Skegness SO Festival 2011 events program is out. It’s looking good from what I can see with some big events taking place during the 2011 SO Festival. We see the return of the World Famous which is a fireworks display company that took part in the first ever Skegness SO Festival in 2009. They were […]
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It’s been confirmed that Bill Wyman is ‘NOT’ a part of the SO Festival they are just using Bill Whyman’s Rhythm Kings show to promote the SO Festival .
This is an embarrassing promotional tactic by the SO Festival ‘TUT TUT’ The SO Festival can stand on it’s own merits it doesn’t need this type of underhanded propaganda.
This is a marketing nightmare for the SO Festival, why would they do this, telling visitor Bill Wyman is part of the closing Ceremony is underhand at best and positively misleading the public at worse :(
Will they ever learn people want the truth not some jump up, nonsensical exploitation to get them through the doors.
People are not that stupid!
Their words were ‘Rock legend Bill Wyman will bring the festival curtain down when he performs at the Embassy Centre. The former Rolling Stone will appear with several special guests during the concert on Monday 24th July’ (Should be the 25th).
Who would write such a thing?
What type of person lives there life so underhandedly that they think this is acceptable to tell the public and not bat an eyelid.
I guess they put their fingers in their ears when their mothers told them ‘you shouldn’t lie.’
What a disgrace!
Marie
Since my hubby brought this to their attention on FaceBook they have changed the date from the 24th to the 25th July, but they haven’t changed the rest their still claiming Bill Wyman is part of the SO Festival.
Their trying to fob it off claiming it was an accident, but they have done this kind of thing before in promotions distributed to the public.
The wording speaks for itself in this case – ‘Rock legend Bill Wyman will bring the festival curtain down when he performs at the Embassy Centre.’
If an act wasn’t book specifically for the SO Festival it should not be claimed it was.
Trying to disassociate yourself from your own action by hiding behind it was an accident is unprofessional, ‘what’s the harm’ seems to be the approach, but it could be catastrophic for people who buy expensive tickets to see Bill Wyman and then realise that they booked there holiday for the wrong day and have to go home on the day of the concert.
It has now raised the issue was Jules Holland and Lee Mead in 2010 really a part of the SO Festival, they used the fact that they played at the Embassy to promote this years 2011 So Festival, will they now do this with Bill Wyman to promote the SO Festival 2012?
Lets hope not.
If they wanted the Embassy Theatre to be part of the SO Festival they should have included it in the program.
There is nothing on at the Embassy on any of the SO Festival dates of the 22 -24th of July.
They should have worked harder and got some acts in to perform officially for the SO Festival.
I personally think the Embassy should have been a big part of the SO Festival.
Last year it was stated that the SO Festival raised 1.2 million for the local economy, but little of that money was raised directly for Skegness.
It would be nice to see the Embassy raise some money and for it to go backing into improving the Skegness theatre.
Don’t let this put you off from Visiting the SO Festival just because of some ill advised words written by an eager beaver wanting a pat on the back for the part they played in getting people to visit the SO Festival.
The SO Festival is a great reason to come to Skegness, filling our seaside resort with colour, art and culture.
The Skegness SO Festival stands on it’s own merits and doesn’t need big name artists to bring in the crowds.
Marie
It looks like SO organisers are listening and they have got two great acts to perform during the SO Festival :)
Lee Evans and Lulu.
Lulu will be closing the SO Festival at the Embassy theatre on Sunday the 24th July.
Lee Evans show sold out.
Marie
OK, here is a run down of events taking place during the three days of the SO Festival.
SO Festival Big Acts:
World Famous – fire works display 22nd July
Games Time – 23rd July
Lee Evans 23rd – July
Lulu – 24th July
SO Festival Performances:
Bands on the Park – Sunday 24th July, Tower Gardens
SO Festival Art:
Levity II – Tower Gardens during the SO Festival
Nose Art – Church Farm Museum
What a load of rubbish!!
We came to SO Festival 2010 and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. So we booked our hotel early this year, so we could watch the parade from our hotel if the weather let us down. NO PARADE!! It was definitely not a patch on last year, it seemed organised in a rush. Last year the illuminations were lit at the same time, not this year, it was done at a later date. So diappointed after the show last year. Not really sure if we’ll come again, and others we have spoken to feel the same.