Small Town Big Dreams

17/05/2021

Introducing: PLAYBACK FILM FESTIVAL. Be kind ⏪ Rewind.

LUMI at QFT and Reimagine Remake Replay have joined forces with Zeppo Arts to deliver a youth-led Virtual Film Festival hosted on from 4 - 6 June 2021.
We’ll be exploring the theme of nostalgia through a fantastic programme of films, workshops and talks.

Stay tuned for our programme announcement 📣 later this week and 4-6 June 2021!

Artwork, image credit: Event Management Participant Nicole Junkin 🔥

11/05/2021

07/05/2021

Graeme & Karishma will be running a podcast workshop for the LUMI at QFT Programmers tomorrow AM!

We're really excited to kick off the podcast course with and from Small Town Big Dreams tomorrow morning. Coffees at the ready ☕️

25/04/2021

Have you grabbed your ticket yet for our online event tomorrow?

We'll be kicking off at 8pm with some great conversation with local creative industries professionals! You'll get a chance to ask your questions too.

Featuring the fab Patricia Maven, Shannon Sister Ghost & Girls Rock School Northern Ireland, Tessa Ann Sound Healing Spa & Ryan Take Two Studio.

Find out more & book ---
https://www.blackboxbelfast.com/event/stbd-presents-creatives-during-coronavirus-one-year-on/?instance_id=75926

Monday 26 April 2021 8.00pm Free | Online Talks STBD presents… Creatives During Coronavirus: One Year On Running time: 50 mins interview + 20 mins Q&A with audience via Zoom During the summer of 2020, the team behind the Small Town Big Dreams podcast made a 4-part audio documentar

23/04/2021

This Monday 26 April, join us via Zoom for a live online conversation in association with the Black Box about the impact of the pandemic on the work and lives of four creatives from very different backgrounds - one year on from when we last spoke to them for our podcast documentary 'The World Turned Upside Down'

We'll be speaking to shop-owner Patricia McGinnis from Maven, musician Shannon Delores O'Neill from Sister Ghost and Girls Rock School Northern Ireland, DJ and sound therapist Tessa Ann from the Sound Healing Spa, and videographer and podcaster Ryan Ward from Take Two Studio

Produced in association with Blick Shared Studios and the Black Box.

The event is free, but register via the Black Box website here: https://bit.ly/3epiGW8

22/04/2021

Join us on Monday night 8pm for our next LIVE event with Black Box.

We're chatting with some of our documentary guests from "The World Turned Upside Down" to see how things have evolved one year on!

https://www.blackboxbelfast.com/event/stbd-presents-creatives-during-coronavirus-one-year-on/?instance_id=75926

Monday 26 April 2021 8.00pm Free | Online Talks STBD presents… Creatives During Coronavirus: One Year On Running time: 50 mins interview + 20 mins Q&A with audience via Zoom   During the summer of 2020, the team behind the Small Town Big Dreams podcast made a 4-p

08/04/2021

You asked and we delivered : a mammoth blog answering all of your questions & more from our event with
Nerve Centre last month!

https://smalltownbigdreams.co.uk/blog/2021/3/29/guide-to-diy-podcasting-resources…

Your one stop blog for kicking off a new podcast 😎

A huge thank you to everyone that joined us for our Guide to DIY Podcasting on Saturday 27th March for The Nerve Centre! As a followup, we wanted to share some of the advice and resources we noted during the chat with our 3 fabulous guests Jeananne Craig ( All Change Please ), Andi Jarvis ( St

29/03/2021

As we compile our resources and tips from Saturday's session, we wanted to share a bit about the lady behind our lovely event illustration - Kerrie McNeill.

You'll find links to her work in the interview - she also paints lovely prints and pots🌿

https://www.smalltownbigdreams.co.uk/blog/2021/3/29/an-interview-with-kerrie-mcneill-of-kerrie-illustrates

Images: Kerrie Illustrates

We caught up with Kerrie McNeill of Kerrie Illustrates who created our event artwork. When we saw her work on Instagram, we thought it matched the vibe, colour way and energy of Small Town Big Dreams. Here’s a short interview with her! … Hello! I’m Kerrie, the creative behind Kerrie Illustrate...

23/03/2021

We are delighted to be joined by 3 podcasters from different fields for our event this Saturday 27th March, 10AM - Andi Jarvis of Eximo Marketing, Jeananne Craig of All Change Please & "our" Graeme Watson of Small Town Big Dreams!

https://www.nervecentre.org/whats-on/workshop/talk-guide-diy-podcasting-small-town-big-dreams

Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance.

20/03/2021

Our final panellist for next Saturday's event is our very own Graeme Watson.

Join us on 27th March:

https://www.nervecentre.org/whats-on/workshop/talk-guide-diy-podcasting-small-town-big-dreams

About Graeme

Graeme Watson is a long-time lover of listening. He is the co-creator and co-host of the Small Town Big Dreams podcast since 2017, and works as a technical producer and editor on a growing portfolio of audio projects of different genres, including the short fiction podcast Inside John Patrick Higgins, and The CREU Podcast for the Centre for Research in Educational Underachievement.

With a background as a producer of live comedy and spoken word events on the one hand, and a varied career in research, communications and media in higher education on the other, the skills and expertise from both areas of work have combined in interesting ways for the creation of ambitious audio content.

https://twitter.com/graeme_watson
https://twitter.com/InsideJPH
https://play.acast.com/s/inside-john-patrick-higgins

http://smalltownbigdreams.co.uk
https://twitter.com/stbdpodcast
https://www.facebook.com/stbdpodcast
https://www.instagram.com/stbdpodcast/

Have you been dreaming of starting your own podcast? Are you a beginner looking for tips from those who know?

18/03/2021

We're delighted to be joined by Andi Jarvis as our 2nd panellist for our event next Saturday 27th March!

https://www.nervecentre.org/whats-on/workshop/talk-guide-diy-podcasting-small-town-big-dreams

Andi is the Founder and Strategy Director of Eximo Marketing, a marketing strategy consultancy based in Bangor and Liverpool.

Eximo Marketing helps companies find more customers by creating effective marketing strategies, fixing under-performing parts of their campaigns, and providing training to educate and engage their teams.

Andi hosts the Strategy Sessions podcast, a fortnightly show that interviews some of the best marketers in the world and provides TOP TIPS for marketers. (That's T.O.P.T.I.P.S.)

Originally from Bradford, Andi uses the proper pronunciation of “eight” but has horribly flat vowels. He holds an MSc in Marketing, is a regular conference speaker and guest lecturer.

Find out more about Andi:

https://eximomarketingstrategy.com/
https://twitter.com/andijarvis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andijarvis/

Have you been dreaming of starting your own podcast? Are you a beginner looking for tips from those who know?

16/03/2021

Next Sat 27th March, 10am, we'll be joined by 3 awesome "pod-panellists" - not a word? it is now!

Tickets:

https://www.nervecentre.org/whats-on/workshop/talk-guide-diy-podcasting-small-town-big-dreams

1st up is Jeananne Craig, a Derry-based journalist and copywriter + co-host/producer of "All Change Please" podcast about leaving a big city behind for somewhere new.

Jeananne has covered breaking news, politics and entertainment for the Press Association, BBC, Guardian and Sunday Times. Her interviewees have ranged from Boris Johnson to Kim Kardashian. We can't wait to hear her experiences as a podcaster.

Find out more about Jeananne's podcast:

https://shows.acast.com/all-change-please
https://twitter.com/AllChangePod

This event is created for The Nerve Centre's "Spring into the Creative Industries" - a series of talks, workshops and more!

Have you been dreaming of starting your own podcast? Are you a beginner looking for tips from those who know?