Welcome To Forefront Productions Ltd.
Based in Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, we provide Tour Grade Sound Reinforcement Systems catering from small pubs to large 2000+ capacity venues in the East Midlands area. We cover Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Whatever your budget we can provide a sound system for your event either fully engineered or on a dry hire basis.
Our concert systems offer industry standard equipment used by touring professionals. With a crew of dedicated personnel who will work hard to exceed the expectations of everyone involved.
If your band would like to play live in your local pub give us a call and we can supply a simple PA System at a simple price.
Also available are our Lighting Packages which are suitable for bands and party's of all sizes, fixtures comprise form traditional generic lighting to modern DMX units.
Dry Hire is also available on most of our stock.
If you are looking for a Disco, ask about Sound Storm our Mobile Road show.
Please call or email for a quote.
News
Eastern European Festival
Running from the 21st to 23rd August 2009 at Newark Showground, promises to be "The biggest new family and music festival in the Midlands."...with..."The best rising bands in the Midlands and very special guests."
- Onsite camping
- Stalls
- Attractions
- Family events
- The best new music around!
- Outdoor stage (Weather permitting)
Visit the EEF Website.
Newark Comes Alive - on the 10th July 2009
Well ain't it about time?
We at Forefront have been on the go as a business for over three years now and in that time very little in the area has really been done to promote Newark's considerable wealth of musical talent. But don't blame us - we're not in business as event organisers or promoters, we simply hire out kit and expertise to those who are.
Having taken up the recording/rehearsal studio, which we imaginatively named "FP Studio", at the beginning of 2008, we have developed relationships with many bands in the area and recognise the difficulties they have in staging gigs which will be attended enthusiastically by their friends, families and fans. So we've finally taken matters into our own hands.
So what's different about Newark Comes Alive? Well, for one thing - the ticket fee...
Now, let's not be misunderstood here. Much respect to those who have made efforts to put on showcase events before: band nights, gig nights, jam nights, open mic nights - and with mostly free entry to the public. Alas we at Forefront don't have the resources to stage events at premises owned by ourselves: be it open air parkland or a town centre theatre; so we've looked at what commercial premises - themselves in need of support of the paying public - are available to stage a similarly commercial event. As such, we have to charge a ticket price to cover our costs; but on the upside, it means the bands themselves get rewarded financially for their performances, which must be a good thing!
In our first foray into such teritory, we decided that Newark Working Mens Club has the perfect combination of facilties to host such an event.
Accommodating up to 200 revellers, the venue has a decent stage, licensed bar served in the main concert room and best of all from our perspective: ground level access!
Appearing on this first occasion we have (in no particular order): Jacket • Machine God • Cellar Records • The Would Be Assassins • Monnika.
Tickets are available from band members priced at £6 - that's a mere £1.20 per band! Entry for non ticket holders will be £7 on the door subject to there being spare capacity. Under 18s must have adult supervision. Doors open 6pm, last band finishes 11pm and curfew at 11:30pm.
So let's have some enthusiastic support from all you music lovers and help make Newark Comes Alive a success for all concerned.
Newark Beer Festival XIV
The 14th Newark Beer Festival runs from 22-24 May 2009.
In addition to our usual stage lighting offering, this year we shall also be providing PA for the eclectic line up of musical entertainment.
This year's running order as follows (times may be subject to change):
Friday 22nd
15:00 Quiz with Mark Taylor
18:30 Soundtrack of Yesterday
20:30 Treebeard
Saturday 23rd
15:00 Quiz with Mark Taylor
16:00 Nimming Ned
18:15 The Framed
20:30 Something Nasty in the Woodshed
Sunday 24th
14:30 Quiz with Mark Taylor
15:30 Natural Born Boogie
Go to the Beer Festival website.
The Big Night Out 6
Big Day Out @ Melton Mobray Working Men's Club 3th & 4th April 2009, 6PM till Late.
Bands Friday: Voodoo Johnson, Breek, Useless Wooden Toys, Smoking Kills, XMA, Haich, Twisted Whistle.
Bands Saturday: Lounge Fly, Vultures, Ictus, The Fuss, Lux Mundi, Indigo Slam, Box Theory.
£6 in Advance or £8 On the Door.
UK Motorhome & Caravan Spring Fair 2009
The UK Motorhome & Caravan Spring Fair is a superb show for motorhome and caravan owners and enthusiasts, taking place on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March 2009 at Newark Showground, Newark-On Trent, Nottinghamshire (Just off the A1).
Following the success of last year's event, we shall once again be supplying PA and lighting for the two evenings of entertainment on the Friday and Saturday.
Event Developments Ltd have booked some top acts including magician Sean Alexander; Rat Pack tribute David Bell; comedy bluegrass duo The Duffy Brothers; country music singer Gary Perkins and your DJ for the weekend, John Morris.
This year, the entertainment will be staged in the sumptuous surroundings of the Cedric Ford Pavilion. Additionally, there will be relayed audio and video (on our large screen) of the proceedings for a select audience in the President's Lounge.
Tickets for the fair are available either to full weekend campers or day visitors from the UK Spring Fair website.
The Big Night Out 5
Big Day Out @ Melton Mobray Working Men's Club 3th & 4th October 2008, 6PM till Late.
Bands Friday: Smoking Kills, The Fuss, Project Notion, A Dog Called Limbo, Box Theory, Breek.
Bands Saturday: Useless Wooden Toys, Lux Mundi, Scarset, XMA, Haich, Apex.
£5 in Advance or £7 On the Door.
Mi Casa Festival
Saturday 6th September sees the 2008 Mi Casa Su Casa Festival
Continuing their support of local music and artists, the organisers will be showcasing South Holland's finest alongside bands from further afield, providing a day long program of musical entertainment.
This year, Mi Casa Festival will be staging all of the day's music from within a circus tent (kindly provided by Stardust Entertainment) with PA provided by Forefront Productions, guaranteeing a fantastic party what ever the weather!
Appearing on the main stage this year: Lloyd Watson; Honey Dog; The Aviators; Blue Mary Jane; Dan Fridholm; Dan Audio and Momeraths followed by DJ sets to take the music into the night.
A new addition to this year’s festival is an open mike busker stage giving local musicians the opportunity to bring along their acoustic instruments and perform.
Other Activities include Merchandise stall, Waltzer, Astronomical observations after night fall (South Lincolnshire Astronomical & Geophysical Society).
As well as the music, Mi Casa festival will be encouraging people to enter the Tug of war Competition (Teams of 5) and attend in fancy dress.
Prizes will also be awarded to crowd members throughout the day for their contributions to the event.
Mi Casa Festival supports local produce; sourcing food, beverages and additional supplies locally: Tea and cake stall; Real Ale (Provided by Oakham Ales); BBQ (Provided by George Adams); Ice Creams (Provided by Laddies ice cream).
Due to the limited supply of tickets and the overwhelming response to last year’s event, people are advised to purchase tickets early, obtainable from the South Holland Centre, costing £8 (children get in free). Ticket Price includes free camping and parking.
This year the festival will be supporting Cancer Reseach UK, specifically the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The Mi Casa Festival is located at Albion Farm, Moulton, Lincs, PE12 6PA
Erewash Canal Festival 2008
Erewash Borough Council have organised the second Erewash Canal Festival, this time to take place at Trent Lock, Sawley, NG10 2FY on Sunday 24th August 2008.
Forefront Productions Ltd will be supplying a distributed PA system for announcements, emergency calls and the Mayor's speeches.
With a whole host of entertainment including dog show, children's disco, treasure hunt, pony rides, face painting, fairground rides and puppet shows, it promises to be a fun day out for all the family - weather permitting of course!
Come along and enjoy the fun as well as the delightful countryside surrounding this important waterways interchange.
Americana International 2008
Once again we shall be providing sound and lighting at the Americana International Festival, Newark Showground, 11-13 July.
The rockabilly stage, housed in the Joe Hallam pavilion, proved a rip-roaring success last year, with the room full to bursting each night.Come along this year and get them feet a tappin'.
A summer music festival is to be held at Newark’s Riverside Park.
The organisers say it will replace the live music that was a central part of Newark and Sherwood District Council’s Newark On Water Festival.
That festival was last held in 2004 when 16,000 people watched the headline act, The Human League.
Admission was free but the cost of running it, and health and safety concerns caused by the high attendance, led to it being scrapped.
Now, the couple who ran the children’s fairground that was part of the event are bringing music back.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Pearson have booked a Robbie Williams tribute band, Robbie Williams Millennium, to perform on Saturday, June 14, and the Motown group, JD And The Impressions, for the following day.
Local bands will make up the rest of the line-up over the two days. The event will open at 10am and close at 10pm each day.
Tickets will cost £3 and under-tens will be admitted free.
The Pearsons, who are investing £5,000-£6,000 in the event, have the support of the district council.
Mr Pearson, the owner of Pearson’s Amusements of Ibstock, Leicestershire, said Newark had missed the music that came with the Newark On Water Festival.
He said he wanted his Newark Music Festival to be a local attraction, although there was no way of halting wider appeal.
Mr Pearson said it was the first time they had organised a music festival.
He said the site would be fenced and there would be stewards from a reputable security firm. The stage and music system have already been booked.
Mr Pearson, who has been in the fairground business for 50 years and travels all over the UK, said: “We believe it will be successful enough for us to hold it every year.
“It won’t be as big as before, but there were a lot of disappointed people, including us, when it finished so we hope by bringing it back we can make those people happy again.” - The Newark Advertiser
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