ADMIRAL ENTERTAINMENT - EVENT MANAGEMENT & INDUSTRY NEWS

Tourism Barrie awarded Admiral Entertainment  with the "Best Marketing Campaign - Tourism Award 2010" for the Barrie New Music Fest at their annual Toast To Tourism event on November 4th, 2010.  This award recognizes a marketing campaign that contributes to the promotion of Barrie as a quality destination and demonstrates effectiveness in increasing tourism in and around Barrie, ON.

The Barrie New Music Fest took place on Sept 16-19, 2010 featuring 90 artists at 10 different venues with special performances by Big Sugar and The Trews (during the sold out Kick Off Party at The Ranch) and Stef Lang at the New Music Awards.

"Much of our efforts were through social media marketing", comments Paul Fairley, Event Director. "We definitely need to thank all our sponsors but specifically our media partners on this one. Their generous contributions made our marketing efforts a whole lot easier in such a big year for this event”. Local media partners included Rock 95, Kool FM, Barrie Advance, SNAP Barrie, Barrie TV, and Ticket Break.

Plans are currently underway for the New Music Fest 2011. Stay tuned for artist and ticketing announcements!