James Penfold
Head of Live Entertainment at Dreamland Margate- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Designated Premises Supervisor
BIIABMay, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Personal Licence Holder
Swale Borough CouncilFeb, 2015- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Dreamland Margate
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United Kingdom
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Entertainment Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Live Entertainment
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Oct 2022 - Present
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Programming Manager
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May 2022 - Oct 2022
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The Event Umbrella
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United Kingdom
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Programme Manager at Barnet Summertime
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Dec 2021 - May 2022
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Programming and Production Manager
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Jan 2021 - May 2022
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Programme Manager Ealing Summer Festivals
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May 2017 - May 2022
Booking acts and managing all advancing of the show from logistics to hospitality to technical, working with acts such as Cymande, Courtney Pine, Hayseed Dixie, Roy Ayers, Tony Allen, Kenny Garrett, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra and Nick Lowe. Utilising a strong relationship built up over 10 years of working with agents from companies such as CAA, William Morris Endeavor and Paradigm (formally Coda), and companies such as Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.
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Promoter Rep for Robomagic and Live Nation
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Sep 2015 - May 2022
Touring with artists including Duran Duran, Black Eyed Peas, H.E.R, AR Rahman and upcoming American boy band Why Don’t We (WDW) as Promoter Rep advancing shows with the tour party and working with venues from Birmingham Academy to the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, the SSE Wembley Arena and Le Zenith in Paris. In late 2019, I completed advancing a 6-date return tour to the UK for WDW, and running the first headline tour of the UK for rapper Jay1 as well as the first shows in the UK by American Rapper, Boogie Wit da Hoodie.
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Event Manager
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Sep 2017 - Dec 2020
Management of a number The Event Umbrella's Event Delivery contracts including as Festival Director for both Cantebrury, and Chatham Maritime Food and Drink Festivals. Site and day-to-day event management of longer events such as the ten day Ealing Summer Festivals, and 2016 and 2017's two week Whitstable Oyster Festival.
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Production and Operations Manager at WeWork Summercamp
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Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Responsible for the procurement and negotiations of major contractors from infrastructure to site services, structures and all technical suppliers as well as the on-site management of the contractors, and management of the production budget. A compulsory fully inclusive event for employees meant having to co-ordinate the arrival of 6,000 people from 20+ countries. The event included company seminars in five purpose-built structures followed by two days of traditional English Festival. Recreation and entertainment were also key features of the event so as well as producing large areas for relaxation, a huge sports field and a lake with water sports, acts included Lorde, Bastille, Steve Angello and Alesso were booked.
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Event Coordinator
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Feb 2015 - Aug 2017
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Event Programming and Production
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Aug 2008 - Oct 2014
Programming and curating Lounge on the Farm's musical offering, utilising a deep knowledge of what appealed to all ages and an ear for varying genres of music. I built a great relationship maintained to this day with some of the biggest agents in the industry, from some of the most forward-thinking companies. Working alongside other like minded proffessionals programming the event form 2012-14 led to securing some of the formative and earliest festival slots for artists like Tom Odell, Jake Bugg, Bastille and The XX, as well as headline artists such as Rudimental, Example, Chic, Ellie Goulding, Jessie Ware, Emeli Sande and The Vaccines.
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Education
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University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Bachelor’s Degree, Fashion Promotion