Well we've just managed to get to bed after a heck of an hectic week. We attended 3 corporate events and Stokesley show (a 4 day funfair) in 8 days.
It kicked off in west yorkshire with a family funday for the staff of Londis (a chain of convenience stores), we didn't run that event, we provided attractions to an agent. From there we hightailed it up to Newcastle Upon Tyne for Gamesfest 06, this was an event for the staff og the Gamestation chain of stores, it was probably one of the highest budget events we've supplied attractions to, with an estimated £500,000 being spent. The Metro Radio Arena was hired for 7 days, a giant circus big top was erected, and we filled it and the surrounding carpark with attractions. This was an unusual one for us in that we supplied not only the funfair rides, but a diverse range of extras such as tattoo artists, palm readers, inflatables etc. We had a couple of last minute hiccups with suppliers letting us down, but due to the extensive contingency plans we had in place these were all resolved before the kick off.
From here we had the short run South for Stokesley Show, a long established and very succesful funfair and agricultural show. We lost friday night to the weather, but overall business was quite good. After a late finish there, we had to move equipment into west Yorkshire for an upcoming event, whilst simultaneously erecting a small funfair in the grounds of Newcastle University for the freshers event. This is one of three that we are attending for the University, and its always a pleasure to work at these types of events.
We finished around 4 a.m. and then had to move everything down into our West Yorkshire base, ready to be set up at a small funfair the next day.
It kicked off in west yorkshire with a family funday for the staff of Londis (a chain of convenience stores), we didn't run that event, we provided attractions to an agent. From there we hightailed it up to Newcastle Upon Tyne for Gamesfest 06, this was an event for the staff og the Gamestation chain of stores, it was probably one of the highest budget events we've supplied attractions to, with an estimated £500,000 being spent. The Metro Radio Arena was hired for 7 days, a giant circus big top was erected, and we filled it and the surrounding carpark with attractions. This was an unusual one for us in that we supplied not only the funfair rides, but a diverse range of extras such as tattoo artists, palm readers, inflatables etc. We had a couple of last minute hiccups with suppliers letting us down, but due to the extensive contingency plans we had in place these were all resolved before the kick off.
From here we had the short run South for Stokesley Show, a long established and very succesful funfair and agricultural show. We lost friday night to the weather, but overall business was quite good. After a late finish there, we had to move equipment into west Yorkshire for an upcoming event, whilst simultaneously erecting a small funfair in the grounds of Newcastle University for the freshers event. This is one of three that we are attending for the University, and its always a pleasure to work at these types of events.
We finished around 4 a.m. and then had to move everything down into our West Yorkshire base, ready to be set up at a small funfair the next day.