Eventualities

The Parkes Elvis Festival is held every year in the second week in January, coinciding with Elvis Presley’s birthday. Now in its 29th year, the Festival continues to grow with more than 200 events across five fabulous, fun-filled days.

Officially endorsed by the estate of Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. in Memphis, Parkes Elvis Festival hosts a number of live entertainment including the official Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest (the winner representing Australia in Memphis, USA), Feature concert series starring a special guest artist, Northparkes Mines street parade, renewal of vows ceremony, the Goodsell Machinery Miss Priscilla Dinner, and many free live concerts, competitions and prizes.

The Festival attracts over 25,000 fans, both nationally and internationally, having a global reach of more than 200 million with exposure in the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia.

I’m delighted to welcome Cathy Treasure, Festival Director of the Parkes Elvis Festival to the Eventualities podcast. Cathy has an extensive background in event management and offers some great insights into running one of Australia’s most popular regional events. And if you're an event management student or someone wanting to get some work experience under your belt...reach out to Cathy today, this is a fantastic opportunity!

https://www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au/

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The Birdsville Big Red Bash is recognised as the world’s most remote music festival and is situated at the foot of the iconic Big Red Dune in the Simpson Desert, 35km west of Birdsville in Queensland.

From its humble beginnings in 2013 of a singalong around the campfire for a few hundred people, the festival has since grown into Australia’s largest outback event with three days of music featuring a huge line up of some of Australia’s most iconic artists, attracting a sell-out crowd of over 9,000.

Greg Donovan is the founder of the Birdsville Big Red Bash and it was fantastic to have him as a guest on this week’s Eventualities podcast. 

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I’m thrilled to welcome Phil McIntosh from Gears and Beers to the Eventualities podcast this week.

Cycle enthusiasts from across the country gather annually in Wagga Wagga, NSW on the October long weekend for what is fast becoming one of the premier cycling events. The annual Gears and Beers Festival is a community cycle challenge, combined with a craft beer and cider Festival. The event is conceived and run by the Rotary Club of Wollundry Wagga Wagga.

In this episode, Phil talks about:

• The history of the event
• The growing popularity of cycling events
• Volunteers and having multiple Rotary clubs and other community groups readily able to assist
• Marketing
• The 2020 event and where to from here
• Community and the people that help make Gear and Beers what it is

Phil is such a genuine and lovely guy who is so community-minded and is extremely passionate about this amazing event he has created and continues to grow. I hope you enjoy this episode.

https://gearsandbeers.org.au/

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Welcome to Part B of my chat with Vicky Lowry, General Manager of the Deni Ute Muster. In this episode, we discuss ticketing, risk management, marketing, the 2020 event and where to from here.

If you missed Part A, I encourage you to go back and take a listen so you can learn about the history of the event, community involvement, volunteers and performers.

You can find out more about the Deni Ute Muster here

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The town of Deniliquin is located on the edge of the outback, along the beautiful Edward River in regional NSW, with a population close to 7,000. It lays claim to being the ute capital of the world. On the October NSW Labour Day weekend each year, around 20,000 people gather to celebrate the Deni Ute Muster. The Muster has become a nationally recognised event that provides the ultimate Australian experience. 

Vicky Lowry is the General Manager of the Deni Ute Muster and has been involved with the event for the last seven years. Vicky joined me for this episode of Eventualities to discuss this iconic regional event. There was a lot to cover in this conversation, so it's been broken up into two parts.

Part A (this episode) covers the history of the event (I’m still amazed at what the committee achieved in the first year), community involvement and support, volunteers and performers.

Find out more about the Deni Ute Muster

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