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Survey: Festivals' needs and commitments7 April 2020The shutdown caused by COVID-19 is having dramatic consequences for all of us. We have created special pages to announce which festivals were cancelled or postponed (initial overview of the festivals...
Connecting the festivals community online: sharing needs and commitments2 April 2020On Wednesday 1 April 2020 the festivals community came together online. For EFA it was the first experiment of this kind and we believe that it was a successful one. More than 70 people from 25...
Rest in Peace Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki 30 March 2020Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki has died at the age of 86 this 29 March 2020. The European Festivals Association is sending its most sincere condolences to Madam Elzbieta Penderecka, the entire family...
COVID-19 - Expressing our solidarity towards the festivals20 March 2020The coronavirus is hitting the arts ferociously with many festivals, concerts and events cancelled or postponed (see this page for an initial overview of our members). Theaters, museums and other...
Arts Festivals Summit 2020 postponed!19 March 2020Instead: a Culture Summit for Hope from 23-25 November 2020The impact of coronavirus and decisions taken by the Irish and more EU governments forced us to postpone this year’s Arts Festivals Summit...
COVID-19: overview of our members' festivals18 March 2020We always say: “In Europe, the arts are just a festival away...”, and encourage
audiences to discover you, them: the arts in our festivals. Now we had to press ‘pause’;
before we will have to...
Sharing Nomsa Mazwai's Travel Report on Digital (R)Evolution 202017 March 2020As our main idea is to share different experiences and
reflections, today we are happy to share Nomsa Mazwai’s “Travel report” on the
Pilot edition of the Digital (R)Evolution: Communication and...
“The Show Must Go On” Iranian Online Festival Created to Show the Resilience of Festivals17 March 2020"Sharifzadeh, whose first name means sky, is a theatre agent, producer and festival organizer. With an academic background in creative writing and puppet theater, at the age of 24, he co-founded the...
HOT NEWS: Arts Festivals Summit, 27-29 April 2020 Galway/Ireland27 February 2020Discover the first topics and speakers
at our Summit to get you in the heart of festival making. Galway 2020
also offers a vibrant artistic and cultural programme. ...
Festivals managers based in the Netherlands: apply now for the Düsseldorf and Kampala Ateliers 2020!26 February 2020Festivals managers based in the Netherlands: apply now for the
Düsseldorf and Kampala Ateliers 2020!The Festival Academy is delighted to announce that Dutch Performing Arts and The Festival Academy (...
Terras sem Sombra: get to know the Alentejo19 February 2020In 2020, the 16th edition of Terras sem Sombra will be held on weekends, from 18 January to 12 July, travelling through 13 municipalities of the Alentejo region and featuring the Czech Republic as its...
Activities 2020: save the dates18 February 2020We have prepared a list of activities not to be missed in 2020 for you. We have categorised them as activities related to: networking, training or policy. Take your agenda and save the dates. ...
Al Bustan International Festival 18 February 2020Since the Al Bustan International Festival was founded in 1994, it has established a unique and unprecedented tradition of a music season in winter in Lebanon. Each year the festival is...
NEW Atelier for Arts and Production Managers Elefsina – Beirut17 February 2020The Festival Academy is thrilled to announce a tailor made
Atelier for Arts and Production Managers in partnership with Drosos Foundation,
Eleusis 2021, Zoukak Theatre Company Beirut and Artlink. The...
Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi starting next week7 February 2020The 13th
edition of the Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi (WIAFS) is starting next
week on 12 February until 23 February 2020. Get ready for 10 days of music with
incredible concerts and...
We are delighted to share Hitomi Matsumoto's thoughts on Atelier Valletta 20194 February 2020One of the main aims of The Festival Academy is to create spaces of exchange and reflection and this is why we are delighted to share Hitomi Matsumoto's reflections on the Atelier Valletta, which took...
The pilot edition of "Digital (R)Evolution: A Communication & New Technologies Training" was closed on Saturday 25 January28 January 2020The programme of the pilot
edition of "Digital (R)Evolution: A Communication & New Technologies
Training was closed on Saturday 25 January with inspiring participants’ presentations
of toolkits...
SAVE THE DATES: ARTS FESTIVALS SUMMIT 2020, 27-29 APRIL IN GALWAY/IRELAND 24 January 2020THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF 250 FESTIVAL MAKERS- Galway, the European Capital of Culture 2020, is the most exciting
place we can imagine for our three days of work and exchange. Save the dates in your...
The International Sarajevo Festival “Sarajevo Winter” is almost there24 January 2020The motto of this 36th edition running from February 7th
until March 21st 2020 is “Time for you-pick up art”.
The activities will take place in various venues of the city. Among
the activities...
Yesterday 22 January 2020 the Pilot edition of Digital (R)Evolution kicked off in Antwerp, Belgium23 January 2020Yesterday 22 January 2020 the pilot edition of Digital
(R)Evolution kicked off in Antwerp, Belgium. This is a new training programme
on digital tools and new technologies organized in partnership with...
Meet the mentors, guest speakers and participants of the Pilot edition Digital (R) Evolution: A Communication & New Technologies Training21 January 2020In one day the Pilot edition Digital (R) Evolution: A Communication & New Technologies Training will kick off in Antwerp (BE) from
22-25 January 2020, organised in partnership
with deSingel...
The Festival Academy receives a grant from the Open Society Foundations to support its activities for 2020-202220 January 2020The Festival Academy is very pleased to announce support from
the Open Society Foundations in the next three years for its
ambitious goal to build bridges between different fields of actions, being...
New year, new projects: introducing Digital (R)evolution Communication and New Technologies Training17 January 2020New year, new projects: introducing Digital (R)evolution
Communication and New Technologies Training, the new training format of The
Festival AcademyThe Festival Academy welcomes the new decade with...
