Creative Director & Culture & Entertainment Programming Expert.
Festivals, Events, Venues, Brands, Artistic Organisations.
I have 17 years experience working with well known members clubs, brands, creative venues and festivals in the UK and beyond. Currently leading the programming of Chelsea Arts Festival as Event Curator, and moonlighting as a Lecturer and Tutor at The Event Academy. Other recent roles include 11 years as Senior Programmer at Wilderness Festival and Director of ‘At Home Farm’s festival season where I established the venue and audience base and arranged artists such as James Bay, Freya Ridings, Ry X and Nick Mulvey to perform in an intimate woodland setting.
I am always keen to meet new people and hear about interesting projects I may be able to help with, so do please get in touch via my contact page if you would like to connect with me.
Testimonials..
“Tessa came on board from Year One of Wilderness and was instrumental in providing a full and diverse programming service and options, covering all aspects of the Arts, to propel Wilderness to become an award winning event.”
— Ed Dolman, Founder Loka Consulting (previously Co-Founder and Director, Wilderness Festival)
“Tessa's events are brand enhancing and highly engaging, and we are delighted with her services. I would wholeheartedly recommend her to any organisation looking for bespoke culture and entertainment programming for their audience”
— Anna Jones, CEO Telegraph Media Group (previously Co-Founder and Co-CEO The AllBright)
“Tessa was instrumental in planning the three-day festival. I hope for an opportunity to work with her again in the future and would highly recommend Tessa for any projects needing programming.”
— Diana Hagerbaumer, Senior Director and Producer, Global Events WeWork
