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Client Testimonials
Lindisfarne Festival
Lindisfarne Festival
Lindisfarne Festival
'James has a wealth of knowledge within festivals and major events. When starting Lindisfarne Festival James literally helped me to mould shape and grow Lindisfarne Festival right from its inception. From the drawing board in 2014 and the live festivals from 2015 -2023 James and the Grow Team have played a huge role in the festivals success'.
'Managing and birthing a festival is not easy, but James took it all in his stride, advising and leading on all legal and operational aspects from licensing to site design, traffic management, liaising with all local authorities, booking acts and then running the live festivals'.
'Cannot thank him enough'
Conleth Meanpaa: Lindisfarne Festival Creator and Director.
Shindig Festival
Lindisfarne Festival
Lindisfarne Festival
'The festival would not work without The Grow Team behind us'.
'The Grow Team lead by James have been an intrinsic part of Shindig Festival right from the very start in 2013'.
'Grow and his teams have played a huge part in planning each year and then keeping the festival operationally sound'.
'James and his to come with extensive knowledge and know how. With the capability to produce and manage any eventuality.
Notably Grow Team created a bespoke internal stewarding and volunteer team for Shindig that keeps growing each year. Grow team have the know how when it comes to festivals'.
Shindig Festival Director: Simon Clarke
GCE LIvE: An Audience with Simon Reeve UK Tour
Coventry City Council: Climate Stratergy Launch
Coventry City Council: Climate Stratergy Launch
'What a fantastic job James and the team did.
If your looking for a Show Producer or Touring Team look no further'.
'The team did a fantastic job helping me to create and deliver the show and making sure each show went smoothly. At the same time they were sorting out the transport and hotels and ensuring I was getting to each venue safe and sound'.
Simon Reeve: BBC Presenter and acclaimed author
Coventry City Council: Climate Stratergy Launch
Coventry City Council: Climate Stratergy Launch
Coventry City Council: Climate Stratergy Launch
'James stepped in at the last minute to lead on the planning and delivery of Coventry City Councils Climate Strategy launch in response to the Net Zero pledge. Very professional and efficient'.
'A fantastic launch event at Coventry's Transport Museum. Could not have pulled it off without James and his teams fast paced thinking and contacts list'.
Manjit Bath: Climate and Strategy Team Lead
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Over the past 20+ years the Grow Team lead by James Grow has gained wide spread respect and
notoriety across the independent and corporate events and music festival industry.
With roots in the industry heading back to dance music and rave party organizing in the late 80s and early 90s. The Grow Team have the know how, knowledge and contacts. Creating amazing and perfect safe experiences.
With established clients within the independent festival circuit, spoken word and music artist tours, the UK's biggest exhibitions, cultural and sporting hallmark events.
Grow sets out to a mission to create and build amazing experiences for all to share together
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The Grow Team established in 2003 combines the festival and events industries leading professionals, suppliers and resource teams.
Grow provides individuals or whole teams of festival and event specialists within consultancy, planning and live management of your event.
Grow work as part of your event seamlessly behind the scenes. The Team can be as big or as small as your event needs.
With the ability to upscale from a single consultant to full festival operations and programming team.
From event conception, event plan writing, licensing and local authority liaison, planning, delivery planning an live show management.
Grow Festivals and Events now offer a one stop shop for your festival, event, expo, tour or show.
The Grow Team are set to do one thing...help you to grow your event in new and exciting ways whilst keeping track of the project and budget at hand.
james grow
james grow
james grow
James Grow AKA (James Gibson/ Gibbo) GFE Director has over 30 years of music culture experience and 25+ years of creating music festivals, events and experiences.
Managing events from Vancouver to Doha, Sweden to Glastonbury, mountain tops to dusty deserts, Sunny vistas to rainy fields, city centres to sporting venues, Commonwealth Games to UK City of Culture, 500000 capacity events to bespoke single person experiences.
James has built a vast international events experience view that influence the grow team in the work they do.
James is pushing the envelope in new festivals and entrepreneurial event business development, helping to create new festivals and being influential in new event concepts.
In recent years james can be found lecturing at universities around the UK: Sharing his operational, creative and future thinking events and festival knowledge.
