Creative Cavalcade Set To Hit Inverness

Tue 6 May 2014 / News

A creative boom is set to explode across the Highland capital of Inverness next month when our annual goNORTH Festival rolls into town.
 We promise that the two-day long conference and showcase event, which will be held at venues across the city centre on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th June 2014, will be bigger and brighter than ever.

 We are thrilled to be able to announce our full conference programme for 2014.

The yearly festival covers all the creative industries, from fashion and craft to music, screen, broadcast and publishing. 

A key theme this year will be the future of digital and how it affects those working across all creative sectors. 

The festival’s opening keynote speech will be given by Neil Cartwright, former head of New Media at Sony Music UK and now managing director of digital marketing agency, Million Media, whose clients have included; Jamiroquai, Channel 4 and The Prodigy. Cartwright was recently named in the Courvoisier Future 500 as one of 500 people who will help shape the future of the UK. 



This year, for the first time in our 14-year-history, videogames will feature on the goNORTH programme, highlighting the importance of the industry to the economy of the Highlands and Islands.

 We are putting on a major fashion event on the opening night, which promises to put the work of Highlands and Islands-based designers firmly on the map.

 And as part of the short film showcase, top Scots crime writer, Denise Mina, will be showing Multum in Parvo, a short documentary film about her extended family made on an iPhone.

These are just a few of the sessions and events we have planned. Announcing details of goNORTH 2014, Director Amanda Millen said:

The boundaries between the creative industries are narrowing and this is coming across loud and clear in our programme this year.

 The skills and disciplines required for making a successful album, videogame, film or hit television series, for example, are also required in publishing and in fashion. If people have the energy and the passion, we can direct them to the right people and places. 



Read the full press release here Browse the online festival programme here.