Providing art and culture-based entertainment locally since 2012!

BACK in September 2012, three friends – Saskia Wyngaarde, Kristina King and Chelsea Fung – were enjoying a simple Saturday afternoon lime, reminiscing about their university experiences in Miami and Toronto that prominently featured art and culture-based entertainment. They couldn’t help but notice that the same was not available locally.
“During our conversation, it was suggested by my mother that if we wanted to experience a different type of entertainment, we should make it happen ourselves,” Chelsea reflected in an interview with Buzz this week. Before that very night was over, RED Entertainment was formed. “A Jazz event (‘From Jazz with Love’) was beyond the embryo stage; the Georgetown Club and Arturo Tappin from Barbados were booked…the rest is history,” she fondly recalls.
The friends had never given thought to starting this type of venture individually, let alone with each other. “Who would’ve known that one small ‘gaff’ would give birth to one of the best things that we’ve ever done in our lives?”

The girls started hosting jazz concerts and art festivals and eventually added event coordination, décor and marketing services to the company. “We slowly built our event planning portfolio, improved our skills, cemented partner relationships and established a dynamic network that is now the foundation of our multi-service group of companies – RED Entertainment, RED Experiences and RED Marketing,” Chelsea said.
RED Entertainment offers event décor, planning and coordination services for all event types like weddings, birthdays, baby showers, anniversaries, etc.

Under the RED Marketing umbrella, the team offers market research, social media marketing management, corporate events, and advertising productions. As a registered marketing agency with media houses, it provides strategic ad placements for businesses.
RED Experiences houses the team’s monthly Art Glass events that have been hosted since 2014. “This art and wine event was created as a promotional event for our first Art Festival, ‘Kiss My ART Festival’, and it was a hit! Since then, we have continued to host the event at various locations over the years, and as of last year just after the pandemic changed our lives, we pivoted to an online platform to continue offering the event experience,” Chelsea noted.

After almost nine years, the three friends are proud to have a team of seven women. “We are a full force of creativity, ideas and love of details, efficiency and clear communication.”
The culture surrounding RED Entertainment is all about collaboration with others who are masters of their own craft and fields, “and we assume this collaborative culture with our team as well. This is a very proud accomplishment of ours that we intend to build and grow in the years to come.”
The team is proud of its supportive efforts during the pandemic and its contributions to the community over the years. From the very beginning of their journey as a partnership, they have always sought to give back.
They have donated part of their proceeds from every jazz concert and art festival to various organisations and initiatives, such as Help and Shelter, Red Thread, Rotary Clubs of Demerara, Rotary Polio Plus Campaign, Buxton Youth Developers, East Le Penitence Children’s Theatre Workshop and the Children’s Home in Kuru Kururu.
The girls cannot wait for their tenth anniversary next year October and are already in the process of brainstorming ideas to celebrate.