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An expert at the creative, technical and logistical elements that help an event succeed, Brendan’s talents also include event design, audiovisual production, script writing, logistics, budgeting, negotiation and, of course, client service. Brendan’s extensive résumé covers all facets of event management, having worked with international acts such as the Monkees, Village People, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Jason and the Scorchers, The Platters, and Billy J Kramer. On the Australian scene Brendan has worked closely with Normie Rowe and the Playboys, Johnny Young, Doug Parkinson, Bobby and Laurie, Ross D. Wylie, Marcie Jones and The Cookies, The Groop, Grantley Dee, Bev Harrell, Buddy England, Colin Cook, Virgil Brothers, Peter Doyle, Denise Drysdale, Thunderbirds, Masters Apprentices, Ronnie Burns, Darryl Cotton, Russell Morris, Glenn Shorrock, The All Stars, Little Pattie, John Farnham, Lisa Edwards, Renee Geyer, Marty Rhone, Pseudo Echo, Dale Ryder (Boom Crash Opera), Dave Sterry (Real Life), Totti Goldsmith, Lynne Randell, and The Delltones.

Brendan has also worked in television, both on camera and behind the scenes, on shows including ‘Ernie and Denise’, ‘Bert Newton Show’, ‘The Midday Show’, ‘Live At Five’, Disney Channel (international), ‘Nightlife’, ‘Sky News’, ‘Steve Vizard Show’, and the ‘Early Bird Show’. He has worked as a television consultant on productions such as Channel 9’s ‘All the Way’, ‘Beatles 30th Anniversary Special’ and ‘Hey Hey It’s Saturday’. As well as regular appearances on 3AK, Brendan was also the voice of Doctor Rock on Gold FM’s ‘Gavin Wood Show’. He was also entertainment co-coordinator for some of Melbourne’s landmark establishments including the Palace Nightclub in St Kilda, the Shout Rock Café, and Alexander’s Nightclub. Brendan has been personally involved in some of Australia’s most successful exhibitions including ‘Beatle Fest Australia’, ‘Elvis 20th Anniversary Exhibition’, ‘The Sixties’ and ‘A Special Madness: Beatles 30th Anniversary Exhibition’ at the Victorian Performing Arts Museum, ‘A Sixties Experience’, ‘Ned: The Exhibition‘, ‘Legend of Ned Kelly’, ‘John Lennon Statue Exhibition’, ‘Sexpo’, and ‘The Beatles “Let It Be” 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert’. A member of the Performing Arts Museum committee for four and a half years, Brendan is also keenly involved in a number of fundraising ventures for the Variety Club of Victoria, Peter Mac, and Very Special Kids.