James Dixon

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1,536 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 25 Jun

James Dixon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 9 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 4.

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Event Industry News Podcast · 40 years of The Showman's Show with Johnny Lance · 23 Apr 2026 podcast

For those who don't know about the show. matched

Tell us a little bit about the show, what it is, how it started. matched

Let's start at the beginning. matched

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Fa fascinated to hear it. matched

You know, as as many of the best ideas, you know, get uh formed in pubs over a pint with somebody. matched

Well, but when you I guess when you think back to it, it seems bleeding obvious, doesn't it? matched

You you that he had this directory for years, you know, with the with the with the supplier lists in there. matched

Of course, it's for outdoor event suppliers, so why not bring them together? matched

to deliver an outdoor event celebrating that outdoor industry and give people a chance to meet these people and bring them off the page and into real life. matched

Uh a and for any event, you know, longevity is a is a great sort of design. matched

I th there's many an event that has matched

Come and gone over the years, serving all manner of purposes, whether it be a, you know, a music event or a a B2B trade show. matched

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To to still be here, you know, nineteen eighty-four, to still be here in twenty twenty-six, you know, uh at still at a relatively early point in the calendar year, looking ahead to the show that that takes place traditionally always in October, um, it must make you very proud to sort of still be here and still be running something that is hugely successful, but is a real fixture on the events calendar. matched

And I I guess in in one respect, uh and I was doing a bit of thinking about this and um you know, for forgive me if it gets too deep and everything, but you know, despite the obvious changes in in life, you know, to technology and communications and the way we communicate. matched

The idea of an outdoor event, you know, a stage, some catering so people can eat, you know, a bar or somewhere where they can get refreshments, um, some entertainment on that stage, you know, a fence, somewhere for people to camp in a field. matched

You know, the the the the fundamentals of an outdoor event. matched

despite the evolution of technology, in many respects haven't changed much, have they? matched

What we see today at a music festival, for example, that the the the basics and the fundamentals are still very much what we would see, you know, at Woodstock in 1969. matched

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