Tom Ketley
Founder
FLY Events
This year, Tom was nominated as UK Festival Promoter of the Year for his work in championing youth music culture in Edinburgh.
He has been running gigs in the city for the past decade from student club nights to his own venue to now some of Scotland's largest electronic music festivals.
FLY started as a club night for 400 people back in 2013 and has been a real beacon for electronic music in the UK.
FLY's resident DJs are now some of the world's most highly respected selectors: Denis Sulta, Jasper James, Eclair Fifi, Theo Kottis, Big Miz, La La & Liam Doc - all of whom now tour internationally playing everywhere from Glastonbury to Ibiza to Cochella and beyond.
Tom launched FLY Open Air in 2016 an open air music festival here in the heart of the city, under the iconic backdrop of Edinburgh castle. This was a huge success and saw the festival grow into a bi-annual event with the second instalment taking place at Scotland's finest stately home - Hopetoun House.
FLY's ethos is 'good music, for good people in great locations' and the promoters have another new camping festival launching in 2021.
This year FLY welcomed over 75,000+ customers from all of their combined shows.