Event Curation - From beginning to End
I very much enjoy curating evenings of music. Over time I have worked on curating a number of event series from scratch: including organising and hiring a venue, choosing and curating line up, running and hosting the evening, paying everyone, ensuring set times, line checks and sound checks are good, design, and promotion of the evening… Examples of my own events include the SOAS Musicians Series, DJ Darling on the Decks and more…
My most treasured event is my ongoing philanthropic event series ‘Same Wave' Musician Series’ :
Same Waves Musicians Series is a celebration of music, art and culture, with 100% of the profits in solidarity with charities supporting refugees and migrants in the UK and beyond.
Upon entrance you can exchange your ticket for a token, with which you can select one of our two chosen charities to donate your ticket fund too.
There will also be an illustrative 'zine available for purchase of £2 featuring art and photography from young refugees, and information regarding the charities.
So far I have raised over £2,000 to be shared amongst charities through ongoing music fundraising events.
Consultation and Curation
As well as this, I have helped to curate events for others, such as booking or consulting on acts for the curation of Victorious Festival, and it’s “World Music Village”. As well as the world music festival of Southsea. As well as this, I have consulted and helped to book many bands and DJ’s for events at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Event Help & Hosting
I frequently act as the host for a number of events held and run by Rhythm Passport, on the evening I will ensure guests and artists are happy, as well as act as front of house, and event host for the evening, taking charge of the stage - introducing the acts.
Workshops and Conferences
During my time in university, I co-founded free weekly DJ workshops weekly.
I am also planning a workshop with Angie Lemon PR that focuses on teaching self-promotion skills to independent artists.
I am working on a later summer conference to be held in Rich Mix alongside Rhythm Passport. The conference is aiming to be the one-stop for the “world” music industry. I will be hosting a number of panels.
