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Regional Events Conference, Dubbo (2026)

31/03/2022

Gosh I enjoyed this conversation…I think it was made extra special as we were able to record in-person which I haven’t been able to do since 2020.
Whilst holidaying in Australia, Adam Bannister visited relatives in Wagga Wagga, met the lovely Melinda, and luckily for Wagga Wagga (and regional Australia), they fell in love, got married and decided to stay put. Adam founded Pyrus Event Services in 2016 and very quickly built a name for himself as the go-to person when it comes to event technology consultancy and production management services.
In March 2020, like many working in the events industry, Adam’s work was nearly completely wiped out. Not one to sit around and mope, he saw an opportunity to change up his business offering and has been at the forefront of adapting to a virtual and hybrid way of delivering events ever since.
Pyrus are strong proponents for inclusion and are dedicated to ensuring ease of access for all participants at events. Pyrus has also recently launched a new product, Pyrus Connect, that better connects access technologies to virtual, hybrid & live events.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Adam on numerous occasions since 2017 and he is the best in the business.
Just search for Eventualities on your chosen podcast platform and take a listen 🎤🎧

20/01/2022

Solar panel run ice cream and popcorn machines, worm farms and the importance of policy and working with local stakeholders…we cover a lot of ground in this episode with Cameron Little.

Cameron Little is the Principal of Sustainability Systems & Services, a specialist sustainability consulting and service provider. He has over two decades of experience within the environment, sustainability and corporate social responsibility sector.

Cameron lectures and provides training through numerous educational bodies. He is also a practitioner in the field and provides numerous sustainability-related resources and services to events throughout the year from small Council run events to iconic events such as the Sydney Festival, New Year’s Eve in the Sydney Botanic Gardens and Australian Fashion Week.

Cameron has recently been elected as President of the Sustainable Event Alliance. A global guild of events professionals, events organisers and sustainable suppliers.

Take a listen 🎧 - https://shows.acast.com/eventualties

03/01/2022

The Woodford Folk Festival would usually be wrapping up another event at this time each year. Whilst the event looked a little different this year, they still managed to hold Bushtime.

The Woodford festival experience is deep, rich and colourful. It is based on a vision of inclusive and creative community, culture and tradition passed through generations, expressed through story and ceremony. The site, a former barren dairy farm, has been lovingly regenerated with over 120,000 subtropical rain forest trees, orchids, ferns and sedges, planted to create a habitat for butterflies and wildlife.

Woodfordia is transformed into a village that hosts over 25,000 daily patrons, performers, stallholders, volunteers and organisers. As many as 2,680 volunteers across 162 departments are at the heart of the organisation and contribute to the setup and day-to-day running of the festival. During the event, the festival is actually the 67th largest town in Australia.

Each year construction begins in early December and continues up until Christmas Day. Over 450 contractors and volunteers build the village.

Bill Hauritz AM is the Founder & Executive Director of the Woodford Folk Festival and is my guest on this episode of Eventualities. Take a listen here https://shows.acast.com/eventualties 🎤🎧

📸 Woodford Folk Festival

15/12/2021

My latest podcast guest was given advice from a school careers counsellor to consider entering politics or tourism…luckily for us she chose tourism.

With over 20 years practical experience within the Visitor Economy, Rebecca Morley has been responsible for developing, promoting, marketing and securing business for Port Stephens as well as the broader Hunter Region and North Coast.

Currently Beck is employed as Business Executive for Destination North Coast driving overnight visitation through targeted campaigns.

Beck runs her own business; Beck Morley Consulting, that assists businesses in the speciality areas of grant writing, marketing, business development, project and event management across a range of industries.

This episode covers regional conferencing and business events. There are links in the shownotes to some handy resources. Take a listen here – https://shows.acast.com/eventualties

22/11/2021

Peter Jones AM is one of Australia’s leading event producers, creating and designing special events for over thirty years.

Based in Melbourne, Peter has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions throughout his career. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia at the Australia Day Honours for significant service to the tourism and hospitality sector in 2018.

Peter has continually dedicated a great deal of time to representing and supporting the industry at many levels. He is a previous Chairman of the Victoria Events Industry Council and as a member of the Victoria Tourism Industry Council. He was also a board member of Destination Melbourne, past President of the Melbourne chapter of the International Special Events Society and on the Tourism Australia Business Events Advisory Panel.

Peter was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Regional Events Conference in Dubbo and it was a delight to have him on this episode of the Eventualities podcast 🎤 🎧

Images courtesy of Peter Jones Special Events include:
- FightMND Big Freeze
- Field of Women
- Australia Day Fireworks
- Beats for Brain Cancer
- The Queen’s visit
- AFL Grand Final Entertainment – The Killers

11/11/2021

We're excited to be launching Season 2 of the Eventualities podcast today 🎤🎧

Peter Noble OAM has been working in the music industry for almost fifty years. In 2014 Peter was awarded the Rolling Stone Award for his outstanding career-long contribution to popular culture. In 2016, Peter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to live and recorded music, to tourism, and to the community.
Over the course of his career, Peter has worked in many areas of the music business including record producing, touring artists, artist management, setting up the Aboriginal Artists Agency, event site development and festival promotion.
Peter is the Festival Director for Byron Bay Bluesfest which was founded in 1990, showcasing music from around the world every Easter long weekend.
Peter was a keynote speaker at the inaugural Regional Events Conference in Wagga Wagga in 2016. It’s a delight to welcome Peter to the Eventualities podcast - https://shows.acast.com/eventualties
📸 courtesy of Bluesfest.

25/11/2020

What a ride! It’s been wonderful being able to share the stories of so many amazing regional events and festivals over the last 8 episodes of the Eventualities podcast.

We wrap the first season with the Bathurst Winter Festival - a two-week event during the July school holidays which embraces the magic of Bathurst’s Winter. It’s very quickly gaining a reputation as a vibrant and creative destination.

Hannah Welch is the Manager of Events at Bathurst Regional Council and has been involved since the inception of the Bathurst Winter Festival. Hannah was a presenter at the 2018 Regional Events Conference in Port Macquarie.

Thanks to Hannah for her insights and for being so generous with sharing their learnings.

Thanks to everyone for tuning in for season 1 and stay tuned for season 2 coming soon. We would love to hear your suggestions for future episodes. 🎧

📸 Bathurst Winter Festival (head to our Instagram page for more spectacular photos)

18/11/2020

The Lismore Lantern Parade is an annual community event held on or around the longest night of the year, being the Winter Solstice.

The event attracts approximately 30,000 people each year and has been formally recognised by Lismore City Council as its signature event.

Each year the Lantern Parade involves participants from Lismore, throughout the Northern Rivers and visitors to the region who have attended workshops in lantern, mask and costume making. School and community workshops start at Easter each year with many other volunteers travelling from across the country to participate in this event.

LightnUp Inc are the producers of the Lismore Lantern Parade and run year round programs and workshops throughout regional, rural and metropolitan Australia, including lantern making, shadow theatre, illuminated puppets, masks and costume making, and story development.

Jyllie Jackson is the CEO and Creative Director of the Lismore Lantern Parade. I really enjoyed this conversation with Jyllie and hope this chat makes your day a little brighter.

📸 Lismore Lantern Parade

11/11/2020

This week on Eventualities, we’re mixing things up and instead of focusing on a particular event or festival, we’ve taken some time to catch up with our good friend and Regional Events Conference MC extraordinaire, Phil Wishart.

Phil has a great passion for regional events, having worked in the sport, events and tourism sectors over the past 15 years.
Phil has previously worked with Destination NSW and is currently employed with the Office of Sport where he is the Head of Marketing and Communications. Prior to this role, he was the Principal Advisor - Major Sports Events at the Office of Sport where Phil’s team worked with state and national sporting organisations, local government and venue owners to deliver on the NSW Government’s 10 World Cups in 10 Years initiative, and identify opportunities to maximise the legacy of hosting major sporting events in NSW.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

📷 Phil Wishart

04/11/2020

Grazing Down The Lachlan is a foodie adventure along the Lachlan River near Forbes in Central-West NSW, celebrating foraged and farmed regional produce. The event was awarded Bronze at the 2019 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in the Festivals and Events category.

Wendy Muffet is committed to building resilient regional communities and co-founded Grazing Down the Lachlan as part of a bigger vision for building a vibrant tourism economy in Forbes and the wider Central West region in NSW. Wendy and the amazing Grazing committee have already achieved so much and this is just the start of what is fast becoming a must-attend foodie event.

I absolutely loved this conversation with Wendy – I am in awe of her vision, values and love for her region.

Please bear with us during this chat as we experienced some internet issues (one of the challenges of regional living), however I hope you agree the end result is worth it.

📷 Grazing Down the Lachlan

28/10/2020

The Parkes Elvis Festival is held every year in the second week in January, coinciding with Elvis Presley’s birthday. Now in its 29th year, the Festival continues to grow with more than 200 events across five fabulous, fun-filled days.

Officially endorsed by the estate of Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. in Memphis, Parkes Elvis Festival hosts a number of live entertainment including the official Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest (the winner representing Australia in Memphis, USA), Feature concert series starring a special guest artist, Northparkes Mines street parade, renewal of vows ceremony, the Goodsell Machinery Miss Priscilla Dinner, and many free live concerts, competitions and prizes.

The Festival attracts over 25,000 fans, both nationally and internationally, having a global reach of more than 200 million with exposure in the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia.

I’m delighted to welcome Cathy Treasure, Festival Director of the Parkes Elvis Festival to the Eventualities podcast this week. Cathy has an extensive background in event management and offers some great insights into running one of Australia’s most popular regional events. Just search for Eventualities through your favourite podcast platform.

📷 Parkes Elvis Festival

21/10/2020

The Big Red Bash is recognised as the world’s most remote music festival and is situated at the foot of the iconic Big Red Dune in the Simpson Desert, 35km west of Birdsville in Queensland.

From its humble beginnings in 2013 of a singalong around the campfire for a few hundred people, the festival has since grown into Australia’s largest outback event with three days of music featuring a huge line up of some of Australia’s most iconic artists, attracting a sell-out crowd of over 9,000.

Greg Donovan is the founder of the Birdsville Big Red Bash and it was fantastic to have him as my guest on this week’s Eventualities podcast. Just search for Eventualities in your preferred podcast platform.

📷 Big Red Bash

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