Events
Arts Festivals Summit 2020: a Culture Summit for Hope23 - 25 November 2020The annual Get-Together of festival makers and festivals community along with stakeholders.
Festivals Cities conversations22 May - 10 July 2020These conversations will focus on cities and festivals’ responsibilities and possibilities to think about the future of shared public spaces, communities celebrations & cultural life with/after corona
EFFE Awards Salon26 September 2019The EFFE Awards Salon organised by the European Festivals Association takes place on Thursday 26 September 2019 at BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels.
Arts Festivals Summit 2019 - Lisbon14 - 17 April 2019
Study Visit EFA - Eurocities in Leeuwarden18 - 20 July 2018
In Situ Insight - International Izmir Festival 10 - 11 June 2018In Situ Insight International Izmir Festival | Volunteers: can’t live without them | 10 & 11 June 2018
In Situ Insight - Castell de Peralada Festival | 8 May 20188 May 20188 May 2018 | EFA and the Castell de Peralada Festival invite colleague festival makers for the In Situ Insight - Festivals in the digital era. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this day!
Arts Festivals Summit 201811 - 14 April 2018EFA's Arts Festivals Summit 2018, including the 66th EFA General Assembly and EFFE MeetUp, will take place from 11 to 14 April in Ljubljana (Slovenia), hosted by the Ljubljana Festival.
In Situ Insight - Klara Festival26 - 27 March 2018In Situ Insight - Klara Festival on partnerships with the private sector, March 25 and 26 2018
In SItu Insight - Vilnius Festival4 - 5 November 2017In Situ Insight Vilnius Festival Cross-festival, cross-arts collaboration: a possibility or a necessity on the 4 & 5 November 2017 
EFA Delegation to ChinaSPAF 201719 - 23 October 2017Join the EFA Delegation at the 19th China Shanghai International Arts Festival / Forums and Performing Arts Fair (ChinaSPAF 2017) taking place on 19-23 October 2017.
Arts Festivals Salon 201718 September 2017Arts Festivals Salon 2017
In Situ Insight Volunteers: can’t live without them 29 June 2017International Izmir Festival | In Situ Insight Volunteers: can’t live without them | 29 June 2017
EFFE MeetUp 20174 May 2017On 4 May 2017 in Wiesbaden, the EFFE MeetUp will take place in the framework of the Arts Festivals Summit of the European Festivals Association, hosted by the Rheingau Musik Festival.
Arts Festivals Summit 20173 - 5 May 2017EFA's Arts Festivals Summit 2017, including the 65th EFA General Assembly and EFFE MeetUp, will take place from 3 to 5 May in Wiesbaden (Germany), hosted by the Rheingau Musik Festival.
Festival Readings Sochi 201724 - 26 February 2017
Atelier for Young Festival Managers Chiang Mai 20161 - 7 December 2016The next edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 1-7 December in collaboration with Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau.
Workshop - streaming of live performances25 November 2016In the digital age, all festivals and live performance organisations have to deal with the online environment, be it in the context of their own website, (live) streaming, social media or archiving.
Festival Production Management Training: Module III in Istanbul7 - 9 November 2016The third module of the first edition of the Festival Production Management Training will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 7-9 November 2016 in collaboration with the Istanbul Music Festival.
Seminar: Organising performances in times of terror threat12 September 2016The seminar covered what we can learn from past attacks, what has been done & which plans have been set up in different countries to face future attacks. read the report below.
Atelier for Young Festival Managers Budapest 20162 - 8 June 2016The Festival Academy held its next Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Budapest, Hungary from 2-8 June 2016 in collaboration with the Armel Opera Festival. 
EFA General Assembly 201614 - 17 April 2016The European Festivals Association and the National Forum of Music, organiser of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, will hold the 2016 EFA General Assembly 14-17 April in Wroclaw, Poland.
Brussels Conversations @ deBuren 201614 March 16 - 1 January 70The European House for Culture held the 6th edition of the Brussels Conversations on 14 March 2016 in Brussels. 
EFA Round Table with European Commissioner for Culture 18 February 2016On 18 February 2016, in Brussels EFA and 18 festival directors from across Europe met with EU Culture Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Festival Production Management Training: Module I Antwerp 201620 - 23 January 2016The Festival Academy kicked off a new training format targeting festival production managers: Module I of the 3-module programme took place in Antwerp, Belgium.
EFFE Award Ceremony and Community Launch27 - 28 September 2015250 festival representatives from across Europe gathered in Paris on 27 September for the announcement of the first ever EFFE Awards. 
Atelier for Young Festival Managers Gwangju 201531 August - 6 September 2015The 9th Atelier for Young Festival Managers took place in Gwangju, South Korea from 31 August to 6 September 2015.
Festival Readings Sibiu 201516 - 18 June 2015The 4th edition of the Festival Readings took place in Sibiu, Romania, from 16 to 18 June 2015, in collaboration with the Sibiu Performing Arts Market. 
EFA General Assembly 20154 - 7 June 2015From 4 to 7 June 2015, the General Assembly of the European Festivals Association (EFA) took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was hosted by the International Music Festival “Janáček May”.
Festival Readings Yerevan 201511 - 13 April 2015The 3rd Festival Readings took place in Yerevan from 11 to 13 April 2015 at the newly found Festival Academy Byurakan, in collaboration with the Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival.
Atelier for Young Festival Managers Beirut 201521 - 27 March 2015The Festival Academy's 8th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers took place from 21-27 March 2015 in Beirut, and was hosted by the Beiteddine Art Festival.
Round Table: Festivals meet Commissioner Tibor Navracsics 20149 December 2014On 9 December 2014, the European Festivals Association invited festival leaders for a round table with EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Mr. Tibor Navracsics.
Atelier for Young Festival Managers Poznan 201420 - 27 October 2014The Festival Academy’s Poznan edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers took place from 20-27 October 2014, and was hosted by the Malta Festival Poznań.
