TIMO KRAGTING
Enhancing festivals with unique experiences and creative content.
SERVICES
CREATIVE FESTIVAL PROGRAMMER
One-stop-shop for unique creative festival programs
Creating long-lasting memories by giving festival visitors something amazing they couldn't have seen coming. That's always my main goal by creating a creative program concept for my customers. Combining a mix of (light) art, theatre, unique (secret) stages, markets, movies, arcades, entertainment, sports, games or anything else that's not a band or a dj. I've had the pleasure to work with health-orientated festivals as Energy Day, techno-giants as Awakenings Summer Festival and grown-up playgrounds as Wildeburg Festival.
MARKETING, PR AND COPYWRITING
Press releases, SEO-texts, mailings, blogs, social content and more
With over 12 years of experience in both the festival field as various kinds of marketing jobs, I know what it takes to convince your target group they should buy tickets for your event.
CREATING UNIQUE EXPERIENCES
Projects visitors will never forget
Since 2015 i've been developing various successful festival projects. The analog process of printing the newspaper of Wildeburg Festival using Gestatner stencilmachines. But also a German-themed dark-techno stage on komm schon Alter called Club Leider Nicht. More info about these projects can be found below.
WORK
CREATIVE PROGRAM BOOKER
One-stop-shop for unforgettable festival programs. Starting with a program-concept that fits the festival identity and target group. Handling budgets, suppliers, finance and more. Booking the right artists to create long-lasting memories. Handling on-site production and coordination.
2022 projects:
Awakenings Summer Festival, Energy Day, Lago Lago, komm schon Alter, Bungalup, La Rêve.
Check the video of the disco bowling area at Lago Lago here.
Together with the heroes of Cardboarders we developed the daily newspaper of Wildeburg Festivcal (editions 2018, 2019 and 2022) Our team of writers and illustrators worked together with the festival visitors to create amazing analog content. The newspaper was pressed by Gestatner stencil machines. The best thing about this project is that it's part live-art, part workshop and part marketing give-away. Many people have been collecting the Wildeburger Courant editions for years.
Bungalup Festival had a space theme. With the amazing crew of Animatieteam Agency we managed to do crazy but impressive intergalactic weddings. Rings, vowels, wedding cake, wedding dresses, all the normal traditions were there. And of course we added some weird extraterrestial ones. The result: lots of laughter, 10 couples happily in love, tears of joy and a truckload of long-lasting memories.
(photo by: Tom Doms)
Bungalup x Intergalactic Wedding Planners Aftermovie
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With over 12 years of experience in both the festival field as various kinds of marketing jobs, I know what it takes to convince your target group they should buy tickets for your event. Press releases, SEO-texts, mailings, blogs, social content and more.
2022 projects:
Komm schon Alter, Eilan, Georgie’s Wundergarten, Lago Lago.
CLUB LEIDER NICHT
Club Leider Nicht was a very successful project at komm schon Alter 2022. The theme of 2022's edition was 'German', so we decided to create a Berghain-like festival experience. A dark tent with lots of strobes, dark rooms, dark-techno and Berlin's favorite drinks. Getting in wasn't easy, because of the very funny bouncer situation at the door. Inside visitors were treated with crazy events like German Vintage Porn Karaoke or German Disco Bingo.
YellowTipi and Festileaks joined forces in 2022 to become the biggest, most anticipated festival website of the Netherlands. A new website was launched in the beginning of 2022 and over a million festival fans have found Festileaks so far. The three most important sections are a database with all festivals of the Netherlands and the bigger ones abroad, a news section with news and creative content and a community forum.
