McKenna Live Events was established in 2003 and has been voted 'Best Event Management Company' in Glasgow for five consecutive years.
They produced conferences, charity balls, and award ceremonies in their first decade of trading. In 2014, they ventured into major international events by producing components of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Work in the sporting arena continued while they provided
audio-visual services for the Davis Cup, the SFA, and the European PGA tour.
Festivals and outdoor work have also been essential components of their work, with five separate festivals being produced for East Lothian Council alone.
Other notable outdoor events include the Europe Day celebrations for the European Commission
and European Parliament, which created a pop-up village in Glasgow city centre to house 42 nation-states and a large open-air stage featuring musical performers from all over Europe.
McKenna Live Events has carried out team building for Arnold Clark and Diageo, conferences for The NHS and Rotary International, award ceremonies for Balfour Beattie and BT Local Business, charity events for Marie Curie and Mitie and hundreds and hundreds of other events of all shapes and sizes.
Steve McKenna is an award-winning former Senior BBC News Journalist who’s marketing the Spice Girls globally, has written for national tabloids and broadsheets as well as comedy for BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4, he’s broadcast illegally from Cuba for Radio 1, had two hit records, presented the Oscars live from LA for BBC News, has a doctorate in metaphysics, managed internationally renowned musical artists, hosted a movie show on Channel 5, a science show on BBC2 and has appeared as a guest expert on dozens of television programmes. In a 30-year radio career, he’s hosted shows on BBC Radio 5, World Service, XFM London, Heart and Real Radio, and guesting on Radio 1, Radio 2 and BBC Scotland. He owns McKenna Media Group, which operates a live events company, a filming and videography business and a communications training company.
