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New! Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: The EU Green Deal and Live Performance Organisations22 March 2023[JOINT PRESS RELEASE - BRUSSELS, 22 March 2023] Today, Pearle* - Live Performance Europe and EFA – European Festivals Association are pleased to announce the publication of the booklet The EU Green...
Swedish Festivals National Conference: An event to meet and work13 March 2023The Sweden festivals conference took place this year in the city of Gothenburg from 10 till 12 March 2023. For the second time after the pandemic, Swedish festivals from all over the country came...
Calling for peace in Armenia10 March 2023The European Festivals Association (EFA) has been in Yerevan from 11 till 15 September 2022 for its 70th Anniversary Arts Festivals Summit. Our EFA Member, the Yerevan Perspectives International Music...
Franco Punzi: An immeasurable loss, an extraordinary legacy27 February 2023It is with deep sadness that we learned that Franco Punzi passed away on 17 February 2023 at the age of 87. He was the Founder and longstanding President of the Festival della Valle d'Itria, which...
Ukraine: One year of solidarity24 February 2023It has been a year since the horrific war in Ukraine began and it is still not over. The great attention to Ukraine must continue in the future. EFA and its members feel really concerned about the war...
Preparatory workshop: EFFE Seal for Festival Cities and Regions20 February 2023Spring is around the corner and so is EFA’s Arts Festivals Summit in Peralada/Girona from 23 till 26 April 2023. During the Summit, more cities will join the EFFE Seal for Festival Cities and...
Results: EFFEA Call #131 January 2023The results of the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA are now known. EFFEA’s first round of grants will support 142 festivals and 43 artists&...
Workshop: How can live and digital go together?25 January 2023(RE)WATCH PR. PABLO DORNHEGE'S WORKSHOP ON DIGITAL This workshop on digital was led by Prof. Pablo Dornhege of the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and took place on 17 November 2022 at the...
Mittelfest shortlisted for Yourope's European Festival Awards19 January 2023On 18 January, we celebrated the success and achievements of European festivals at Yourope's European Festival Awards 2022. This year, a new Award was created for the European Year of Youth: The...
