European Festivals Association
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The European Festivals Association is the umbrella organisation for festivals across Europe & represents more than 100 festivals from 40 countries.
Joined May 2012
🌀 A new wind is blowing through Europe’s festival scene! helps you reach international audiences and connect with festivals across Europe. We have been working behind the scenes, and now it’s your turn to explore what’s new:
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While the EU prepares its 2028–2034 budget, EFA calls EU leaders to strengthen Creative Europe, the only EU programme fully dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors, to keep it stand-alone and double its budget. Read and share the full letter:
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Join EFA’s next online rendezvous this Tuesday, 24 June 🗓️.The open exchange will focus on how festivals and artists are exploring or imagining more caring ways of working together. 🔗Register here:
us02web.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Reflection session on the well-being of artists and festivals. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
How are care and well-being put into practice in the context of festivals? What does it mean for festival teams, artists and audiences? What challenges arise?. We will discuss these topics at EFA's next online meeting on 24 June. Register to join:
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The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists Call #4 opens from 1 September to 3 November!.~50 residencies will be supported in 2026 each involving 3+ festivals taking an emerging artist under their wings. Join the first info session on 9 September👉
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Festivals across Europe and beyond are building more inclusive, accessible and culturally rich spaces 👇 .We have just released a new report that provides insight into how festivals are approaching DEIAB work. 📘 Read it now:
www.european-festivals.eu
The report of the "Count Me In!" survey presenting approaches to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB) in the seat of arts festivals is now available to all.
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How are care and well-being put into practice in the context of festivals? What does it mean for festival teams, artists and audiences? What challenges arise?. We will discuss these topics at EFA's next online meeting on 24 June. Register to join:
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EFA members have re-elected Jan Briers as their President during the General Assembly in the framework of the Arts Festivals Summit Edinburgh on 30 April 2025. Read more about Jan Briers: 📷 Greg Macvean
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Today is #EuropeDay.Artists, festival makers & their communities show up every day to make meaning in uncertain times. They care. They connect us with one another, with the land. Festivals link people, places & ideas. At their core is empathy, exchange, understanding.
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RT @europe_creative: 🎨 Artists, creatives, cultural orgs & policymakers — the #EUCultureCompass is in the making!. It will guide EU action….
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Heading to Berlin in May for @ClassicalNEXT?.We will be there too! EFA is once again hosting a networking session to facilitate meeting new colleagues & have focused 1-on-1 conversations on current topics. Register to join us on 𝟏𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐲: .
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Register your 2025 festival edition now on & be part of the most comprehensive and up-to-date festival database worldwide. Get discovered by festival makers and lovers across Europe’s diverse cultural scene!. More info:
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Check out the programme for the Arts Festivals Summit 2025, from 27 to 30 April In 3 weeks, 200+ festival makers, policymakers, artists & partners will gather in Scotland’s capital to talk, listen & dream up new futures for the arts and festivals together!
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FEST FORUM - Krakow, 7 April 🇵🇱.Festival organisers will gather to reflect on challenges & how to shape sustainable growth. EFA President Jan Briers will open the forum with a lecture on uniting festivals across Europe. Discover the programme:
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The 23rd Atelier for Young Festival Managers in San Sebastián brought together 47 festival managers from 35 countries for a week of exchange, learning & co-creation. Ana Benavides Otero from the EFA Team shares her reflections on the experience 🔗
www.european-festivals.eu
An article from Ana sharing her reflections on participating in the Atelier Donostia/San Sebastián 2025 for Young Festival Managers
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EFA participated in the meeting "A New Culture Compass for Europe” with EU Commissioner @GlennMicallef and 50 participants from the CCI sector from across Europe. EFA emphasised the readiness and availability of the festival sector to work together.
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Happy #EarlyMusicDay! Spring awakens and Bach's birthday coincides - a perfect harmony of nature & music! This early celebration started in 2013 as an initiative of our member REMA. Take a moment to listen, discover and let our musical heritage play on:
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🌱EFA joined Together in Action, the flagship event of the European Climate Pact, uniting 500+ participants for a more sustainable future. Festivals can also spark change -raising awareness & driving action for a greener Europe. 🔗Learn how to get involved
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What does it mean to be an artist in Europe today? .In 2 weeks, we will welcome choreographer and dancer Serge Aimé Coulibaly for a conversation with Emily Ansenk and Tom Creed. 📅2 April, 12-13.00 CEST.🔗Register here:
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SoFEST! @francefestivals 🇫🇷(13-14 March) brought festival makers, partners, universities & cultural networks together to rethink the festival model. Several EFA Members joined and facilitated sessions and workshops, and the EFA Board met during the forum.
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