AOIFE advice clinics for festival organisers

REPRESENTATIVES from the Association of Festival and Events (AOIFE) will visit Co Wicklow this week help local festival and event organisers to address issues they are facing.

AOIFE’s Executive Director and Multi-Media Assistant will host four pop-up advice clinics in the coming days to give organisers a chance to meet them to discuss a range of issues.

A clinic will be held in the Arklow Bay Hotel from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, February 14).

The following day, clinics will be held at Halpin’s Bridge Cafe in Wicklow town from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.; at the Glenview Hotel from 12.15 p.m. to 2 p.m.; and in the Betelnut Cafe in Bray from 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Participants must register in advance to book a 30-minute consultation. The advice clinic is free to AOIFE members while non-members must pay a fee of €50, which can go towards purchasing a full AOIFE membership.

Priority will be given to member festivals but it is also hope that newer festival and event organisers in the non-profit sector will also avail of the service.

The clinics will deal with a range of topics, including funding and grant applications, setting up a new festival/event, revenue and sponsorship opportunities, cluster support and collaboration, risk/ health and safety and insurance issues, social media mentoring, programming ideas for different audiences, European networking opportunities, and press and meida.

To register for a 30-minute consultation and 30-minute social media mentoring at any of the four clinics, contact (090) 9645831 or email info@aoifeonline.com. Further information is available at www. aoifeonline.com.