Events Management

AEMS offers a comprehensive and experienced management and support service for all types and sizes of event, including conferences, exhibitions, festivals, concerts and meetings. 

However, management and arrangement services for events such as weddings (especially music related elements) and similar smaller but equally important events are also considered or undertaken.
Specific services offered include:
- General planning, design logistics and arrangements in conjunction with clients
- Budget and admin management
- Health & Safety planning and advice
- Artist booking, management and contracting
- Transport and accommodation bookings
- Audio visual, technical and production support and services via experienced / professional local contractors
- Actual on-site event co-ordination and management.


Just some of the events managed by AEMS, or by its management, in recent years include:
- Offshore Europe, 2007 / 2009 – Shetland stand manager on behalf of various oil industry related partners.
- Shetland Night Concert, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Celtic Connections, 2008
- Flavour of Shetland Festival - Live Music Stage programming and management - 2005 / 6 / 7 / 10
- Johnsmas Foy Music Programme Co-ordinator 2008
- Johnsmas Foy - General Programme Co-ordinator 2009
- Shetland Schools Music Festival - Festival coordinator 2009/ 10 / 11
- Shetland Training Awards Ceremony 2007 / 08 / 09
- Production 'Fixer' for NRK Television (Norway) for filming of Shetland based episodes of TV series 'Himmelbla' - 2009 and for Discovery Channel 'Whale Wars' programme 2011.
- SCFWAG Conference 2007
- Shetland Community Regeneration Conference 2006
- Milwaukee Festival, USA – Scottish Showcase 2008 - On behalf of the Scottish Arts Council.
- Shetland Fiddle Frenzy 2004 / 5 / 6
- Shetland Guitar Festival 2005 / 6
- Shetland Arts Trust World Music Festival ‘Culture Clash’ 2006
- Island Games Music Programme Coordinator 2005
- At the Edge Festival (Island Games) 2005
- Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race 1999
- Shetland Tall Ships Ltd 2011 - Music Programmed Co-ordinator
- Shetland Arts Trust – Rural Touring Programme – ‘Co-Promoters’ 1999 - 2006


Over and above these events AEMS, or its management in an individual context, have managed or promoted a number of major live concerts and events within and outwith Shetland. For details of these please refer to the Live Concert Promotions and Gallery sections of this website.
FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM AEMS ORGANISED EVENTS PLEASE GO TO THE GALLERY IN THIS WEBSITE AND LOOK UNDER 'EVENTS' 
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