Info & Services

What services can I expect from the Celtic Connections Press Office?

The Press Office will be open from noon until 10pm every day of the festival and is based in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Aside from issuing a media pass and review tickets, the office provides a range of other services including:

Information:

All you need to know about the festival - how it started, interesting facts and figures, biographical information on artists, story ideas, promotional materials and press releases. Daily press releases can also be e-mailed direct to your office.

Access to Artists:

The Press Office will where possible set up interviews with artists and can provide space for interviews to take place. We are also happy to set up telephone interviews before the Festival begins.

Accreditation and Review Tickets:

To apply for media accreditation, please complete the online form, and send it back to us before Monday 7th January 2008. Once accredited your media pass will be waiting for collection in the Press Office from Wednesday 16th January from 10am.

Once accredited you will be sent a ticket request form. Please fill this in and return it to the Press Office at your earliest convenience. Ticket request forms still have to be completed even if you have a media pass.

Photo Access:

Photo passes will be issued for photographers on a show by show basis and a photo request form should be filled in and returned to the Press Office at least 48 hours before the concert. The Press Office will inform photographers whether access has been granted on the day of the concert. Once access is granted normal rules apply; photographs may be taken during either the first 15 minutes or the first 3 numbers of a show, and a flash may not be used.

Film Access:

The festival facilitates news access through the Press Office. A filming request form is available on request from the Press Office, and must be filled in and returned no later than 12 days before the performance. Please remember any filming must be for news use only and not for archive or any other use:

Up to 30 seconds of any one artist may be used
No more than 2 minutes can be used in total
This news use right is granted for no more than 7 days for both news and magazine programmes

Photo Library:

We hold digital images for the majority of performers appearing at the Festival. Also available is a library of general Celtic Connections images from previous festivals. We can e-mail photographs direct to your pictures desks or send a comprehensive selection on CD. In addition our photographer will be taking pictures at the main events during the festival.

Press cuttings:

Recent press cuttings are displayed daily in the Press Office. There is also a file with copies of all the cuttings enclosed. Please ask the duty press officer if you would like any copies. Press cuttings can also be e-mailed in jpeg format.

Events diary:

The who, what, where and when of every PR event, album launch or photocall during Celtic Connections.

A Place to Relax:

The Press Office provides a place to sit and relax and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee during the day. In the evening join us for a glass of wine pre-concert or at the interval.