ABOUT US
THE TEAM
SARAH
As one of the founding members of Less Than Three Entertainment, Sarah has worked with countless local artists and has been responsible for extensive networking on behalf of the company. She completed the Arts and Entertainment Management Program at Capilano University and, outside of the company, Sarah has been a coordinator of the Deep Cove Daze Festival and Cates Park Concert series, been a member of the Dine Alone Street Team, worked at the Pemberton Music Festival in 2008, worked as a Production Assistant for Juno Fest 2009, worked at Black Box Music and has participated in Warped Tour.
sarah@lessthanthreeentertainment.com
LEANNA
Leanna has been working with Less Than Three Entertainment for quite some time as a dedicated member of the Street Team. It was because of her consistent involvement that Sarah asked her to become more involved with the company. Leanna was also a student in the Arts and Entertainment Management Program and is also currently working on an Undergraduate Degree in Communications at Simon Fraser University. Outside of the company, Leanna has participated in artist management and worked with the Delta Arts Council as an event coordinator.
leanna@lessthanthreeentertainment.com
ALICE
Alice moved to Vancouver from Calgary to further career in music as well as to attend the Audio Engineering program at The Art Institute of Vancouver. After graduation, she spent some time as the studio manager at North Vancouver's DCM Studios. There, Alice was able to gain a great deal of experience working with a variety of different artists on a professional as well as creative level. She has engineered albums for several artists and is an artist herself. Her passion and dedication to music make her a perfect fit with Less Than Three Entertainment.
alice@lessthanthreeentertainment.com
CHRISTINE
As a past coordinator of the Cates Park Concert Series and Deep Cove Daze Festival, Christine has a great deal of experience to offer in terms of booking and administration, not to mention the networking she has done with artists through the coordination of those events. Christine has a passion for arts and music that make her an ideal member of the team.
christine@lessthanthreeentertainment.com
STEPHANIE
Steph moved from a small town off the coast of British Columbia to the big city of Vancouver to pursue a career in music. Since moving to Vancouver, she joined the band The Shrugs and has been able to learn the basic ins and outs of the Vancouver music industry through playing with them. She reached out to Less Than Three Entertainment and asked if there was anything she could do to help out so she could learn even more. She has since become the first Less Than Three Entertainment intern.
stephanie@lessthanthreeentertainment.com
COMPANY HISTORY
It all began in 2007 when two young ladies tried to come up with a way to help out all the amazing bands who tried to make their way in Vancouver. It was then that Sarah Mabberley and Britt Riddell had the notion to start a company that would be of assistance to these artists and provide them with opportunities to promote and showcase themselves. Thus, Less Than Three Promotions was born.
In just one year, the young team had enough drive and ambition to launch their own string of Vancouver shows and get involved with as many local and out-of-town organizations as they could. Through their tireless efforts, Less Than Three Promotions built up a significant network and soon found themselves consistently working hand-in-hand with a variety of artists, promoters, labels and festivals.
Less Than Three Promotions also dedicated themselves to providing out of town bands with assistance while visiting Vancouver and formed a number of nationwide connections with bands from Winnipeg and Toronto as well as international connections with artists from New York, California and Australia.
Late in 2008, Britt made the difficult decision to break away from Less Than Three and pursue an alternative direction in her career and left Sarah to carry on and keep the company name strong. After a brief hiatus to reformat and restructure, the company was relaunched under the title of Less Than Three Entertainment with Leanna Milburn, Alice Bazinet and Christine Fox coming on to join the team. As artists and active members of the business side of the music industry, these new members brought with them experience, knowledge and passion to the Less Than Three team.
Since the relaunch, the company has continued to grow and form partnerships with organizations in and around Vancouver as well as on a nationwide and international level. Less Than Three Entertainment has partnered up with companies such as The Peak 100.5 (Vancouver), Thorny Bleeder Records (Victoria) and Nevado Records (Toronto) to present showcases in Vancouver, and has also made an effort to continue to be resource for out of town bands touring through Vancouver. Less Than Three has been able to provide opportunities for bands from New Zealand, Toronto, Victoria, Saskatchewan and Alberta to perform while visiting the city.
The company continues to be very well-received by the artists and companies they partner up and persists in their efforts to expand their network throughout the industry. In an effort to bring Less Than Three Entertainment to the nationwide level, Sarah recently relocated to Toronto where she is working within the music industry to broaden the connections of the company and expand the reach of the Less Than Three name.
The company continues to meet with endless success because of the dedication and passion of all the members, not to mention the continuous support of everyone they have had the pleasure of teaming up with.
