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‘A ‘Small But Massive’ force that supports and enhances creativity within individuals and communities’

Glasgowbury was founded in 2000 with the first Glasgowbury Music Festival and has become the longest running and most award-winning festival in Ireland, celebrating and showcasing the best in new and emerging music from these shores.

The festival grew from a need to support and develop homegrown artists at a time when the music industry here was in its infancy. Throughout its lifespan, Glasgowbury would expand throughout the arts delivering a host of creative and practical projects and initiatives for its local area.

With a small team, Glasgowbury currently undertake the following activities:

• Glasgowbury Music Festival – the multi award winning annual celebration
• G Sessions – monthly showcase gigs for new artists
• Rural Key Music Project – an award-winning project offering advice and support in the music industry to aspiring musicians
• Boogie Buddies – youth and adult dance classes
• Creative and mentoring programmes tailored to the needs of specific individuals and groups
• GEMS (Glasgowbury Event Management Services) – Consultancy/PA and Sound Engineer Hire

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It is Glasgowbury’s aim to build a strong and identifiable brand which aims to support and enhance the profile of new and emerging artists from Northern Ireland and beyond while making arts accessible and available to all at a local level.

The annual Glasgowbury Music Festival is key to the company’s success at delivering our message of support for new music while this message is kept alive all year round through other initiatives such as monthly showcase gigs the G Sessions.

It is Glasgowbury’s vision to open the doors to a working music and arts space in Draperstown from which to house a majority of its activities while making extra arts activities available at a grassroots level.

Glasgowbury is a limited company and registered charity and is governed by an independent Board of Directors.

In July 2012 Glasgowbury will deliver their 12th Music Festival; an event which relies on the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of many volunteers and temporary workers.

We are now recruiting for paid workers and volunteers for the 2012 Festival and for Glasgowbury’s overall activities.

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Freelance Opportunities

Glasgowbury is updating its pool of experienced personnel for temporary contracts in the following areas – Media and Marketing, Production, Programme Management, Box Office Management, Administration and Fundraising.

Email gteam@glasgowbury.com for further information (please put POOL followed by the area, for eg, Production in the subject bar)

Please appreciate that to be a strong candidate for paid work you will be a people-person, be super organised and have relevant experience under your belt preferably in an event environment. You will be required to forward your CV and covering letter with information regarding your suitability for the position applied for by Monday 28^th May 2012.

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Volunteers

Volunteering at Glasgowbury can offer you a unique opportunity to get involved, see some great live bands and be part of our festival community. Volunteers get free entry to the festival, free camping and have a fantastic time. Volunteering roles include Box office, Production, Audience Survey, Litter Management and Site Preparation.

Aside from the festival, Glasgowbury offers other volunteering opportunities at, for example, Boogie Buddies Dance classes, computer start-up programmes and creative programme tutors.

Email gteam@glasgowbury.com for further information and an application form (please put VOLUNTEER in the subject bar). Please note that volunteers must be over 18 years of age.

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Glasgowbury Board

The Glasgowbury Board is also sourcing new directors with experience and skills in Human Resources and Arts Fundraising.

Email gteam@glasgowbury.com for further information (please put BOARD in the subject bar).

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Glasgowbury is committed to promoting equality and discouraging discrimination.

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We are delighted to announce that rock giants Therapy? will headline Glasgowbury 2012.

The NI legends will cap off this year’s Draperstown festival in a year that has saw them release their highly acclaimed new album, A Brief Crack Of Light.

And with over 20 years of touring experience and stunning releases in the form of the iconic Mercury nominated album Troublegum, Glasgowbury 2012 will make history as the first NI headline appearance for the three-piece rock band.

Completing the first round of line-up announcements Glasgowbury are also delighted to welcome:

The Japanese Popstars / Fighting With Wire / LaFaro / The Wonder Villains / Axis Of / RunawayGO / Paddy Nash & The Happy Enchiladas / Pocket Billiards / Best Boy Grip / Soak / Sons Of Caliber / Farriers / Marc O’Reilly / Amidships /  Silhouette / VerseChorusVerse / Pretty Child Backfire and Our Krypton Son to this year’s celebration.

And with the help of the legendary Celtronic Festival, they’ll be bringing some friends along for the ride in the shape of Psycatron / Deep Fried Funk / Boxcutter presents The Host / Space Dimension Controller and Ryan Vail.

In a second batch of announced acts, the following acts have also joined the bill:

Kowalski / Enemies / Katie & The Carnival / The Man Whom / Droids / Master & Dog / Tied To Machines / The Dead Presidents / Tucan / The 1930s / The Jepettos / Scorpion Jack / Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters / John Deery & The Heads / Humanshield / Mojo Gogo / Intermission / 4 Conors

In the last round of announced acts, the following were added to this year’s bill:

Mojo Fury, Rams’ Pocket Radio, Triggerman, Empty Lungs, Swanee River, The Red Velvetines, Paul Casey and Ard Ri with a special Rural Key collective showcase and the Red Bull Bedroom Jam winners Icon On Fire.

Festival organiser Paddy Glasgow said, “Having Therapy? play the festival is something we’ve been trying to make a reality for a few years now and I’m delighted that we can finally make it happen in 2012.

“The guys are legends of the music scene and respected the world over for their talent and having them headline their first NI festival is something we’ve proud to make happen,” he said.

“As always, Glasgowbury attempts to programme a festival based around the best in homegrown talent and I think this year’s event will be testament to that.

“ We received over 700 submissions for Glasgowbury 2012 and the demo team had a hard job finalising that but I think this year’s bill shows the diversity and fantastic range of acts that we have here,” he added.

Glasgowbury 2012 takes place across the weekend of July 21^st and ‘early eagle’ tickets are on sale until the end of May at 2010 prices.

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We are putting out a final call for traders to Glasgowbury 2012.

The festival have already received a large number of enquiries regarding food trading, but are still open to interested parties, particularly those who might be able to provide vegetarian, gluten free food options.

We are also interested to hear from any traders who think they can add some extra excitement to the festival through funky or innovative stalls with clothing, jewellery etc.

Anyone interested in trading and who think they can offer something a little different, are encouraged to get in touch by emailing trade@glasgowbury.com before entries close on Friday 6th April.

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We are excited to announce that tickets for Glasgowbury 2012 are now on sale!

Tickets are available online from www.hmvtickets.com/events/3134 and in stores right across Ireland. For a full breakdown of all participating stores, see HERE.

This year’s Sperrins spectacular takes place across the weekend of Saturday 21st July with five stages offering a broad spectrum of all that’s great and good about local Irish based music.

From the beginning of June, the price of each ticket is now as follows:

• Festival Only – £35 / € 42 (+ booking fee)
• Festival & Camping – £45 / €54 (+ booking fee)

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A festival only ticket will provide access to the festival site on Saturday only while a festival and camping ticket also allows for two nights camping (Friday and Saturday).

11 year olds and under are admitted for free but must be accompanied by ticket paying adult (18+, maximum four children per adult). Elsewhere, 12-15 year olds must purchase a ticket and be accompanied by ticket paying adult (18+). Those aged 16+ can attend without adult accompaniment but are asked to bring a form of ID to verify their age.

See the full list of information and restrictions by clicking HERE.

2012 looks set to be the most exciting year for the ‘Small But Massive’ festival yet with some of the best local talent on show aside some of the country’s premier acts.

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Glasgowbury and Red Bull will link up this Summer to give lucky acts the opportunity to take their music from their bedroom to festival stages.

As well as bringing some exciting new infrastructure to the festival site, Glasgowbury will also be one of Ireland’s key festivals to offer a slot to a winning Red bull Bedroom Jam act.

“It’s time to stop singing into your hairbrush and get busy making a video of you and your band,” said a Red Bull spokesperson.

“The Red Bull Bedroom Jam is back and you can win the chance to play some of Ireland’s top festivals including Glasgowbury, Castle Palooza & Sea Sessions, while also playing at the live final and recording in a Red Bull Studio in either LA, Cape Town, Amsterdam or London etc.”

The Red Bull Bedroom Jam offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for lucky acts to gain exposure via the coveted competition, redesigned this year to specifically benefit Irish acts.

Simply upload a video to the Red Bull Bedroom Jam website, get your fans to vote and bump you up the charts and a filming crew could soon be up to record your very own bedroom jam session.

From there one lucky act will be chosen to play a highly sought after slot at this year’s festival alongside some of the best new and emerging Irish talent.

For more information, check out the official website where you can also view videos of monthly chart winners.

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Glasgowbury are setting up shop at The Music Show in the RDS in Dublin this weekend, a massive expo of all things music.

We’re setting up a stall where you can come and banter with us, throw us your music, have a cup of tea or blast out a few tunes. We may even have some merch to throw around.

We’ll also be giving away the first tickets to this year’s festival in one of the easiest competitions ever compiled – simply sign up to our mailing list over the weekend for a chance of winning one of five pairs of camping tickets to Glasgowbury 2012!

The event takes place all weekend and features panels, discussions and workshops as well as live music from the likes of ASIWYFA, The Cast Of Cheers and Lisa Hannigan among many others.

So come check us out and say hello!

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…Saturday 21st July!

Now’s the time to start planning your summer up the mountain so get July 21st firmly planted in your minds for what we hope will be the most exciting Glasgowbury yet.

2012 marks Glasgowbury’s 12th year in business and we couldn’t be happier to bring you our annual celebration of all that’s great and good about local music.

We’re currently beavering away behind the scenes building up a line-up and festival plan for all tastes.

In the meantime, keep in touch with us via Facebook and Twitter about what you’d like to see at Glasgowbury 2012.

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