John O'Sullivan

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Live Event Producer @ United Kingdom
United Kingdom
John O'Sullivan's Location
United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About John O'Sullivan

LDN Irish based in Bristol with over 25 years of live event experience.Proud to have worked from the ground up to my current level, an experienced Live Event Producer having worked across all the event disciplines of stage and tech management, event production & management, licencing / health & safety, food & beverage curation, talent procurement & handling, content creation & broadcast and commercial & marketing. I’ve also made it a priority to garner a wide knowledge & expertise in differing types of live entertainment events, specifically festivals, award shows, experiential, tours, product launches, conferences, expo’s & multi venue city shows and whilst I’ve worked mostly in & out of London I’ve also produced shows in Los Angeles, New York, Paris & Rome.

John O'Sullivan's Current Company Details
osullivan.works

Osullivan.Works

Live Event Producer
United Kingdom
John O'Sullivan Work Experience Details
  • Osullivan.Works
    Live Event Producer
    Osullivan.Works
    United Kingdom
  • Osullivan.Works
    Event Producer
    Osullivan.Works 2004 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    For the last 20 years I’ve been producing live shows (over 175 of them) from top to bottom, from creation, through all aspects of production and on the day management & execution. Current Projects:• Producing live shows in London & Holland for www.spacerocksofficial.com - a multimedia entertainment brand celebrating space exploration and the art, music, and culture it inspires, presented in association with the European Space Agency. • Producing live events for the Tellycast broadcast & digital media brand, namely the Digital Content Forum at the Bfi & Social Video Awards (venue tbc).Some highlights would be;• Classic Rock's Roll of Honour Awards – I created this private live show & awards dinner in 2006 for Future Publishing, it ran for 10 years mostly at the Roundhouse in London but also at Avalon in Los Angeles. Live acts included Jeff Beck, Slash, & Chrissy Hynde with the biggest rock artists in the world collecting awards on the night. • Goose Island LDN Block Party – for 3 years in partnership with Face Events we produced this show for InBev, taking on a brief developed out of the open spaces of Chicago and delivering both the first live outdoor stage at Red Market in Shoreditch and then working with the council to develop the outdoor space at the Oval, Bethnal Green resulting in the first indoor / outdoor show there. This show involved extensive set build and curation of f&b.• The Salesman Premiere - in 2017, at 4 week’s notice in conjunction with the Mayor of London, Amazon Studios & Curzon I produced a showing of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar nominated film in Trafalgar Square. 8,000 people attended on the night, the film won the Oscar and we received ‘Premiere of the Year’ at the Screen Awards.Others include Sexton Whiskey, Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Awards (15 years), Progressive Music Awards, Hoping For Palestine, T3 Magazine Awards, Ramblin' Man Fair, Golden Joystick Awards, Camden Crawl, Childline Rocks, SONY conference (Rome & Malta).
  • Act_1.5
    Live Event Consultant
    Act_1.5 Jan 2020 - Present
    Building on the foundations of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research roadmap for the live music industry to reach Paris 1.5 degrees compatible emissions reductions, the ACT 1.5 project is now enacting live experiments into the fast, viable and transferable decarbonisation of major live music events.
  • Space Rocks
    Event Director
    Space Rocks Jan 2018 - Apr 2024
    A live show celebrating space exploration and the art, music, and culture it inspires, presented in association with the European Space Agency. Panellists have included Astronaut Tim Peake, Brian May from Queen, Dr Suzie Imbers (Astronauts, Do You Have What It Takes) and the actor Jason Isaacs
  • Various
    Guest Speaker
    Various 2005 - 2016
    Guest speaker on live music, event production and music & brands for: -- Internation Federation of Periodical Press -- London Metropolitan University -- Oxjam Music Conference -- Un-Convention in Mumbai
  • Lollibop Festival
    Festival Director
    Lollibop Festival 2010 - 2012
    London, United Kingdom
    Co-organiser and co-owner of the country's first children focussed festival featuring Rastamouse, Peppa Pig, Dick & Dom and 40,000 people in Regents Park.
  • Instigate Debate
    Compere
    Instigate Debate 2009 - 2012
    Stage compere & co-organiser of this series of live shows bringing cultural & political debate to pubs & festivals across the country. Featuring a huge variety of public figures from Mayor Ken Livingston to Peta Todd to Carl Barat to Harriet Harmon MP to Bianca Jagger, all at the best places, The Boogaloo pub, Latitude Festival, Reading & Leeds Festivals, Union Chapel, etc, etc
  • Moving Space Rentals
    Artist Logistics, Director
    Moving Space Rentals 2005 - 2010
    London, United Kingdom
    Co-owner of this splitter hire business providing touring transportation for the music industry.
  • Grand Union Management
    Artist Management, Director
    Grand Union Management 2003 - 2010
    London, United Kingdom
    Co-owner of this artist management company with Boy Kill Boy, The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, Killing Joke, Seasick Steve, Carl Barat, Swimming, Haunts, Kwame, Charli XCX as clients.
  • Croydon Summer Festival
    Festival Producer
    Croydon Summer Festival 1999 - 2008
    Lloyd Park, Croydon
    Worked my way up from Stage, Live Production and H&S management to Licencee & Festival Producer.Croydon Festival was a two day free, 25k cap festival in South London, with a world music vibe on day 1, the likes of De La Soul, Roy Ayers, Ojos Du Brujo and The Beat all played. Day 2 was a Mela all about the local community with a dance stage featuring local schools plus a main stage where the likes of Raghav, Dhol Blasters & Malkit Singh all played and DJ's Bobby & Nihal ran a dance tent.
  • Volcano Festival
    Event Organiser
    Volcano Festival 1999 - 2001
    Hackney, London
    Free multi arts 14 stage festival on Hackney Marshes. 40,000 attendance.
  • Mean Fiddler
    Promoter / Tour Production Manager
    Mean Fiddler 1997 - 2000
    Harlesden, London
    - Promoter at the Powerhaus & Subterannia clubs featuring Warp Records (Blech), Jah Shaka, Outcaste Records, Mu-Ziq, Moloko, Nitin Sawhney, Presence, Banco De Gaia, Rammstein!, - Tour/Production Manager- Stage Manager at Reading, Tribal Gathering, Creamfields, Homelands, Madstock, Phoenix & Fleadh Festivals.

John O'Sullivan Skills

Live Event Producer Event Management Talent Management Compere Music Industry Film Festivals Magazines Live Events Concerts Production Managment Event Producing Stage Management Corporate Events Sponsorship Venue Management Music Parties A&r Entertainment Tour Management Producing Stage Music Production Sound Design Sound Guest Lecturing Production Management Event Production

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