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European Shakespeare Festivals Network: call 202321 December 2022… spherical, like a globe; I could find out countries in her. Comedy of Errors This is a call for Shakespeare related performance work, from the world theatre community.After an enormously...
The open call for Mittelyoung 2023 is out19 December 2022Mittelfest calls for under-30 artists and companies from MitteleuropaNine projects that will be staged from 18 to 21 May 2023The doors of Mittelfest are once again opening to the new generation of...
This year the Castell de Peralada Festival starts at easter15 December 2022Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, tenor Freddie De Tommaso, vocal ensemble Cantoria and Sarlatti's La Giuditta featuring Dani Espasa, Serena Sáenz and Xavier Sabata together make up the programme...
New! Infographics of the EFA-Pearle* Ultimate Guide for Cultural Managers now online9 December 2022Pearle* and the European Festivals Association (EFA) are delighted to present as a new feature a series of infographics complementing the Ultimate Guide for Cultural Managers. The promotion and...
22nd International Antalya Piano Festival 1 December 2022The International Antalya Piano Festival is one of the most important art events in Antalya, which is taking firm steps towards becoming the capital of culture and art.As every year, many domestic and...
A unique time in the city of festivals. Edinburgh International Festival30 November 2022VOICES OF YOUNG EUROPEAN JOURNALISTSAugust is the month to feel the festival spirit in Scotland's capital. One of the festivals held there was the Edinburgh International Festival. We had the pleasure...
Mittelfest unveils the theme of the 2023 edition24 November 2022The birth of Mittelbabel, an archive and historical memory of 30 years of Mittelfest Towards GO!2025: Nova Gorica to host the first day of Mittelyoung Inevitable: this is the theme of the 2023 edition...
Botis Seva Winner of the third Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award21 November 2022The Third Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award, Opera and Dance, held by the Castell de Peralada Foundation, was awarded on 21 November at a prize-giving at the Great Hall of the Monastery of...
Conference for Festivals 202217 November 2022The British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA) organised its 2022 Conference for Festivals: The Place to Connect on 22 and 23 November. BAFA members, festivals, industry speakers and guests were...
Life After 7016 November 2022During the Autumn of 2022 the European Festivals Association demonstrated how it would reinforce its core values through practice in the years to come, aiming to be a positive force in Europe and the...
The EFFEA Call is extended10 November 2022Send your application to support emerging artists before Monday 21 November 2022Good news for those who need a bit more time! We have extended the deadline to apply for the European Festivals Fund for...
Impossible Without Youth Award7 November 2022The European Festival Awards are honouring Youth projects at festivals. >> Apply before 30 November >>> Apply before 30 November <<<After a forced hiatus due to the pandemic, the...
Festivals and Sustainability - Work In Progress28 October 2022At EFA's Arts Festivals Summit in Yerevan the session on Sustainability did much to set the agenda for the coming years. It emphasised the leadership role festivals could have in campaigning, by...
The EFFEA Call is open: Apply now!14 October 2022Apply before 15 November to the open call for festivals to support emerging artists.We are happy to announce that the EFFEA call is open.EFFEA - the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – is...
A picture of the Yerevan EFA Arts Festivals Summit, September 202214 October 2022There was a great deal of surprise when the European Festivals Association announced that its 70th anniversary Arts Festivals Summit would be held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and I have lost...
Digital Arts displayed in Criatech and Prisma / Art Light Tech11 October 2022The city of Aveiro once will again become the stage for the fusion between arts and technology from October 10th to 15th. This month, the festivals CRIATECH - Digital Creativity & Technology and...
EFFEA Call Coming Soon!30 September 2022Open call for festivals to support emerging artistsEmerging artists are the treasure of society, creative minds, explorers who have the power to shape the future through their art. EFFEA - European...
EFA and 120 festivals present for 70th anniversary Arts Festivals Summit Yerevan20 September 2022[Press release 20 September 2022] The European Festivals Association and 120 international festival delegates from 45 countries committed to continue to serve artists and audiences at the occasion of...
A conversation with Maestro Mario Hossen from Varna Summer International Music Festival9 September 2022A conversation with Maestro Mario Hossen, Artistic Director of Varna Summer International Music Festival, one of the earliest festivals in Europe. As in Varna Summer International Music Festival...
PRISMA / ART LIGHT TECH IN AVEIRO LAUNCHES AN INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL25 August 2022Prisma / Art Light Tech festival in Aveiro, Portugal invites artists, designers, light artists and lighting professionals as well as students and institutions to submit their proposals for the 2022...
Israel Festival 202222 August 202215.09.22 > 22.09.22 Jerusalem The Israel Festival presents Sun & Sea – the internationally acclaimed winner of the 2019 Venice Biennale Golden Lion - free of charge to the general...
Ljubljana Festival: The second half of the festival Summer19 August 2022[PRESS RELEASE - LJUBLJANA, 19 AUGUST 2022] The seventieth Ljubljana Festival is slowly entering its second half. But we can still look forward to many exciting musical and dance performances before...
Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival stands “Together with Ukraine”16 August 2022The 26th Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival is being organised at a particular time –
during a war which is being waged across our border. We are impressed that our
friends – artists and activists from...
Impossible Without Youth & European Year of Youth12 August 2022CALL TO FESTIVALS FOR ACTIONS AND STORIES AT THE OCCASION OF THE EUROPEAN YEAR OF YOUTH 2022 Join the IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUTH campaign From 12 August 2022 and ongoing until the end of the...
Research Results of Perform Europe 28 July 2022Perform Europe came to an end. On 13 June, Perform Europe's Impact Event was held live in Brussels and online. You can watch the recording of the event on YouTube.Between December 2020 and June 2021,...- 26th International Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival26 July 2022The 26th international Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival will be held on 27 July–6 August 2022. Many new features are coming this year, with 5 performances in the Golden Yorick finals, an international...
70th Ljubljana Festival20 July 2022This year’s jubilee 70th Ljubljana Festival, with a vast programme of more than 80 different events, is already in full swing. The diverse cultural events ensure that in the summer months Ljubljana...
“Festival Dos Canais” turns the city of Aveiro into a stage18 July 2022Since the last weekend, 14 June, the annual event “Festival dos Canais” (eng. Festival of Canals) inhabits again Portuguese city of Aveiro for artistic experiences with even more energy and...
Gaulitana festival's GauLearn educational programme15 July 2022The Miriam Gauci Vocal Master Class is on in mid-August at Gaulitana festival between 17 and 20 August!A series of vocal master classes by Maltese internationally renowned soprano Miriam Gauci return...
2030 Vision for Edinburgh's Festival City14 July 2022Today - for the first time in
their long history - the
Edinburgh Festivals have come together with their stakeholders on the Edinburgh
Festivals Forum to launch a joint Vision for the future...
Bozar is looking for a new Director General11 July 2022Our EFA member Bozar is looking for a new Director General. That might be your chance!Are you interested in leading a house of culture with international allure in the heart of Brussels? As the...
LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL: CANKARJEV DOM TO BE FILLED WITH BIG NAMES THIS SUMMER1 July 2022This year’s
jubilee 70th
Ljubljana Festival, with a vast programme of more than 80
different events, is already in full swing. As is traditional, the festival
began in Congress Square, this year...
The 73rd Dubrovnik Summer Festival opens on 10 July29 June 202210 July / 25 August Dubrovnik, Croatia Artistic Direction by Dora Ruždjak Podolski For its 73rd edition, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival wants more than ever "contribute to this magical moment...
Joining hands and hearts, Festivals for Ukraine: A call for festival duos24 June 2022Joining hands and hearts: Festivals for Ukraine is a peer-to-peer call for festival duos addressed to EFA members. Time is crucial, the situation and needs are changing very fast, as illustrated in...
Partnership between the European Commission and festivals for the European Year of Youth21 June 2022[PRESS RELEASE - BRUSSELS, 21 JUNE 2022] What are you up to this summer? Just right for the start of the main festival season, the European Festivals Association joins forces with the European...
Book: Festival em Tempo de Pandemia (Festival in Pandemic Times)14 June 2022The book "Festival em Tempo de Pandemia" (Festival in Pandemic Times) is a work of art and of history. It combines the best images by photographer Sara Leonardo with texts by João Neves. Both have...
Festivals programming in time of conflict: Report on the survey on the war in Ukraine2 June 2022More than three months after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army on 24 February, the survey "Festivals programming in time of conflict" unfortunately remains relevant and may identify some...
Swedish Festivals National Summit restarts30 May 2022Heading to Northern Europe to visit Sweden for the “Swedish Festivals National Summit” that took place from 27 till 29 May 2022 in Norrköping, an event organised by EFA’s collective member...
EFFE Seal Survey for cities and regions25 May 2022EFA will launch its newest project: The EFFE Seal for Festival Cities and Regions on 13 September 2022 during the Arts Festivals Summit in Yerevan, Armenia. The EFFE Seal (Europe for Festivals,...
Perform Europe's Impact Event: a more sustainable way of touring in Europe18 May 2022MONDAY 13 JUNE 2022, 16.00-18.00 PM CESTLIVESTREAM EVENTAs Perform Europe slowly comes to a close, we invite you to Perform Europe's Impact Event. On 13 June 2022, we will take a look at what we...
"Music Unites" 20th Mersin International Music Festival13 May 2022"Music Unites" 20th Mersin International Music Festival 21 May > 11 June 2022 Mersin's festival is 20 years old.Mersin International Music Festival (Merfest), which is the voice of Mersin in the...
MITTELFEST 2022: IMPREVISTI (the Unexpected)10 May 202212 / 15 May – 22 / 31 July 2022 Cividale del Friuli Artistic direction Giacomo Pedini In its 31st edition Mittelfest approaches this surprising time and addresses the theme of unexpected with two...
Leoš Janáček International Music Festival 2022 edition5 May 2022The Leoš Janáček International Music Festival takes place from 29 May till 1 July 2022. The Festival brings a varied programme for this year. Festival visitors will be able to enjoy thirty festival...
Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition to start in 202327 April 2022[PRESS RELEASE - LJUBLJANA, 15 APRIL 2022] Next year Festival Ljubljana will host its first international piano competition, to be held from 25 February until 4 March 2023. Its artistic director is...
EFA @ Classical:NEXT - Structured Networking Session21 April 2022After a long period of enforced online meetings, it’s time to meet again on the spot and reconnect with each other during EFA’s structured live networking session.In small groups, you will engage...
Call for applications: George Enescu International Competition 20225 April 2022Reaching its 18th edition, the George Enescu International Competition continues to reinforce its top position at the international level in 2022, inspired by the reinvention of the pandemic context:...
70-YEAR JUBILEE OF LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL 28 March 2022[PRESS RELEASE - LJUBLJANA, MARCH 2022] Ljubljana Festival is celebrating its 70-year jubilee. In a year marked by the 150th anniversary of the birth of architect Jože Plečnik, the main venue...
THE 36th SLOVENIAN MUSIC DAYS25 March 2022Festival Ljubljana is organising the traditional, 36th Slovenian Music Days, which will be held from 19 to 24 April in the Knights' Hall at Križanke, the Philharmonic Hall and Cankarjev Dom. This...
Call for the third edition of the Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award24 March 2022Held by the Castell de Peralada Private Foundation, the competition for the 3rd Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award is dedicated to the category of Dance this year. Nominations have...
Solidarity with Ukraine4 March 2022The European Festivals Association (EFA) condemns Russia's hostilities in Ukraine. For the time being, we will suspend
all our activities and all our collaboration projects in Russia and give our
full...
FESTIVAL LJUBLJANA MASTERCLASSES 20222 March 2022As part of the jubilee 70th Ljubljana Festival, Festival Ljubljana is organising Masterclasses for the fifth year running, which will be held between 25 July and 8 August 2022 at the Ljubljana Academy...
Sochi Conversations #216 February 2022The Sochi Conversations are taking place this Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 February 2022, hosted by the Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi (WIAFS). This activity aims to bring together...
Activities 2022: save the dates14 February 2022We have prepared a list of activities for festivals not to be missed in 2022. We have categorised them as activities related to: networking, training, policy and communication. Take your agenda...
Perform Europe is LIVE11 January 2022The Perform Europe Live programme is out! Discover which are the Perform Europe projects selected by the jury. In total, 19 projects were chosen for their innovative, inclusive and sustainable...- European Shakespeare Festivals Network Call4 January 2022This is a call for new work, from the world theatre community. The European Shakespeare Festivals Network (ESFN) is now 10 years old and brings together 10 key festivals across Europe who present...
