Southbank Centre’s Summer Festivals in 2014 and 2015 was the Festival of Love. In 2014 to celebrate the same sex marriage act and in a bid to rewrite the rule book of weddings, Southbank Centre held 70 weddings across the weekend, seating 2000 people for a wedding breakfast and parties in the evening with 5000 wedding guests. There was 6 wedding ceremonies in the unique […]
Read more →This year Lollibop Festival increased its participation area, and they asked Joule to programme activities for under-10s to take part in and enjoy. Joule teamed up with Southbank Centre and programed music, dance, story telling, arts and crafts, poetry, den making, pirate school, bingo, hula hooping, dressing up and more to the event for 30,000 people across 3 days. As both project managers as well […]
Read more →Joule’s successful partnership with Shoreditch Festival dates back to the festival’s first year in 2004, and has helped fulfil its aim to make people feel proud about where they live and celebrate Shoreditch with its neighbours. The role of Joule has encompassed overall festival management, production management, programming the main music stage and all the other components, and delivering and facilitating 100s of participatory events […]
Read more →2013 was the year to celebrate 75 years of the country’s favourite comic, down at Beantown on the Southbank. A big collaborative project between DC Thompson, Hemingway Design, Joule and Southbank Centre gave the public a fantastic installation of all things Beano related. As project managers, Joule had to liaise with designers, archivists, builders, furniture makers, graphic designers and printers, as well a managing a […]
Read more →As part of the summer Festival of Neighbourhood, From Lambeth with Love showcased the buzzing diversity and spirit of contemporary Lambeth. Joule programmed and managed the whole weekend focusing on The Clore Ballroom and outside areas. From walks and talks to club nights and flamenco performances, the eclectic programme involved over 300 performers from a host of local community groups. Brixton-based ska band Top Cats […]
Read more →As part of the summer Festival of Neighbourhood, The Village Fair was a weekend of participatory activities, talks and performances looking at the quintessential village fair with an urban twist. Joule co-managed and programmed the whole weekend. Featuring a Makers Market teaching crafting techniques, the Vauxhall City Farm, Cutashine Barn Dance, bodging, a bake-off, craft bloggers, bell ringers, dog show and a huge Helter Skelter, […]
Read more →Joule has worked with Poplar HARCA for over 10 years to put on many events in their local market square and park for the local community, beginning in 2001 to mark the 50 years of the Festival of Britain. Ten years later in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of The Festival of Britain and the community of Poplar, Joule was asked to produce, manage and […]
Read more →Special Olympics Great Britain holds a World games every 4 years and is preceded by a Torch Relay from Athens to the host town. The Torch is carried by Police officers through key venues across the world. In 2003 Joule organised the London leg of the relay when 150 international police officers and 2000 local people visited the Houses of Parliament, took a flight on […]
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