Win tickets to Festival No.6

Posted by Helen Nugent | Jun 30, 2014 | Competitions

Win tickets to Festival No.6

Win FREE tickets to Festival No.6

A festival like no other, the award-winning Festival No.6 is taking place September 5-7, 2014 in the stunning fairytale village of Portmeirion (location of 60s TV series, The Prisoner). The carefully curated and eclectic line-up includes Pet Shop Boys, Beck, London Grammar, Martha & the Vandellas, Bonobo, Steve Mason, Neneh Cherry, Laurent Garnier, James Holden and many more.

With a diverse range of arts and cultural activities, the village will also come alive with talks at the Piazza, cinema screenings, secret parties, interactive theatre and a new food area of the festival, featuring Michelin starred-chefs.

To win a pair of weekend adult tickets (with camping), all you have to do is answer this question: In Karen Connolly‘s article for Northern Soul, which all male act brought the house down at last year’s Festival No.6 with a rendition of Chic’s Good Times?

Please send your answer to: helennugent@northernsoul.me.uk

Closing date: 11pm on July 14, 2014

A winner will be picked at random and notified by 2pm on July 15, 2014

Festival No.6

September 5-7, 2014

Portmeirion, North Wales

To find out more about Festival No.6 and buy tickets, visit www.festivalnumber6.com

About The Author

Helen Nugent

Helen Nugent is the Founder and Editor of Northern Soul. A Northern lass, born and bred in Manchester, Helen has been back in her home town for 13 years after working in London for The Times and a number of other national newspapers. You can find articles by Helen in, among others, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, The Times, the i newspaper, The Observer, Big Issue North, The Yorkshire Post, and The Spectator. Previous roles include producing and presenting the business news at BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC local radio across the UK, and freelancing for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, and the Financial Times. She also spent 18 months as Money Editor of The Spectator. During ten years at The Times, she won a series of awards including Journalist of the Year and had a number of jobs including News Reporter, News Editor, Lobby Correspondent in the House of Commons, Business Reporter, and Financial Writer. In addition, Helen runs her own media training and PR consultancy firm, Helen Nugent Consulting. Helen has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Lancashire, BBC World Service, talkRadio, and GB News. An experienced chairperson and speaker, she regularly chairs conferences and events for, among others, literature festivals, award ceremonies, and tech shows. She was also a Guest Lecturer at Westminster University in the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, and a Guest Lecturer at City University and at MMU. She taught Music Journalism at Salford University for a number of years, and taught Political Reporting at Huddersfield University. In 2017, she was shortlisted for Person with Purpose at the Northern Power Women Awards. In 2019, she was a judge for the HWA Gold Crown Awards which recognise the best historical novels. Feel free to drop her a line at nugenthelen@hotmail.com or via the contacts page. All correspondence is welcome, particularly if you would like to share a magical Northern experience.

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