Why oh Why do promoters clash!!! is it not hard enough to put on a good gig and have people come and really enjoy themselves time after time without clashing with another in the area or as in this weekend in the same village of Skegness. Seems a shame to me

Unless it's pure coincidence.... Its one-upmanship and petty.

Unlikely to change though since its always been this way. 

If it was only about money, they would surely work together,  like a Cartel, but it's more about out doing each other I suspect.

Lorraine Silver was great last night though! And I'm sure some super rare vinyl got spun ' down the road' 

Ed

9 minutes ago, tomangoes said:

Unless it's pure coincidence.... Its one-upmanship and petty.

Unlikely to change though since its always been this way. 

If it was only about money, they would surely work together,  like a Cartel, but it's more about out doing each other I suspect.

Lorraine Silver was great last night though! And I'm sure some super rare vinyl got spun ' down the road' 

 Ed

Seems like there's some petty oneupmanship at Butlins as the one down the road was there long before Winstanley rolled into town. 

It happens everywhere though, purely selfish on the part of  most and not a care for the bigger picture.

Too many Wannabe DJ's with hot boxes wanting to put on an event for their mates to spin at... Who is this Winstanley anyway? Really, promoters do not even need to meet up - just look at the calendar and find a free weekend. There is no central planning system to apply to (thankfully) so promoters need to be aware of what's happening where if they are to start up a successful event. Event clashes should be avoided when planning a new event.

In my promoting days I always tried to avoid clashes. I remember Jon Lucian being on in Manchester on the same night as Parkers: both events suffered a bit. There is one thing to remember....sadly there is only one weekend a week!

dean

When I  was promoting on my own and together with Andy Mcabe we moved dates on many occasions to help out other promotions sad to say that favour was never  ever returned  in over 30 years of on and of promoting it boils down to sheer selfishness and being petty like spoiled schoolchildren they would stick venues on knowing that you had those events running on those dates for years sometimes within 5 or 10 miles of your event I've even had a couple of well respected promoters put an event300 metres from mine  I have on many occasions when asked made necessary adjustments to help other promoters I will say again never has that favour been returned never even a phone call to explain why they they had to do it on that date, they lack the very first thing they are trying to promote SOUL

God Bless 

ML

Some people, and I'm sad to say it, are just not very nice, even if they do like soul music.

dean

Lots of soul less doh  do's about , shame to say for some it's all about the money and not spreading the word  , not nice 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

It's completely out of control these days! Too many people pushing their own agenda & showing no respect or consideration for other venues or the punters! 

Them's that ain't got a bloody clue what there doing should leave it to them that does. Nuff said!!

Guess the one good thing about this clash is that the majority of returnee , clown-outfit uniform wearing , picnic-packing crowd will be at Butlins leaving Mr Riastrick's weekender untainted by their presence ... 

2 hours ago, WoodButcher said:

Guess the one good thing about this clash is that the majority of returnee , clown-outfit uniform wearing , picnic-packing crowd will be at Butlins leaving Mr Riastrick's weekender untainted by their presence ... 

You are probably right especially if on the application forms for the non Butlins event specifically preclude the classification of attendee type from going. 

If one or two slip, the net and get into the non Butlins event, they will obviously told not to come back.

Elitism rules ok! And Russ and Ian just get richer and richer because of it.

The days when promoters did it for love or principle or seeking respect are either long gone or never existed, unless it's at the local pub or for charity..

Ed