- Oxjam Takes Over More Than 20 Cities On One Day - WeGotTickets Customers Donate Thousands To Charity
This weekend the month long Oxjam Festival launches a series of city wide takeovers up and down the country. On Sunday alone, more than 2,000 musicians and DJs will fill over 150 venues in more than 20 cities, from Cardiff to London, Aberdeen to Bath, to raise funds for Oxfam.
Already this month artists such as Fatboy Slim, VV Brown, Editors, Just Jack, MYLO, Dan Black and Basement Jaxx have performed at Oxjam events and this weekend Annie Mac, Herve and Sinden, Kid Carpet, Toddla T, and the Scratch Perverts will all join the roll-call of artists to have pledged their support.
Contributing to that effort WeGotTickets, Oxjam’s official partner, has been donating 50% of their booking fee back to the charity throughout October. Additionally WeGotTickets customers have been able to make a donation to Oxjam when purchasing tickets for any event on sale.
Booking fee and fan donations from WeGotTicket’s customers have already topped £3500, and are on target to top £5000 by the end of the month.
Said Dave Newton, founder of WeGotTickets, “We’ve been involved with this year’s Oxjam since the early planning stages and we’re delighted to see that the work that has been put in throughout the year by so many people right across the UK is paying off so handsomely in the fundraising success and campaign awareness of Oxjam09.”
Since its launch in 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have played to an audience of over 750,000 people at almost 3,000 Oxjam events, raising in excess of £1 million to fight poverty around the world.
This year the festival will be helping poor people cope with the devastating effects of climate change. As well as raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for Oxfam’s work, gig goers will be painting their faces blue as part of a massive visual statement to the UK government to take action on climate change before it’s too late.
For more information and details of this weekend’s events please go to OXJAM - Oxfam's biggest ever music festival :: Oxfam GB
About WeGotTickets
WeGotTickets is the leading ticketing agency in the UK for small to medium sized venues and promoters and currently works with over 3000 such organisations.
WeGotTickets has made it possible for promoters of all manner of events to benefit from advance ticket sales and now sells more than 500,000 tickets a year for a wide range of events; from art events and underground restaurants, to traditional live music shows. Indeed to cater for the growing demand for comedy tickets the company recently launched WeGotComedy.com, the UK’s only dedicated online ticket portal for comedy events.
Since its launch WeGotTickets has consistently pushed for innovation, transparency and best practice across the ticketing industry, with many of the company’s ideas becoming standard industry practice.
The company’s 10% maximum ticket commission rate has helped to lower fees across the business, whilst its pioneering paperless ticketing system has been a major factor in reducing the live music industry’s carbon footprint. The company has also been involved in numerous initiatives to help develop the grassroots live music industry and in 2009 launched an online forum where the company’s clients can network and share resources and knowledge in private.
Over the years WeGotTickets has been proud to work on a number of special campaigns with charities such as Oxjam, Childline and Warchild, and regularly donates a percentage of their booking fees back to these groups. In 2009 the company launched a unique feature allowing ticket buyers to quickly and easily make a donation to a featured charity whilst purchasing tickets.
Started in Oxford in the early noughties, the company was set up as a result of the founders being unable to sell advance tickets for one of their concerts at a venue that lacked a box office. Originally selling through their music merchandise website www.OxfordMusic.net, the WeGotTickets online box office was fully launched in 2002, selling tickets for The Zodiac (now O2 Academy) in Oxford and other venues.
WeGotTickets - Your Online Box Office
About Oxjam
Oxjam is the festival with a difference: all the fundraising music events are put on by ordinary people - from large-scale festivals to local sponsored busks. Since the launch of Oxjam in 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have taken part in almost 3,000 Oxjam events nationwide, raising over £1 million for Oxfam's work to end poverty.
OXJAM - Oxfam's biggest ever music festival :: Oxfam GB
Photos, audio clips and videos of a wide range of celebrities supporting Oxjam are available from OXJAM - Oxjam Press page :: Oxfam GB.
Already this month artists such as Fatboy Slim, VV Brown, Editors, Just Jack, MYLO, Dan Black and Basement Jaxx have performed at Oxjam events and this weekend Annie Mac, Herve and Sinden, Kid Carpet, Toddla T, and the Scratch Perverts will all join the roll-call of artists to have pledged their support.
Contributing to that effort WeGotTickets, Oxjam’s official partner, has been donating 50% of their booking fee back to the charity throughout October. Additionally WeGotTickets customers have been able to make a donation to Oxjam when purchasing tickets for any event on sale.
Booking fee and fan donations from WeGotTicket’s customers have already topped £3500, and are on target to top £5000 by the end of the month.
Said Dave Newton, founder of WeGotTickets, “We’ve been involved with this year’s Oxjam since the early planning stages and we’re delighted to see that the work that has been put in throughout the year by so many people right across the UK is paying off so handsomely in the fundraising success and campaign awareness of Oxjam09.”
Since its launch in 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have played to an audience of over 750,000 people at almost 3,000 Oxjam events, raising in excess of £1 million to fight poverty around the world.
This year the festival will be helping poor people cope with the devastating effects of climate change. As well as raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for Oxfam’s work, gig goers will be painting their faces blue as part of a massive visual statement to the UK government to take action on climate change before it’s too late.
For more information and details of this weekend’s events please go to OXJAM - Oxfam's biggest ever music festival :: Oxfam GB
About WeGotTickets
WeGotTickets is the leading ticketing agency in the UK for small to medium sized venues and promoters and currently works with over 3000 such organisations.
WeGotTickets has made it possible for promoters of all manner of events to benefit from advance ticket sales and now sells more than 500,000 tickets a year for a wide range of events; from art events and underground restaurants, to traditional live music shows. Indeed to cater for the growing demand for comedy tickets the company recently launched WeGotComedy.com, the UK’s only dedicated online ticket portal for comedy events.
Since its launch WeGotTickets has consistently pushed for innovation, transparency and best practice across the ticketing industry, with many of the company’s ideas becoming standard industry practice.
The company’s 10% maximum ticket commission rate has helped to lower fees across the business, whilst its pioneering paperless ticketing system has been a major factor in reducing the live music industry’s carbon footprint. The company has also been involved in numerous initiatives to help develop the grassroots live music industry and in 2009 launched an online forum where the company’s clients can network and share resources and knowledge in private.
Over the years WeGotTickets has been proud to work on a number of special campaigns with charities such as Oxjam, Childline and Warchild, and regularly donates a percentage of their booking fees back to these groups. In 2009 the company launched a unique feature allowing ticket buyers to quickly and easily make a donation to a featured charity whilst purchasing tickets.
Started in Oxford in the early noughties, the company was set up as a result of the founders being unable to sell advance tickets for one of their concerts at a venue that lacked a box office. Originally selling through their music merchandise website www.OxfordMusic.net, the WeGotTickets online box office was fully launched in 2002, selling tickets for The Zodiac (now O2 Academy) in Oxford and other venues.
WeGotTickets - Your Online Box Office
About Oxjam
Oxjam is the festival with a difference: all the fundraising music events are put on by ordinary people - from large-scale festivals to local sponsored busks. Since the launch of Oxjam in 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have taken part in almost 3,000 Oxjam events nationwide, raising over £1 million for Oxfam's work to end poverty.
OXJAM - Oxfam's biggest ever music festival :: Oxfam GB
Photos, audio clips and videos of a wide range of celebrities supporting Oxjam are available from OXJAM - Oxjam Press page :: Oxfam GB.
