What we’ve been up to since our last newsletter:
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The 7th WILMAwards, December – London, UK
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One of 32 new WILMA’s: Best P.A of the year Flip Dewar – ‘P!NK’’
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The 7th WILMAwards had it all:
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We had beer from Signature Beer, Gin from Wicstun Distillery, WILMA trophies from Boxxtoff, tour catering from Tim and Krakin Catering, a brilliant livestreaming team from CT and much more. Once again DJ Laurina from Solotech spun some fantastic tunes to keep the festive vibe going. We played our legendary Bullsh*t Bingo and Crew Quiz with some amazing prices. And as something new we introduced the WILMA raffles next to our traditional WILMAuction with items from Dirty Rigger, Shure and a wonderful book from Gabriella Kielich on the touring word
All in all, it was the best evening we could have imagined, together with our 32 WILMAs and 150 guests, for our 7th ceremony at NTU London
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And here they are! The Winners of the WILMAwards 2024!
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The Outstanding Award went to Tom Campbell, Lighting Designer & Production Manager – for his unstintingly work introducing young women to the many opportunities backstage
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You can read more about Tom and one of his other side projects here @STNDBYWORLD
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🙏 A huge Thank You to our sponsors of the WILMA. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🌺
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Our lovely host, Production Coordinator Helen ‘Hels’ King presenting all of our WILMA sponsors
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Skiing Trip, January – Romme, Sweden
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Happy Skiers Malle & Chloe, enjoying the skiing at the top of the mountain 🏔️
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Happy skiers after a long day on the hills
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We had a wonderful time on the slopes in Sweden earlier this year at our annual WILM Ski trip ⛷️
Amazing weather, yoga, sauna, great (vegan) food and a great company! You can already now mark the dates for the next WILM skiing trip in 2026: Jan 11th – 15th. We will share a cabin or two depending on how many we are. Never skied before?! No worries – there is both a ski school as well as possibilities for cross-country skiing, and just relaxing at the resort.
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Open-Day at the French Conservatory in Dance & Music with NEXO
Thank you so much to NEXO for inviting us along to their panel at the Open day-event at the CNSMDP in Paris. We had an extremely exciting – and important talk about being a woman in the music industry in front of 200+ guests. Our CEO was accompanied by NEXO’s Engineering Support Manager Magali Deschamps and Head of the technical department for the Philharmonie de Paris, Emmanuelle Corbeau. The panel was conducted by CNSMDP student Célestine Paone.
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When in Paris, why not visit the HQ of NEXO?!
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While in Paris, we enjoyed a visit to NEXO’s HQ where we got a factory tour that included a trip to the demo field (yes, NEXO doesn’t have a showroom. They have a field!!) and we also shared some thoughts during our visit on why so many manufacturers in our industry are lacking diversity, especially in R&D and the sales department!
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We hope to soon catch up with NEXO again!
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It was great to see a couple of hundred people in the audience at the talk about being a women in the music industry
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Despite of a cold day in January, the coffee was warm – and so were the reception at NEXO’s HQ right outside Paris
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Visit to the HQ of ROBE in the Czech Republic
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At the end of January, we had the pleasure of visiting ROBE in the beautiful mountains of the Czech Republic. As per tradition, a visit to ROBE includes a stay at an incredible hotel built entirely from wood. This stunning hotel complete with a lovely spa area 🧜🏼♀️ – happens to be owned by the founder and CEO of ROBE!
It was truly impressive to get a behind-the-scenes look at ROBE and experience firsthand what a family-oriented company it is, something WILM deeply values. We were also blown away by ROBE’s showroom. But we can’t reveal too much here. You’ll have to see it for yourself! 😎
We hope to return to the Czech mountains soon with a group of our WILMers!
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A huge thank you for the invitation!
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Legal expert Helle Moalem (UNFOLD Advisory) from our Advisory Board in front of ROBE
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From left: ROBE’s founder and CEO Josef Valchar, WILM’s legal expert Helle Moalem, ROBE’s Global Sales Director Michel Arntz, WILM’s CEO & Commercial Director JJ Valchar at the hotel build in wood.
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WILM represented at this year’s TPi Award 🏆
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For the second year in a row, WILM has been represented on the jury of the TPi Awards by co-founder Hannah Brodrick. The TPi Awards is the biggest European award show in the touring industry, and we are proud to be part of this prestigious event
This year WILM got a seat at the ‘Sober table’ – an initiative we hope will spread to other events across the globe. You can read about the ‘Sober Table’ here: Roadies In Recovery
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Upcoming Events:
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London, UK 🇬🇧 March 12th
Celebrating Women In Audio
with Shure @the Rose Shure Centre:
We will have a full day on Wireless basic, Dante introduction, WWB7 session and lots of hands on with Shure’s own wireless systems together with the nice staff from Shure 🙌
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You can sign up here via Eventbrite 🎫
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Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴 April 16th – 20th
Inferno Metal Conference 2025 🤘
For years, we have observed the European metal scene and noticed that diversity thrives backstage. So why don’t we see the same kind of positive progress in other genres of the live music industry?
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Come and meet some of the bada** women behind some of the biggest metal shows out there and hear their take on why there is better representation of women behind the scenes in the metal world. The conference is part of the Inferno Metal Festival.
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***WILM would like to express our deepest condolences on the passing of Jan-Martin Jensen, a true pioneer in the Norwegian music scene and the founder of Inferno Music Festival Norway. Jan-Martin passed away in early February this year and will be remembered for his kindness, passion, and dedication to live music 💔
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Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪 May 23rd
‘Mom Got Talent’ podcast with live audience
from 18:00 – 19:00 local time
We have been invited to join a live panel talk with the MUSIC Family Hub in Berlin this spring 🌱 During the talk we will be present results from our report ‘Parenthood in the Touring World’ – a report that highlights the issues many touring parents are facing when being on tour. The report also give insight to venues, festivals and touring productions how they can optimise facilities for touring parents
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Sofia, Burgaria 🇧🇬 Oct 14th – 17th
SoAlive Music Conference
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We will join a panel on Parenthood with other experts from the industry, discussing our report ‘Parenthood in the Touring world’. Hopefully we will also be able to set up a rendezvous with our members from the eastern part of Europe to do some efficient networking with existing members as well as newcomers 🙏🍸 You can read more about the So Alive Music Conference here
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Keep Them Postcards Coming ♥️
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We truly appreciate our members for taking the time to send us Gig-postcards and update us on their activities! 💌
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Here it is Merch Seller Morgwen Coste, who was so kind to send us two gig-postcards from her last tour. And not only that: Morgwen was also so kind and offered shadowing positions along the road to other WILMers
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You can send us a postcard via email or you can post it in our private Facebook Group!
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