Events Sector

Suffolk Show success

Numbers were up at the Suffolk Show and the quality of enquiry on the Midas stand was excellent. Several hire contracts were negotiated there and then, with equipment quickly dispatched. In one case, the day after the show finished. “There were numerous location visits for prospective clients as well and a schedule of works [...]

2017-04-26T18:14:36+01:00September 14th, 2016|Agriculture, Events Sector|

Midas spurs Jockey Club Live to record number of dates

Temporary power specialist Midas has provided for a record number of Jockey Club Live shows this summer, with Aintree added to the calendar. In the sophomore year of a three-season contract with Symphotech, which manages production for Jockey Club Live, Midas accommodated the weight of shows with three separate kits of 220 kVA synched [...]

2017-04-26T18:14:36+01:00August 19th, 2016|Events Sector|

Christmas 2015 in Winchester

Back in November 2015, Midas began setting up the power generation and power distribution equipment for the Winchester Christmas market. Whilst we'd like to think our input made a difference to how well the event was received, we can certainly say that the whole team really pulled out all the stops in order to [...]

2017-04-26T18:14:37+01:00March 16th, 2016|Events Sector|

Chinese New Year at Chiswick House

Midas was delighted to be asked to provide outdoor power solutions for the first Magical Lantern festival to be held in the UK and coincides with the celebration of Chinese New Year. Held at Chiswick House,  there were Triffid sized flowers,  flamingos,  giant squirrels, giraffes, pandas in a bamboo forest and a vast Chinese dragon [...]

2017-04-26T18:14:37+01:00March 3rd, 2016|Commercial, Events Sector|

Light touch launched in Lewes

December saw Enchanted Places (EPL)’s inaugural event, A Christmas Wish, weave video projections, a smoking wishing well, magical lighting and host of art installations around Southover Grange Gardens in Lewes, East Sussex. Funded by EPL’s four directors, Robin Morley, Ross Ashton, Karen Monid and Matt Hammerton, in close collaboration with the local authority, the project [...]

2017-04-26T18:14:37+01:00December 17th, 2015|Events Sector, Midas News|

Pulling the strings

Former Leeds Castle Special Events Manager, Richard Millward, was back at the site this summer as PM for the Classical Concert. The event saw more than 12,000 people enjoy a headline set from the Royal Philharmonic conducted by John Rigby, which culminated in a fantastic fireworks display soundtracked by the 1812 Overture. Brought in by [...]

2015-10-19T12:43:11+01:00October 19th, 2015|Events Sector|

Midas in the Saddle for Jockey Club Live

Midas Productions will provide the power to Jockey Club Live events at six racecourses across the country this summer. Headline acts include Kylie Minogue, who plays two shows, one at the 20,000 capacity Newmarket and 18,000 capacity Haydock Park in June, and Kaiser Chiefs, at the same venues followed by Sandown Park in August, among [...]

2017-04-26T18:14:37+01:00June 3rd, 2015|Events Sector, Midas News|

Prize Performance

After 12-years unmitigated persistence, shaking up the event industry’s power trip with pure biodiesel, Midas Productions duly won the Green Festival Supplier gong at the inaugural Festival Supplier Awards.The judges, including DF Concerts’ Head of Event Management, Colin Rodger, Hannah Farnham, Live Nation’s Head of Production and Events, and Dan Craig, Head of Operations at [...]

2020-08-19T12:07:31+01:00December 18th, 2014|Events Sector, Midas News|

Watts in Winchester

Launched in December 2006, the Christmas Market at Winchester Cathedral has been drawing more and more people to the city, 350,000 at the last count, growing from 80 handpicked chalets to 101 in the process, and from 10 days to 32. Inspired by traditional German Christmas markets, it incorporates a festive ice rink and a [...]

2015-10-19T11:16:11+01:00December 17th, 2014|Events Sector|
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