Welcome to the eventful entrepreneur.

I'm Roger Woodall, founder of the Bormer Sevens,

the world's largest sport and music festival.

With all events in 2020 grinding to a halt,

I'll be bringing people back together, but in a different way.

On this week's episode, I'm talking to a true events and music man, Orlando Gittings.

We chat about the early days of getting events over the line, putting on boat parties on the Thames,

and the time he got caught up in a shooting when cashing up in Manchester.

He's a fascinating guy with loads to say, and I don't think there's a more infectious

laugh out there.

Here's the man himself, Mr. Orlando Gittins.

Orlando, welcome the show buddy.

Good afternoon, sir.

How are you?

Very good, mate.

Excellent, excellent.

Good to have you here. So what we do, we get crack in. Let's get straight into it. You've been in events over 30-odd years now.

I know. 30-odd, I can't believe it myself, mate. Crazy, in now. 30-odd years, mate. Tell me where you, how you got into events and what was your first gig? The first gig I ever put on actually was the Cool Notes, actually, in 1984, over in a place called the Shady Grove, and it was Shady as well, over in Tottenham.

Okay.

Some geese that's trying to, at the time I didn't know, I just got into it.

And I thought, I can do that.

Do you know what I mean?

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