Live Performance
Sarah Thirtle
Booking Agent
Sarah started her career in live music as a booker and promoter at Plum Music – a small, independent live promotions company specialising in discovering and nurturing new talent. During her time at Plum Music Sarah booked many London shows for acts who are now doing very well indeed: Editors, Keane, Jose Gonzales, Hot Chip, James Yuill to name a few. Sarah left Plum Music in 2007 to set up her own live booking agency – Fantastic Artist Booking Agency – and pulled together a roster of new artists. The aim was to kick off successful live music careers for those acts the Sarah felt most passionate and excited about. Over the next couple of years she has helped build the live careers of a number of exciting new artists including Swimming, Choir of Young Believers and Bright Light Bright Light, putting together UK and European tours and festival bookings. The Fantastic Artist Booking Agency roster grows from strength to strength including acts from the USA, Canada and Europe. Current hot tips on the roster are A Genuine Freakshow, The Woe Betides and The Mountains and the Trees.
Kirsty Band
Venue Manager
Kirsty’s communications and marketing skills were honed at one of the
world’s largest FCMG companies, Procter & Gamble. As a brand manager,
Kirsty developed key partnerships including Shockwaves NME.
Moonlighting firstly as an event manager for Curious Generation and then
as bookings and promotions assistant alongside Tony Moore at The Bedford
and The Regal Room, Kirsty worked with the likes of Bryn Christopher,
The Feeling, The Yeah You’s, Bridgette Amofah, among others. She also
ran her own promotions company Rough Sketch for a year, hosting events
at Proud Camden, 333 Motherbar and The Troubadour with highlights
including Vula from Basement Jaxx, Rachel Furner, Jamie Scott & The
Town, and Charlotte O’Connor.
Currently, Kirsty is launching a brand new live music venue in Notting
Hill called The Elgin Food Pub & Music House for pub company Geronimo
Inns, Kirsty understands the power of the brand and the importance in
consistency of message needed in order to stand out from the crowd in
what is a very busy and noisy market place. With an ear for talent and
knowledge of what makes a great live music experience that people will
return to again and again, The Elgin continues to grow from strength to
strength with appearances from Foy Vance, Kyla Brox and Flannigan
already scheduled for the coming months.
