M IF LIVE MUSIC STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL GLADSTONE CORPORATE COMMUNITY & QMF 2013 October 2012 QMF.ORG.AU QUEENSLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL info@qmf.org.au T +61 7 3010 6600 F +61 7 3010 6666 Level 1, 381 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD Australia 4006 Queensland Music Festival is an initiative of the Queensland Government Queensland Government PO Box 1060 Fortitude Valley QLD Australia 4006 Queensland Music Festival Pty Ltd ABN 67 084 526 876
O QUEENSLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL M Contents Executive Summary Event Summary Page 4 Partnership Levels & Benefits Page 6 Partnership Summary. Page 8 Page 3 Appendix I: Letter of Support from Gladstone Regional Council Page 9 Appendix II: Case Study - Bowen Community Event 201 1 Page 10 Appendix III: Case Study - Charleville Community Event 2009 Page 13 Appendix IV: About Queensland Music Festival Page 15 Appendix V: Artistic Director James Morrison Page 16 Appendix VI: QMF Organisational Structure Page 17 2 | Page
Executive Summary Queensland Music Festival is inviting the Gladstone corporate community to enter into a partnership towards the delivery of the 2013 Gladstone Celebration (working title). Gladstone Celebration will be a landmark event, involving hundreds of community members of all ages in the creation, development and presentation of a large-scale outdoor musical theatre production. There will be four free performances between 18th and 21st July 2013, spectacularly presented on a purpose-built stage in the Marina Foreshore Park. The project is a result of considerable consultation with the local community and is being co-presented by Gladstone Regional Council (see letter of support from GRC Mayor Gail Sellers, Appendix I, page 9). Council recognises the long-term community benefits of such an event, as well as the unique nature of QMF's engagement model, which provides unique cultural development opportunities on a scale without parallel in Australia. This will be a ground-breaking event without precedent for the people of Gladstone, who by all accounts are currently experiencing considerable stresses and strains brought about by the resources boom. It will enable the community, both new and old, to celebrate the unique cultural identity of the town as well as explore what the future holds. It is also an opportunity for the community as a whole to project a more complex and positive image of Gladstone to the outside world. QMF will develop a targeted marketing plan to attract audiences from across the region and based on previous events of this type, we are anticipating an audience in excess of 15-20,000. In 2011, the Festival achieved over $300,000 in media coverage nationally for the Classic Country events (source: Media Monitors), and the response to a project of this scale is likely to be even greater. Due to the scale of the event, QMF requires considerable support from the private sector and is offering multiple partnership opportunities ranging from a $ 100,000 (Co-presenting Platinum Partnership) to $10,000 (Bronze Partnership). Partnership contributions are payable over two financial years. Please see Partnership Levels and Benefits on page 6 for further details. As a partner of