KENDAL CALLING 2012 NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST MEDIUM SIZED FESTIVAL’ & ‘BEST HEADLINE PERFORMANCE’ AT UK FESTIVAL AWARDS! VOTING NOW OPEN & CLOSES ON 31ST OCTOBER SHORTLIST WILL BE ANNOUNCED 5TH NOVEMBER TO VOTE GO TO: http://www.festivalawards.com/ FESTIVAL WEBSITE: www.kendalcalling.com Kendal Calling; Winner of ‘Best Small Festival’ – Live UK Award 2011 & UK Festival Awards 2010 The […]
BELLA’S TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY TICKETS ARE ON SALE!
Tickets to Bella 2013 – the tenth staging of the festival (2nd and 3rd August) – go on sale at 0900 on Thursday 27th September 2012. Prices have been pegged at 2012 levels, e-ticket booking fees have been reduced and a payment by instalments scheme is being offered. Tickets are only available as […]
Kendal Calling Festival Goers Help Raise Over £15,500 for Charity
This year festival goers at Kendal Calling have helped raise over £15,500 for charity, exceeding the incredible £10,000 raised for charity in 2011. The funds will be split between the festival’s chosen charities, many of which have been handpicked by the Kendal Calling team for personal reasons. The charities are Great Ormond Street Hospital, Guide Dogs […]
Rockness Wins Event Management Grand Prix
Loch Ness based music festival Rockness has won the Event Management Grand Prix at the Scottish Event Awards 2012, while the Event Services Grand Prix was handed to Diamond Event Services. The awards, which were handed out at the Radisson Hotel in Glasgow last night, also saw the Edinburgh Corn Exchange win Best […]
End of Festival Fireworks
As usual, come the end of the Edinburgh festival I was preparing to watch The Fireworks perched on top of a hill with a good view of the castle, photographing the amazing pyrotechnics from afar. However a couple of days before the event I received an email from the guys at Blipfoto saying that I (and one other Bliper, SlyBaconshots) had […]
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS JOIN LOOPALLU 2012
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS JOIN LOOPALLU 2012 We are delighted to announce Scouting for Girls as the 2nd headliner for this years 8th outing of Loopallu. They join previously announced and recently reformed headliners The Fratellis who have chosen Loopallu as their first live outing since reforming earlier this year. Scouting for Girls have been noimated for 4 Brits and an […]
Steve Wozniak at the Turing festival Edinburgh
In what seemed a fleeting interview at the Edinburgh Playhouse, during the Turing festival, Steve Wozniak discussed life at Apple, entrepreneurship, his autobiography iWoz and the future of computing and the web. Although hampered by what I though was some poor interviewing by Helen Arney Steve did shine through. I was hoping to hear more […]
LADY RIZO WINS TO&ST CABARET AWARD 2012
Time Out and Soho Theatre are delighted to announce the winner of their inaugural Edinburgh cabaret award: Lady Rizo. Lady Rizo, who this year made her European debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, was unanimously agreed by the judges as the winner of TO&ST, the Time Out & Soho Theatre Edinburgh Cabaret Award, the Fringe’s […]
Holmes Returns
The statue of Sherlock Holmes, one of Edinburgh’s famous land marks, has returned after 3 years in storage. The bronze statue of the famous detective was put into storage because its site in Picardy Place, at the top of Edinburgh’s Leith Walk, was directly in the path of the tram project. The statue was erected in Picardy […]
The Gilded Balloon Festival Highlights
The Gilded Balloon is one of Scotland’s leading entertainment venues with the best of live entertainment. As one of the four largest venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Gilded Balloon is respected internationally for presenting a stunning annual showcase of theatre, comedy and cabaret. Jarred Christmas, Gilded Balloon 2012 Fringe Venue: Gilded Balloon […]