Harvey Goldsmith began his career in the Entertainment Industry in 1966.

In 1973 he formed Artiste Management Productions Limited to produce and manage Artists in the Music Industry, and in 1976 Harvey Goldsmith Entertainments Limited was formed which became the UK’s leading Promoter of Concerts and Events.

In 1985 Harvey Goldsmith produced Live Aid with Sir Bob Geldof, which raised £140 million for the starving in Africa.

Harvey Goldsmith joined the Princes Trust in 1982 and produced the first Princes Trust Rock Gala.  Harvey then became a member of the Princes Trust Board and Vice Chairman of Princes Trust Trading Limited.

In 1990 Harvey produced the first of three major Arena Opera productions – Aida, Carmen and Tosca.

In 1991 Harvey produced Pavarotti in Hyde Park, which was the first concert in 20 years to be held in Hyde Park.

In 1995 Harvey produced the MasterCard Masters of Music show in Hyde Park, which raised £1 million for the Princes Trust.

In 1995 Harvey joined the Red Cross Communications Board producing Pavarotti and Friends and Explosive Dance both at The Royal Albert Hall.

In 1996 Harvey was honoured with a CBE in the Queen’s birthday Honours List in recognition of his work in the entertainments business.

Harvey Goldsmith has produced and promoted shows with most of the world’s major Artists including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Bee Gees, Jools Holland and Sting to name but a few.

In 1999 Harvey produced Net Aid; the largest awareness campaign for Extreme Poverty for the United Nations Development Program and Cisco Systems.

In November 2000 Harvey produced the first Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall with The Who and guests raising over £1 million for the charity.

In summer 2001 Harvey was hired by Safeway Stores to present Pavarotti, Charlotte Church, Vanessa Mae and Russell Watson in Hyde Park. 

In October Harvey produced Unite For The Future at The Old Vic raising $1 million for victims of the World Trade Centre Disaster and their families living in the UK.

In February 2002 Harvey promoted five more shows for the Teenage Cancer Trust with Marti Pellow, Oasis, The Who and Paul Weller at The Royal Albert Hall raising £500,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

In June 2002 he followed the Safeway event with another hugely successful show featuring Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Ronan Keating and Gabrielle.

In October 2002 Harvey promoted Bruce Springsteen at Wembley Arena, the tickets for this show sold out in 40 minutes making it one of his most successful yet. This was followed by three sell out stadium shows in May 2003.

In August 2003 Harvey produced Fly To The Past, an historic revival and flight display at Blenheim Palace. In the same month Harvey produced for the Mayor of London the inaugural concert of the renovated Trafalgar Square with David Gray and five guest artists.
 
Harvey produces the now legendary annual 32-city tour for Jools Holland.

Harvey also created and produced The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party and The Disney Kids Awards.

In 1994 Harvey commenced a relationship with Cirque du Soleil. This has been one of most successful shows ever to perform in the UK. Returning to London’s Royal Albert Hall every January to date, the show is seen by around 183,000 people and sells to around 98% of capacity. In 2005 Harvey managed the show in London, Birmingham and Manchester, which marked a first time in Europe for Cirque in having two different productions in the same Country.

April 2004 saw another successful run of the Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and in May 2004 Sting sold out a run of six nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

On July 6th 2004 Harvey produced for the Crown Estate and Westminster Council the first ever parade of Formula One cars in the centre of the West End- Regent St. Over 500,000 people attended this event. Regent Street was transformed into a 3km circuit and the top eight Formula One cars and drivers each completed a circuit.

Harvey was a key consultant to Anschutz Entertainment Group on the re-development of what was then known as the Millennium Dome, now the O2 Arena, a global milestone entertainment district with a 24,000 capacity arena as its centrepiece.

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