THE EAST ANGLIAN FESTIVAL NETWORK (EAFN) SHOW 2024

was held on Monday 14th October 2024

THANK YOU TO ALL THAT SPONSORED, SUPPORTED AND ATTENDED OUR 5TH ANNUAL SHOW

at Huntingdonshire’s largest and premier venue the Burgess Hall Events and Conference Centre

in the beautiful market town of St Ives, the Old Riverport in Cambridgeshire.

Virtual Tour of the Burgess Hall

Click here to view the EAFN Show 2024 Programme and Photographs

Click here to view the EAFN Show 2024 Video

The EAFN Show 2024 was our fifth annual free one day Conference and Exhibition to bring together hundreds of event organisers, venues and suppliers from across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (and beyond).  It’s a great opportunity to share information, knowledge and expertise, network and identify new supply chain opportunities, which can benefit the environment, the audience, the event industry and the regional economy…. and you get to meet lovely, like-minded people and have fun in the process!

Thank you to our EAFN Show 2024 Headline Sponsors:

Gofer Ltd and Electric Cat Productions

The EAFN Show 2024 was once again FREE to attend to enjoy:

Over Twenty Exhibition Stands

Four Conference Sessions

Two Workshops run by Essex Cultural Diversity Project (ECDP) and Tonic Music for Mental Health

Networking

Live Music from EllY Tree, Soloman Smith, Evy Frearson and JUDVH

More Entertainment from: the Amazing Anthony – Multi Award Winning Mind Reader, Magician and Tarot Reader; Silhouette Portraits and Caricatures produced by Master Scissor Artist John Thurman; and Storytelling from Marion Leeper – long time member of the Cambridge Storytellers, and involved in organising the East Anglian Storytelling Festival.

Great Food and Bars to enjoy in house.  Burgess Hall has plenty of Food and Drinks to sustain you through the day. As well as Alcoholic beverages, Breakfast and Lunch menus you can also get hot and cold drinks/Snacks and Ice Cream from the Bars.

EAFN Show 2024 Timetable:

• • SHOW OPENS at 09.30
  •  09.30-10.00 Exhibition Stands/Bars open (Breakfast 09.30-11.30) + 1st session of Networking
  • 10.00-10.30 Conference Session 1 in Main Hall (FOS) – Accessibility and Cultural Diversity in our events.
  • 10.30-1130 Morning Workshop (Upstairs Workshop Suite) – Funding (+ Diversity Project update) – ECDP.
  • 11.30-12.00 Conference Session 2 in Main Hall (FOS) – Achieving Sustainability for Events.
  • 12.00-13.35 Lunchtime Entertainment (Live Music on Stage plus Food & Refreshments (Lunches 12.00-15.00)
  • 13.35-14.05 Conference Session 3 in Main Hall (FOS) – How Technology can help with our Events.
  • 14.05-14.35 Afternoon Workshop (Upstairs Workshop Suite) – Mental Health at Festivals – TONIC MUSIC
  • 14.35-15.05 Conference Session 4  in Main Hall (FOS) – Working together to improve our events.
  • 15.05-16.00 Last chance for Networking and Goodbyes.
  • SHOW CLOSES at 16.00
    The venue’s location has good public transport links (including The Busway – connecting Huntingdon, St Ives & Cambridge) and plenty of accommodation to stay over.  If you do  bring a vehicle the venue has a large free car park right outside. For those needing to escape from the hustle and bustle of the main hall on the day there was a designated quiet room upstairs and a reception lounge area downstairs, there’s also an outside patio off the downstairs bar.

Thank you once again to our headline sponsors Gofer Ltd and Electric Cat Productions and to all our other Supporters:

Grapevine Live Since 1991 Grapevine Magazine has been listing, reviewing and reporting on LIVE entertainment in the region. Performers and venues can add events to the listings for FREE by registering online at http://grapevinelive.co.uk/

A huge thank you to Ipswich based print company Colourplan Print  for producing our EAFN Show Programme once again.  They offer a wide range of services to customers across East Anglia. They are part of the Mansion House Group which also includes Grapevine Live/Magazine https://www.colourplan.co.uk/

Another huge thank you to SixtyTwoThings  a small design and promotions company specialising in images, graphics, websites and words who were our official photographers on the day https://sixtytwothings.com/

Offbeat Tickets were our official EAFN Show Ticket providers this year.  Register your attendance for free at this year’s event at Reserve a Ticket for THE EAFN SHOW 2024 – EAST ANGLIA’S EVENT PRODUCTION EXHIBITION/CONFERENCE! (offbeattickets.com)

Vibrant Colour Print and Promotions provided our lovely green eco tote bags for the EAFN Show this year.  They are made from recycled plastic bottles and T-Shirt offcuts and will be handed out to the first 100 attendees on the day.

BoMoJo  were our official EAFN Show videographers once again. Thank you to BoMoJo for producing this excellent VIDEO OF THE EAFN SHOW 2024 that gives you a flavour of the day with background music from our local performers in the lunchtime showcase.