Events that strengthen communities.
Recent work…
Clarence Valley Camp Oven Festival
Client: Nymboida Camping & Canoeing Ltd
Event Manager for this feast for the senses held over the spring long weekend in the beautiful surrounds of Nymboida Camping and Canoeing Centre.
9-12 June 2023
Bellingen Memorial Hall - Grand Reopening
Client: Bellingen Shire Council
Events Delivered is contracted to produce the grand re-opening of Bellingen’s Memorial Hall following a major refurbishment.
29 May to 3 June 2023
STORYLAND
Client: Screenwave International Film Festival
Event Manager for STORYLAND, a music festival for movie freaks in Coffs Harbour. Dress up as your favourite movie character and immerse yourself in cinematically-themed installations and top quality bands; 20 May 2023.
On-going projects…
Yamba River Markets
Client: Live Prawn Productions Inc.
Association treasurer for Live Prawn Productions Inc. a not-for-profit association that maintains the licence to operate this community market held on the 4th Sunday of the month, located at Ford Park on the foreshore of the scenic Clarence River.
Live and Local
Client: Clarence Valley Council / Live Music Office
Program coordinator for Live and Local, a live music industry development program jointly funded by the Live Music Office and Clarence Valley Council.
Blacklight Collective Inc.
Client: Blacklight Collective Inc.
Association secretary for this NFP whose objective is to shine a light on the Coffs Coast creative industries.
Past work…
Macksville Laneway Fest
Client: Nambucca Shire Council
A community arts festival in partnership with local performers, artists and craftspeople designed to activate a popular public precinct in Macksville.
Saturday 11th March 2023
Copmanhurst Calling
Client: Clarence Valley Council
Event Delivered is contracted to produce a free community celebration for this Clarence Valley hinterland village.
Saturday 18th February 2023
Riverlight Ulmarra
Client: Events Delivered
Promoter & producer of this riverside community arts festival reflecting and celebrating the characteristics and history of Ulmarra, NSW.
Saturday 18th May 2022
Coffs Coast Creative Industries Networking Event
Client: Coffs Harbour City Council
Events Delivered, working on behalf of Blacklight Collective Inc. produced a mini-symposium for the Coffs Coast creative industries community.
The event comprised an orchestrated networking session comprising data gathering and interactive quizzes, plus keynote speaker and panel discussion.
Summer Sesh
Client: Coffs Coast Food and Wine Festival
Volunteer and ticketing coordination for this 2-day live music, food and craft beer extravaganza. What a way to kick off the summer!
Event Management Framework
Client: Clarence Valley Council
Events Delivered was contracted as a consultant to develop an Event Management Framework for Clarence Valley Council, comprising an Events Procedure and Events Policy.
The Big Bonanza
Client: GigBig
Volunteers and ticketing/gate coordination for this cracker of a festival featuring live comedy and music, 4-5 November 2022 in Coffs Harbour NSW.
River Sounds Festival
Client: GigBig
Delighted to recruit and coordinate a team of volunteers for this excellent 3 day festival of live music on a grand scale at Bellingen Showground in August 2022.
Saltwater Freshwater Festival
Client: Saltwater freshwater Arts Alliance
Event Coordinator for a celebration of Aboriginal arts and culture from the Gumbaynggirr, Dunghutti, Biripi and Worimi Nations on the Mid North Coast of NSW. May 2022 on Gumbaynggirr Country at the Unkya Reserve, Eungai Creek.
Load Local Love
Client: Clarence Valley Council
Events Delivered turbo-charged Clarence Valley Council’s roll out of this business development initiative by signing up over 120 local businesses to a gift card program that supports spending within the Council area.
Bendigo Bank Gate to Plate
Client: The Gallery Foundation
200 guests enjoyed the 2019 Bendigo Bank Gate to Plate Long Lunch, an exquisite showcase of local land and sea produce infused with native Australian bush foods prepared at the Grafton Showground Barn by two of the Clarence Valley’s most inspiring young chefs.
Earlier in the day, more than 1,000 people visited our Sunday market, featuring food and drink producers from across the Clarence Valley. The event was a fundraiser for The Galley Foundation trust.
Sculpture in the Gaol
Client: Macleay Valley Arts Council / NPWS
Sculpture in the Gaol is a public art exhibition in a location like no other. An annual sculpture exhibition located at the iconic Trial Bay Gaol in South West Rocks.
Attracting over 100 entries from artists far and wide including a substantial contribution from schools and Indigenous community groups in the Macleay Valley.
Events Delivered contracted to the Macleay Valley Arts Council, to produce the event in partnership with venue manager National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Art in the Paddock
Client: The Gallery Foundation
Art in the Paddock is a regional celebration of art, with live music, delicious food and high teas, that serve as a fundraising event for The Gallery Foundation.
The event allows visitors to explore rural properties that would otherwise be closed to the public and has recently been hosted at Yulgilbar Station and Wave Hill Station in the Upper Clarence Valley.
The Big Picnic
Client: Clarence Valley Council
Responding to a brief funded by a grant from the NSW Department of Justice through the NSW Community Safety Fund, Events Delivered produced a free community event aimed a reconnecting local residents with Grafton’s Market Square.
Dubbed a ‘Day in the life of your local park‘, the Big Picnic featured early morning fitness and tai chi sessions, a pop-up coffee shop, food carts, circus play activities and live music.
Local artists facilitated Aboriginal dance, rock painting, basket weaving and jewellery-making workshops. Interactive art installations engaged visitors during the day, as well as local Aboriginal children during the event build-up.
Surfing The Coldstream Festival
Client: Live Prawn Productions Inc.
While heading up a local not-for-profit community association and managing a large team of volunteers, I programmed, funded, marketed and produced 3 editions of this boutique music and arts festival in Yamba, NSW between 2014 and 2016.
The event was recognised in 2015 with the Clarence Valley’s Australia Day Award for Community Organisation.
Scheyville Centenary Celebration
Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Only four months into my adventure working for the NSW State Government, I produced a landmark reunion at this fascinating site with significance, during various decades of the late 20th Century, for generations of European migrants and officers trained during the Vietnam War.
The event was attended by the then Governor of NSW Marie Bashir and won the Gold Award for Events at the 2011 NSW Tourism Awards.
London Literature Festival
Client: Southbank Centre, London
Working as an event producer at London’s largest multi-venue arts complex, I coordinated two editions of this festival involving writers, philosophers and film makers from across the globe.
I also produced editions of the London Guitar Festival, New Year’s Eve events at the Royal Festival Hall and dozens of concerts featuring world-class musicians in every conceivable genre and cultural background.
Rainbow Street Touring & Management
From my base in Rainbow Street in Camberwell Carrot, I spent 12 years exploring the world of live music and travelling the globe as a tour manager, watching hundreds of bands play thousands of gigs from the unique vantage point of stage wings.
The privilege was a great one - by seeing every gig on a tour, I was always guaranteed to see the band’s best show.
I managed artist careers, record releases, tours and production, repped and produced shows for most of London’s top promoters.