E141 | Hamish Pinkham

Episode summary | Hamish Pinkham

Hamish Pinkham is best known as the co-founder and director of Rhythm and Vines - New Zealand's premier live music festival.

In 2003 Hamish and his two flatmates at the University of Otago decided to host a party for their friends in a Gisborne vineyard. The story of what’s happened since then is quite remarkable going from a 1,800 gathering of mates to a sold out 30,000 revellers at its peak.

His company also launched a sister new years festival – ’Rhythm and Alps’ in Wanaka, and as co-founder / Director of Endeavour Live he has conceived and delivered some of the country's best loved music events and international tours.

Hamish is passionate about the development of the music, events, tourism and creative industries both at home and abroad and also launched the Phoenix Summit - a one day meeting of creative minds held in Auckland.

He is a qualified lawyer and musician himself and is smart, fun, driven and extremely personable. What Hamish has built and achieved over the last two decades is seriously impressive.

Show notes | Hamish Pinkham

0:00 Is it too late for Steve and Che to go to R&V?

4:15 Hamish Pinkham: a man of many talents

15:15 The R&V origin story

25:26 Building momentum from year two

32:48 2006: A watershed period

36:40 Shifting to a three-day festival

42:11 Hamish’s role during R&V

43:57 The 2015 turning point

55:09 Behind the scenes: Chance the Rapper, Pharrell, Public Enemy

1:06:05 Dealing with challenges

1:10:57 Linking up with Live Nation

1:15:23 A day in the life

1:20:22 What makes for a great festival?

1:27:43 Dream guests and celebrity meet ups

1:35:50 How will R&V celebrate its 21st birthday?

1:40:05 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Hamish