrot days’
Successes
Red Roar Festival 2016 – Leo’s Red Lion
- Over 300 acts performed in a 14 day Festival
- 5 Stages, 14 Days
- Nearly 3000 people attended
- Non Profit Festival – Broke Even
- Total Budget £12,000
- Sponsors contributed £2000 to help keep entry ticket price as low as possible
- Pub had an overhaul – Painted the frontage, stripped the foliage (short back n sides)
Whatever Next Records 2005 – 2013 – Registered Label
- Launched 11 Compilation Albums of Unsigned Bands
- Used final 4 cd’s (Bloodline & Lifeline Series) to raise £3500 for 2 cancer charities
- All royalties paid to artists with registered works
- Over 200 acts featured tracks
- Responsible for Bull-Riff Stampede being offered a slot at Bloodstock Open Air Festival
Darkstore 2006 – 2013 – Various Locations in UK
- Featuring online catalog of over 26,000 products
- Featured the ‘Stall’ at over 40 Festivals
- Facilitated over £2000 of ‘zero’ Commission band merch sales for unsigned bands
- Sold Over £100,000 of music & lifestyle merch
- Gave out more than 60,000 promotional items for free!
Really Red Roar Festival 2012 – Red Lion/Leos – Gravesend
- Over 2000 people
- 200 Acts
- 1 Pub (5 Stages)
- Total Budget £10,000
- Sponsors contributed 1000 bottles of beer
Red Roar Festival 2009 – Red Lion/Leos – Gravesend
- Over 1000 people
- 100 Bands
- 1 Pub! (4 Stages)
- Total Budget £6,000
- Rebuilt areas of the pub to facilitate the extra stages
Rock The Boat 2004 – The River Thames – Waterloo Pier (departing from)
- The ‘Mercia’ privately hired to Rock the length of the Thames
- Champagne Reception
- In conjunction with ‘Total Rock’ Staff Thank You Party
- In conjunction with ‘The Inbreds’ Album Launch Party
- Over 240 People (Sold Out)
Iron Maiden Day #2 2003 – The Ruskin Arms – East London
- Licensed artwork through Iron Maiden Holdings for a Ltd Edition promotional campaign ‘Eddie @ The Ruskin’
- Raised £2000, split between Breast Cancer Research and The BABA THAKRANWALA Trust
- Hosted By DJ Krusher who also donated an original lithograph of Iron Maiden artwork
- Featured Hi-On Maiden and Biomechanical and 8 other acts
- Handed out 5000 flyers to event goers in London within 2 weeks