Aspiring
musicians, promoters, event managers and artist managers are invited to attend
this year's Ignite Seminars - an official event being held as part of New Zealand Music Month.
Held on Saturday, May 5 at Aotea Centre in Auckland; a host of top music
industry professionals will offer insights into organising and marketing shows
and tours.
Ignite is
proud to host some of New Zealand's top promoters in the Event Management
seminar, which will be held in the morning. The session will cover all aspects
of event management, from venues and budgets, to ticketing and sponsorship, and
much more.
The seminar will feature Josh
Smith (Rhythm and Vines / Netsky), with two more speakers to be
announced. It will be facilitated by Kingsley Melhuish, the Programme Manager at
MAINZ.
APRA's Communications and Events lead, Lydia Jenkin, will facilitate the
Marketing and Publicity seminar held in the afternoon, joined by Josie Campbell (Great
Things), Shahlin
Graves (Coup De Main / Laneway Festival) and Sahar Lone (Auckland
Live).
The seminars are free and open to all, thanks to generous support from
Auckland Live.
IGNITE 2018 is made possible by NZ Music Commission, MAINZ and Creative
Communities.
For further information and to RSVP to attend, visit -
www.igniteprogramme.org.nz
ABOUT
THE SPEAKERS: Josh Smithhas been heavily involved in working across various areas of the live industry.
Josh's role at Rhythm and Vines these days is predominantly as an Artist
Liaison Manager and is now Netsky's Tour Manager worldwide.
Josie Campbellis a freelance publicist working across music releases and live events
including music tours, performing arts and occasionally, sport. It all comes
under the banner of her small business Great Things.
During the last 15 years,
Shahlin
Graves has worked as a digital strategy advisor to Laneway
Festival and EMI Music NZ, as well as founded the pop-culture magazine Coup De
Main.
Sahar Lone works
in marketing for Auckland Live and has worked for organisations Auckland Arts
Festival and NZ International Film Festival. Before that Sahar was a journalist
for NZ Herald and Aotearoa's first Asian affairs show on commercial radio.
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