David Willis
Festival Director @Celticfest Vancouver
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WORK HISTORY
Festival Director @Celticfest Vancouver
Vancouver, BC, CA
Responsible for the curation, program design and production of all elements of CelticFest Vancouver, Vancouver\'s flagship celebration for St. Patrick\'s Day.
EDUCATION
Ballinode College of Further Education
Business Adminstration Level 5
Institute of Technology, Sligo
Bachelor Business Studies (Hons)
ABOUT DAVID WILLIS
I have worked in the restaurant industry for the last 11 years, starting at the very bottom to working my way up through the ranks as each year went passed and I earned more and more experience. I have over 8 years managerial experience between Ireland & Canada. I have always had a strong interest in events as long as I can remember. In Sligo, heavily involved in the marketing and promotions of all nightclubs in the student area including running my own brand. In New York, I worked for a big Irish owned events company where we ran multiple events throughout the downtown core of Manhattan. Vancouver, I have teamed up with the well known events company brand Jika Jika to bring them here, with some big plans for lots of other cities in North America. Also, more recently I have set up a LIVE entertainment brand called Amadàn Promotions, bringing some of the biggest acts to North America, most recently Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones and Blindboy Live Podcast. Also currently manager of Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones and will be organising and facilitating their US, Canadian, UK And European tour for 2023
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