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Picnic Rocks

At fairly short notice Affinity were given the contract by Action Against Hunger for Picnic rocks, a social action event to be held on Clapham Common sponsored by Subway®.

Affinity were responsible for all infrastructure, technical support, Local Authority liason and emergency services support.

Picnic Rocks proved to be a highly memorable event focused around Clapham Common Bandstand and surrounding park lands with over 2000 people attending. All of whom were supplied with an excellent Subway® picnic.

As the first event of its kind all parties were happy with the outcome of this worthwhile event.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & General News & Social Action & Technical Production

Christian Aid - Cut the Carbon Cardiff

Our final event of the tour for Christian Aid has taken place this weekend in Cardiff.  Our full team was out to support the ‘home’ event for us – and as well as this event we were also setting up for a conference for Cardiff University at the same time, just half a mile away.

We again successfully built the event, held the show and took everything away within about 14 hours – a true testament to our event management team, suppliers and client, Christian Aid.

We were proud to be involved in such a worthwhile project and pleased to work once again with Christian Aid

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Social Action

Christian Aid - Cut the Carbon Birmingham

Following quickly on the heels of the Leeds event, we once again find ourselves with a one day build-show-derig event for Christian Aid.

This time the event has taken place in Birmingham – and despite a last minute change of venue all went to plan. The special guest at this event was pop-star Lemar who entertained the crowds.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Festivals & Social Action & Technical Production

Christian Aid ‘Cut the Carbon’ Event – Leeds

Following on from the Edinburgh event, Affinity have once again been supporting Christian Aid – this time at their event in Leeds.  The weather held for us and everyone had an excellent day.

We worked closely with the police, ambulance and licensing authorities to allow us to close the roads through the centre of the city, as well as with the events team from Leeds City Council who own and manage Victoria Gardens where the event took place.

Again, we didn’t know how many people would attend the event so worked closely with the authorities and the client to ensure that our planning covered us for all eventualities.  The event was second in the series of four events which are taking place around the UK.  The events are in quick succession and fall at one of the busiest periods in Affinity’s history.  Despite this our team have pulled together and organised yet another successful event.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Social Action & Technical Production

Christian Aid - Cut the Carbon Edinburgh

The Affinity team have been working with Christian Aid over the past few months to prepare for the series of ‘Cut the Carbon’ events which are to take place over the next few weeks.  We’ve just battled through the weather to deliver the first event in Edinburgh – and despite the rain a really good time was had by all.

Affinity provided all site management and production teams for the one day event – the most challenging part of which was the need to be in and out in just one day.

The LED screen and sound systems worked well and certainly provided the ‘wow-factor’ requested by the client.

‘Dear Rob, Gary, Ben, Simon and all at Affinity.
A massive thank you for all your hard work in Edinburgh. 

We feel it was a great start to the rally tour – fingers crossed for better weather next time!’
Best wishes from all at Campaigns at Christian Aid

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Festivals & Roadshows & Social Action

Oct ‘06 Event - National Indoor Arena

Affinity Events were appointed event managers for the Oct06 youth event which took place at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.  Affinity helped CYS with a complete event management service, as well as providing technical support and equipment.  We also managed the ticketing process (including online sales).

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Delegate Services & Technical Production & Youth Events

Legoland Summer Musical Madness

As part of their summer activities, Legoland Windsor approached affinity:technical to produce and manage the technical aspects of their Musical Madness weekend. With six shows a day the stage and production teams from Affinity were tasked with providing staging, lighting and sound for audiences of upto 1000 people a show. With two tribute style bands, and as part of the Barney UK tour the weekend was well received by all those who attended. Although the weather was terrible the team worked tirelessly throughout the event - and were completely off site within three hours of the shows finishing.

Posted in Concerts & Corporate & Festivals & Roadshows & Technical Production

Alton Towers Concert

For the last few years. Affinity Events have provided marquees for this one day concert at Alton Towers.  Following the event in 2004, Affinity were approached to take over the running of the event in its entirety.

Working with the organisers, Alton Towers and the various contractors, Affinity took the event to a new level, with a large new stage, LED video and a custom designed sound system to overcome noise issues.

The Affinity sound solution meant that the sound was louder in the arena than has been allowed in the past, but could not be heard at any of the local houses. Co-operation with local residents is important to ensure good relationships are maintained within the community.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Technical Production & Youth Events