Three Events

Heritage

What - Bath Heritage Open Week

When - 23^rd to the 31^st of October

Why - Having started 20 years ago, the Heritage Open Week arose to promote the local traditions and heritage of Bath and northern Somerset. This year the theme that will be celebrated is food.

Content - There are a large array of activities and learning oppurtunites within the seven days. They vary from bun tasting in the museum, discovering what the monks of the Bath Monastary ate and what rationing would be like during World War 1 and 2, and devising new food ideas for the future meal of 2050. Mainly targeted at families and children in particular, the open week includes Halloween related events such as the Half-term Halloween Trail through Prior Park Landscape Gardens. All of the events that take place are free entry so long as you are able to present a residents discovery card, which is also obtainable for free.

How - The open week is organised by the Bath and the Northeast Somerset Council. Due to all the activities available being situated all over town, it is financed by the businesses that host those activities.

Visual Arts

What - The Diver and the Little Giantess in Rotterdam by the Royal de Luxe.

When - Dates unconfirmed but definitely due to happen within the next 3 months.

Why - Started by Jean-Luc Courcoult in 1979, the Royal de Luxe company was set up to show the world his creations and a new form of theatre, in the way that all of them have included comic affects, surrealism and poetry combined.

Content - Having shown past events all over the globe, for example the Sultans Elephant in London, Royal de Luxe bring a parade through the streets of cities using a massive machine intricately operated by a large team of performers to interact with passers by and its surroundings. Every year the company has presented a different machine, this years being a giant diver and young girl. The last performance was through Antwerp on August the 20^th, having already been through Chile and other main cities its next stop is in Rotterdam.

How - It will all mainly be run by the city itself. I cannot at this time find any information about the financing of the event at Rotterdam. However in London when the Sutlans Elephant came it was funded by Arts Council England and the Mayor of London, with Partnerships from all police organisations within London and other county councils.

Entertainment

What - The Relentless Freeze Festival

When - 29^th to the 31^st of October

Why - Beginning in 2008 the Freeze Festival was introduced at Battersea PowerStation in London to show a range of music and winter sports. The reason for its creation was because it filled a gap in that market and is one of a kind in the UK.

Content - In terms of music there are two stages showing a wide variety of bands and Djs. The Main stage hosts artists such as Chase and Status, Orbital and Pendulum last year and this year Mark Ronson, Scratch Perverts and Shy FX. There is also the Relentless Energy stage, new to the Freeze with performances from Natty, Bedouin Soundclash and DJ Yoda.
There are of course also 3 snow sport events that take place on the large ramp at the centre of the festival. There is the LG snowboard FIS World Cup where snowboarders from around the globe fight it out in a big air competition, the International Freestyle Ski another highly regarded competition with a range of competitors again from all over the world, and lastly the Battle of Britain where only Uk riders get a chance to qualify into the other two competitions. Alongside the events on the ramp are some BMX contests and many shops selling ski-wear.

How - The festival is sponsored by LG, Relentless energy drinks, International Ski Federation (FIS), Whitelines Snowboard Magazine, Snowboard Club UK, Ski Union and Oneil. It also received a lot of advertisement from Channel 4 and Kiss 100 radio.

Three events I want to work for and why.

Cannes Film Festival - Because of my love of film I would love to work on possibly the most important film festival in the world, and as I said before my friend talked about it recently. This idea also sparked from the oppurtunity to work on the Cornwall Film Festival which I'm sure would be a good place to start.

Nibbs Events - This is a company which runs most of the film premiers in London. I am relatively sure that I want to work in the city after I leave uni, so I researched this company and it sort of ticked all the boxes of what I want to do. I think that I would want to get involved in this more than I would a festival as I am more interested in working on a smaller scale in a city.

Glastonbury - At Glastonbury I worked for the main Market and Stalls Director, who was put in charge of setting up all of the stands in the main market area of Glastonbury. Although not directly what I want to do, this did give me a taste of what organising Glastonbury as an event would be like rather than the standard job of just checking tickets. Personally I would rather be doing something closer to the performance side of things but that experience, having gone to a few festivals before, did make me think that I would want to do that sort of work.

I don't really know what a blog is...

I'm not sure really what to write about, but the one creative events related thought I have had recently is when a friend called me to catch up and told me how she would be working at the next Cannes Film Festival. She is actually in fashion so I'm not really too certain what she is doing there, but either way I am extremely jealous as I'm sure that is something along the lines of what I would like to be involved with in the future.