Charlbury Riverside Festival

Thousands had a beautiful weekend at Riverside 2010. Immaculately organised by Andy Pickard and a team of volunteers, the weather was perfect and the bands were fantastic. The crew are now preparing for Cornbury Festival, which hosts the Riverside Stage. David Murphy made this stop motion film of the main stage construction featuring our very own Startech crew.



Visit the Riverside website for reviews of this years festival.

Charlbury Riverside Festival

Startech have been out in the sun this week erecting staging for the Riverside Festival. This annual family friendly festival is run by an independent group of volunteers, with support from Charlbury Town Council. Entry is free and music ranges through indie, folk, world and some good old blues. You will hear well recognised Oxfordshire bands such as The Black Hats and Charly Coombes and the New Breed. Some familiar faces are collaborating in The Prohibition Smokers' Club on Sunday and the main stage will be opened by Deer Chicago this afternoon.

Enjoy the festival!

Startech are supplying technical production for Chiltern Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. This Open Air performance will raise money for The Stroke Association and the Bucks Community Foundation, last years performances raised £10,000 for Thames Hospicecare. There are still tickets available for this weeks performances of arguably Shakespeare's most entertaining play.

Roehampton Summer Ball

Roehampton Summer Ball 2010 does not appear to be an event for the faint hearted. An entertaining afternoon (hopefully blessed with sunshine), with fairground rides churning stomachs from 1pm, mid afternoon comedy and the essential hog roast. Once the sun goes down fireworks will announce the start of the diverse music line up for which Startech are supplying the PA. Students and their guests will enjoy performaces by Calvin Harris, Scratch Perverts, The Pigeon Detectives and Roehampton Uni's finest. A dedicated few will surely enjoy the sunrise.

Levellers Day

Startech supplied staging for entertainment acts supporting this years Levellers Day. This is a memorial service held in Burford for soldiers executed by Oliver Cromwell during the Civil War. Levellers was a term given to the soldiers fighting for parliament and who viewed Cromwell as a dictator. 300 Levellers were captured by Cromwell's army and three leaders executed in Burford churchyard.

Since 1975 the closest Saturday to May 17th has become an annual celebration of the Levellers beliefs in democracy and justice. In remembrance of these soldiers music and dancing is performed and discussions are held in Warwick Hall Gardens and flowers are laid in the Church.

Startech have been long term supporters of this well known, popular Cotswold event.

Dragon Boat Day 2010

The grey weather on Sunday failed to dampen spirits of the 2,000 spectators who gathered for the Annual Dragon Boat Race in Ryegrass Meadow, Abingdon.

This fundraising event organised by the Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper is one of the towns largest events and attracted twice as many teams this year than 2009. On top of the 49 races along the Thames the bankside hosted craft stalls, games and live music for which Startech supplied the staging.

Oxford Fashion Week - More Lights!

Oxford Fashion Week 2010 was launched on Saturday with lighting, sound and AV provided by Startech. A desperate call was received at 7am on opening morning as one of the designers had requested even more elaborate lighting for their part of The Style Show. Despite the short notice, extra lighting was promptly delivered to the Oxford Town Hall. The designers were satisfied, the organisers could breath again and the show was a success. The Fashion Week has evolved from only four runways in 2009 to 11 this year due to such positive feedback and willingness to get involved from designers and fashion enthusiasts. Enjoy the rest of the week!


Oxford Fashion Week 2010 Intro Video from Bryan Drake on Vimeo.