The Team
Chavarri Festivals is the dream of two visionary creators who aim to bring all UK creators and fans of comics, anime, manga, animation, games, and cosplay, closer to the Comic Convention experience. With our touring events and workshops we will get all fans around the UK a piece of the convention experience, while helping creators reach wider audiences and getting them closer to their fans, all leading to great seasonal events to rewards the love of creators and fans for their passions. To do this we have amassed a cracking team to bring this vision to reality, and they are:
Borja Chávarri
Creative Director & Co-Founder
Chavarri Festivals co-founder, eponymous, and Creative Director, a man of passion, boosting an encyclopaedic level of knowledge. Migrating to the UK from the exotic nation of Chile, Borja is writer, comic creator, and fan of all things anime, manga, comic, animation, game and cosplay. Borja has come to the UK in search of new horizons; he has worked as a journalist, columnist, translator, and editor for various online publications and published magazines. Borja sees the limitless power in the UK and has worked, under the guidance of John, to build this platform that will allow fans and creators to have a prime Convention experience at their doorstep.
John Feely
Executive Director & Co-Founder
With 25 years of experience in the marketing and advertising world, John is a stalwart of the industry who’s done everything from arranging club night performances to running marketing campaigns for Hollywood Records in Los Angeles, John strongly believes in the power of creative talent, and the need for businesses to nurture that to achieve true success in all fields.