Knowledge Centre

EFA collects interesting information related to festivals: books, case studies, European festivals research projects, papers, essays, reports...

The Festival Academy & EFA Toolkits

The series covers six topics, within the scope of their relevance to festival and cultural practitioners:

Papers and publications related to festivals

BOOKS

Autissier, Anne-Marie: L’Europe des festivals, de Zagreb à Edimbourg, points de vue croisés (Oct-2009)
Autissier, Anne-Marie: "Festivals in Europe, crossing approaches from Edinburgh to Zagreb" (Aug-2009)
Delanty G.; Giorgi L. and Sassatelli M.: "Festivals and the Cultural Public Sphere" - Flyer (May-2011)
Guerin, Michel; Bonet, Lluis: "Music Festivals: A Changing World" (2013) (Mar-2015)
Klaic, Dragan: "Festivals in Focus" (2014) (Mar-2015)
Newbold, C.; Jordan, J.; Bianchini, F.; Maughan C.: Focus on Festivals. Contemporary European Case-Studies and Perspectives (2015) (Mar-2015)

CASE STUDIES

AEA Consulting: Thundering Hooves - Maintaining the global competitive Edge of Edinburgh's Festivals - Full Report - May 2006 (Jun-2006)
Arts Council England, East Midlands: Festivals and the creative region. Key findings from a study by the Montfort University Leicester, Arts Council England, East Midlands, 2003, http://www.artscouncil.org.uk (Jan-2006)
British Arts Festivals Association: Festivals Mean Business 3 - A Survey of Arts Festivals in the UK (Aug-2008)
Broszat, T.: Theatre Festivals Why - FIT Report. 2006 (Mar-2007)
Darmawan, D.B., Boitano, J., Linag, Y.: The programmatic interests and financing modalities of festivals in East Asia. Final Report and presentation, Leiden: Leiden University School of Management, 2005 (Jan-2006)
Duemcke, C.: Musikfestivals im Freistaat Sachsen: Grundlagen und Handlungsstrategien fuer die Gestaltung der Foerderpraxis (Sep-2007)
Felderer, B. a.o.: Bregenzer Festspiele - Kapitel 8: Zusammenfassung Umwegrentabilitätsstudie, pp. 87-91, Wien: Institut für Höhere Studien, 2003 (Jan-2006)
Frey, B.S.: The rise and fall of festivals - Reflections on the Salzburg Festival, Zurich: University of Zurich - Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, 2000 - http://www.iew.unizh.ch/wp/iewwp048.pdf (Jan-2006)
Graham Devlin Associates: The Edinburgn Festivals Strategy, Edinburgh: The City of Edinburgh council, 2001 (Jan-2006)
Inkei, P. a.o.: Festival World Summary - Report, National Survey on Festivals in Hungary, KulturPont Iroda and Budapest Observatory, Budapest, 2006 (Oct-2006)
Inkei, P. a.o.: Festival-world - State of affairs in Hungary with special regard to public funding, Budapest, 2005 (Apr-2006)
Karmasin, F.: Besucherbefragung Bregenzer Festspiele, Bericht und Presseinfo, Bregenz: Karmasin Marktforschung, Österr. Gallup Institut, 2004 (Jan-2006)
Maughan, C. and Bianchini, F.: The economic and social impact of cultural festivals in the East Midlands of England. Final Report. Part 1, Leicester: De Montfort University, 2004, http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/documents/publications/phpvY0hNv.pdf(Jan-2006)
Music Festival EXIT: Reflection on the phenomenon of music festival Exit, Ljubljana: KUD Pozitiv, 2005 - http://www.pozitiv.si/petrovaradintribe/ (Jan-2006)
Négrier, E., Jourda, M.-T.: Les Nouveaux Territoires des Festivals. Un état des lieux pour la musique et la danse. Rapport pour France Festivals -Synthèse. Montpellier, Novembre 2006 (Jan-2007)
Scherer, R. a.o.: Die wirtschaftlichen Effekte von Lucerne Festival.Schlussbericht, St. Gallen: Universität St.Gallen, Institut für öffentliche Dienstleistungen und Tourismus (Jan-2006)
SQW Limited, TNS Travel and Tourism: Edinburgh Festivals Economic Impact Study 2004-2005, Edinburgh: The City of Edinburgh Council, 2005 - http://www.capitalreview.co.uk/pdf/Econ_impact_Ed_fests_SQW.pdf (Jan-2006)
Zoghaib, A.: Le cas Avignon 2005 - Regards Critiques, coordonné par Georges Banu et Bruno , éditions L'Entretemps, 2005 (Mar-2006)

EFA-PEARLE* PARTNERSHIP - WORKSHOP REPORTS

The European Festival Association (EFA) and Pearle*- Live Performance Europe have teamed up to improve knowledge on legal and managerial aspects on cross-border cooperation.

On Artist Taxation | Report
- 30 January 2015 @ Kaaitheater, Brussels led Dick Molenaar
- 6 July 2015 @ The European Theatre Academy from the European Theatre Convention, Avignon led by Dick Molenaar
On Social Security | Report I | Report II
- 5 June 2015 @ EFA General Assembly & Conference 2015, Ostrava led by Dimitri Vanhoeymissen
- 12 June 2015 @ 49th Pearle* Conference, Hamburg led by Bruno De Pauw
On Value Added Tax (VAT) | Report I | Report II
- 5 June 2015 @ EFA General Assembly & Conference 2015, Ostrava led by Bert Nijsten
- 12 June 2015 @ 49th Pearle* Conference, Hamburg led by Dick Molenaar
- 6 July 2015 @ The European Theatre Academy from the European Theatre Convention, Avignon led by Dick Molenaar
On Radio Frequencies | Report
- 12 June 2015, 14:00-17:30 @ 49th Pearle* Conference, Hamburg
On Copyright | Report I | Report II
- 27 November 2015 @ 50th Pearle Conference Prague led by Herman Croux
- 15 April 2016 @ EFA General Assembly & Conference 2016: For Heaven’s Sake, Wroclaw led by Olivier Sasserath
- 27 May 2016 @ 51st Pearle Conference, Wroclaw led by Henning Krieg
On Organising Performances in Times of Terror Threat | Report
- 12 September 2016 @ Beursschouwburg, Brussels
On streaming of performances | Report
- 25 November 2016 @ Caberet Voltaire, Zurich
On the diversity of audiences at live performances and in the online environment: how to ensure accessibility for disabled persons? | Report
- 2 June 2017 @ Copenhagen
On the future of data protection in the live performance sector | Report
- 24 November 2017 @ Madrid
On Going Digital | Report
- 25 May 2018 @ Tallinn