LIVERPOOL EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2008

The Picket, 24 Hardman Street,
Liverpool,
L1 9AX.

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The Picket; supporting Liverpool’s Capital of Culture Bid.

• The Pickets Venue Manager appeared before the Capital of Culture judges, at the 19^th July 2002 Central Library presentation to support the Bid.
• When Capital of Culture judges visit Liverpool to meet the representatives of the City’s Cultural Community on board the Royal Daffodil, the Picket’s Venue manager attends. He presents Sir Jeremy Isaacs and others on the judging panel, with copies of Liverpool compilation CDs, ‘Rhyme Pays’, that contain over 40 Liverpool musicians and bands.
• We distributed ‘Bid’ badges to the Picket’s ‘celebrity’ friends and supporters in the Music industry, the Arts Community and amongst the general public, (e.g. John Peel OBE, wore his badge with pride on the BBC programme ‘Room 101’).
• We distributed over 2,000 copies of the ‘Rhyme Pays’ compilation CDs amongst the Picket’s ‘celebrity’ friends, supporters and contacts in the Music industry, the Arts Community and the general public. The discs feature more than 40 Liverpool artistes and bands ranging from ‘The Beatles’, ‘The Scaffold’ and Cilla to ‘The Real Thing’, ‘The La’s’, local ‘Rappers’, and Britains most promising new band, ‘The Coral’.
• We hosted the launch for the book ‘Liverpool; Wondrous Place’ by Paul Du Noyer. Paul was born in Bootle, is a respected music journalist and was formerly the editor of Mojo and Q magazines. The book is a highly readable, intelligent and cultural analysis of the ‘Pool of Life’; the definitive story of Liverpool pop. Mike McCartney, Andy McCluskey, Pete Wylie, Ian McNabb, Space, Cast, Flock of Seagulls, The Christians and many others from the Liverpool music industry attend the event. The launch invitation cards include the bid logo and a ‘sign-up’ book was available for celebrities and guests to record their support for the bid. We also erected a ‘Capital of Culture Bid’ stall at the event displaying promotional material.
• We repeatedly talked up the ‘Bid’ in interviews with the Media, (e.g. BBC ‘Liquid News’, ‘Your Move’, ‘Live’ and ‘Black and White’ magazines).
• The ‘Bid’ logo was included on all the Picket’s publicity material, including 1,000’s of flyers, letterheads and e-mails.
• We presented the Dry Bar gigs and the Liverpool Now; High and Dry Festival to showcase, train and promote under 18 talent from Liverpool. The events prove extremely successful and a DVD about the projects, produced by a local filmmaker was featured on the BBC 2 ‘Blast’ programme. The main funders for the projects, the National Foundation for Youth Music are reportedly ‘very happy’ with the outcomes.

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