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History
Founded by Dave Cullen in 1978, Garston Entertainments quickly became established as a busy and successful club land entertainment agency which also managed several well known North West artistes including Charley Boy, The Everglades, The Point, The Black Candleweeds, Passport to Pimlico, Elvis Clayton and many others
The success of the agency was founded on the strong principles of providing a friendly, honest and professional approach combined with an efficient, reliable administration service and a professional standby let down service. These attributes resulted in clients returning time and time again to book with the agency
Present
Based in North West England, Garston Entertainments has developed into one of the UK`s leading entertainment agencies and provides live entertainment to approximately 8000 events a year throughout the UK & Internationally
With an impressive exclusive artiste roster and now providing quality entertainment to a range of clients including Major Leisure & Cruise Companies, Weddings, Hotels, Corporate Events, Live Music venues, Garston Entertainments still upholds its founding principles and retains an excellent reputation for professional service and quality artistes
Whatever your event, Garston Entertainments will always offer the best advice in planning your event, offer the most suitable recommendations and source the most competitive price in order to assist in making it a success
With a highly experienced, knowledgeable and dedicated team ready to assist with your enquiry, why not let us take the stress out of your entertainment search!
Meet The Team
Neil Cullen
Managing Director & Senior Entertainment Co-ordinator
Neil joined the company in 1990 and worked alongside his father, agency founder Dave Cullen for the next 10 years learning all aspects of the industry. In 2000, after 22 years devotion and hard work for his business, Dave Cullen retired and Neil was ready to take over the company.
Highly regarded and respected within the entertainment industry for his expertise and knowledge along with his honest and personable approach, Neil is ambitious, hard working and dedicated to the continual development of the business
With Neil managing the business over the last ten years, Garston Entertainments has significantly expanded into booking with national and international clients in the corporate, wedding, private function, holiday park, hotels, cruising and casino sectors as well as retaining and increasing its important social club and live music venue circuit
Nicola Loyden
Director & Entertainment Co-ordinator
Nicola joined the company in 2003 and quickly established herself as an integral member of the team. Her previous managerial background has helped to innovate and implement new ideas to further advance the development of the company.
Nicola is now an experienced and knowledgeable booking agent for the company. With a friendly, warm, honest personality and dedicated professional approach to her role, Nicola is popular with artistes, clients and fellow agents
Kate Michaels
Office Manager & Entertainment Co-ordinator
Kate has 25 years experience within the entertainment industry and has used this experience to develop her role within the company. Since joining in 2006 as an admin assistant, Kate`s career with the company has significantly progressed to Office Manager. Kate is also an experienced booking agent, schedules all the new artiste audition evenings, provides professional weekend standby let down service and administration support. A valued member of the team!
Lorna Bursell
Entertainment Co-ordinator
Lorna has joined the team at Garston as a full time Entertainment Co-ordinator and has over six years of professional hospitality experience along with a background in customer-oriented service operations and business development including sales, marketing, promotions, events and cost control. A highly talented singer, musician and actress with a degree in music, Lorna has toured with Bucks Fizz and also performed on ITV, The London Palladium and at The Edinburgh Fringe festival
With an excellent background in events management, booking entertainment, business development, IT Skills, sales and marketing, Lorna will be adding her skills and enthusiasm to assist the company`s continued development within the industry and online
Helen Bergin
Accounts Manager & Admin Assistant
Helen is our newest member of staff and manages our accounts department ensuring that everything is professionally maintained with great efficiency and utilizing her excellent experience with SAGE and in the entertainment agency sector. Helen`s full time role with the company also includes providing a professional weekend standby let down service, administration support and artiste booking and Helen is already making a significant contribution to moving the company forward
