Dick Tee scoops Outstanding Contribution to Festivals award

The Enteetainment founder will have his 35 years in the industry recognised at the UK Festival Awards and Conference which takes place at the Roundhouse in London on November 28th.

Jimmy Coultas

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Date published: 12th Oct 2016

The founder of Enteetainment, Dick Tee, has been awarded the gong for Outstanding Contribution to Festivals, for his 35 years of service to some of the UK's most iconic events.

After working as a UK Entertainment Officer for three years, advising people on how to put on events, Dick took matters into his own hands and in 1984 published The White Book with business partner Andy Ayres. It became a bible for contacts up and down the country and set Tee on the path for a long lasting career in events.

The head of production at Glastonbury, Dick secured the talents of David Bowie who triumphed on the Pyramid in 2000 (watch the goosebump-inducing 'Heroes' rendition above), and has also improved safety at not just Worthy Farm but numerous other events too.

He co-founded the Event Safety Shop at the turn of the millennium, and kept a cool head when it came to closing the Pyramid Stage during a lightning storm at Glastonbury 2014.

A completely deserving winner of the award, Dick has worked at 200 festivals helping to manage stages and ensuring the quality of thousands of bands' set ups. He will receive the award at the UK Festival Awards and Conference which takes place on November 28th at the Roundhouse in London.

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