Event Enterprises produces some of Cincinnati's most popular music events

Cincinnati's music scene continues its resurgence with new and growing festivals like last year's Bunbury Music Festival and the ongoing MidPoint Music Festival.

There are lots of details to keep in check when putting on a big, multi-day festival, and one local company has a hand in some of the most popular those music festivals and a wide range of events across the city.

Event Enterprises in Camp Washington is a full-service event production and management company for corporate communications and live events. The company's mission is to produce events that "entertain, educate and inspire."

Grant Cambridge started Event Enterprises in 2007. He was an intern, then freelancer for Backstage Backline, a local backline provider. After seeing growth in live events across the city, Cambridge began acquiring Backstage Backline, and building what is now Event Enterprises.

Cambridge, an Ohio University grad who majored in music and telecommunications, decided to create his own opportunity. "I thought it through, and it seemed like a potentially strong opportunity, and I had a background in the business," he says.

Event Enterprises has helped produced some of the city's big music events like Bunbury and MPMF. The company also has produced events for the Kentucky and Cincinnati symphony orchestras, Macy's, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, Procter & Gamble and the Cincinnati Reds.

Cambridge has two employes, a warehouse in Bellevue and works with about seven contractors on a regular basis. He sees a great future for his business, as public events and development in the urban core continue to grow.

"In the past five or six years there has been an insurgence of events in the core, with the Banks development, Washington Park, the Fountain Square renovations and all the development in Over-the-Rhine," he says. "The casino is about to open, and people are really interested in visiting downtown. I see a lot of opportunities."

By Feoshia H. Davis
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