West End Festival
FRI 1 TO SUN 24 JUNE 2012
West End Festival 2012
Following another successful year in 2011, this coming June sees the 17th anniversary of what is undoubtedly now Glasgow’s most popular festival, and one of the top 3 or 4 in Scotland. Over a million people have attended free and paid events since the event started in 1996, and we have plans to make the event better than ever in 2012 and beyond. It will be the highlight of the Glasgow calendar!
DATES FOR 2012 : FRIDAY 1 TO SUNDAY 24 JUNE.
The programme will be published on April 25 in brochure form and on-line.
OUTLINE PLANS
We will aim for our biggest ever Mardi Gras Parade as we continue the huge popular and critical success of this very well-known event. This is currently scheduled to be on Sunday 10 June.
At each weekend (Sat 2/Sun 3, Sat 9/Sun 10, Sat 16/Sun 17, and Sat 23/Sun 24 June) we hope to include popular family days including a new Festival Picnic day, and ending with an extended Mela in Kelvingrove Park as well as the now traditional Gibson Street Gala, hopefully on Sunday 17th June..
Cottiers Theatre will again feature a series of professional chamber music concerts throughout WEF. The 3rd WEF Composition Competition will see a world premiere performed by Alba Brass as part of the Cottier Chamber project. A brass quartet of between 5 and 10 minutes is required. Deadline April 20.
PARTICIPATING
If you are an organised group in theatre, music or anything culturally appropriate, who wish to be considered for inclusion in WEF 2012, please get in touch. The programme contains professional, semi-professional and student groups and individuals.
If you need advice or guidance, do email Michael Dale, the Festival Director, at any time or leave a message on the WEF answering machine. You will get a speedy response!
The aim is to increase the number of participating venues from the current 88 to well over 90, and to have at least 650 different events in 2012.
If you wish to perform, exhibit or take part in less conventional ways, please visit the Participants’ Page. There will eventually be a 2-page form to download. Fill this in and return a hard copy with your subscription by March 14. NB - You do have to pay to be in the brochure, and we require payment at the time of submitting copy.
For inclusion in the Festival, we accept self-organised cultural events, although events in pubs and licensed premises that would go on anyway (eg DJs) will not qualify.
The Participation Fee is yet to be set. In 2011 it was £80 (inc VAT at 20%) per event, and £50 inc VAT for a free or community event. Second and subsequent events are heavily discounted.
Please do not submit events outside the published dates.
CRAFT STALLS
Applications for craft stalls and other trading opportunities will be published here after January 31. There is no need to apply for these yet. Everyone who has participated before will be contacted well before the deadline.
ADVERTISING
We accept adverts from companies and organisations in the WEF brochure. Brochure size is A5, and we distribute 75,000 across the city. Please contact the office for details on sizing and prices. Deadline for adverts is March 21.
TENDERS AND CONTRACTS
WEF is currently taking submissions for a PR and Sponsorship contract. Please get in touch with us if you wish to be considered for this tender process. Closing date will be Friday 11 November.
2011 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
If you are just nosing around, you can look at the archived programme on-line and you can marvel at the great photos of the event. Plenty of stuff on Flickr and on You Tube!
