IFEA Europe News Headlines

Congratulations Pinnacle Award Winners

Editor — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:14:03 +0000

Last month at the Annual IFEA World Convention four European festivals were awarded with IFEA/ Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards in different categories. They competed with top festivals from around the globe and did very well. Congratulations go to The Hague Festivals, who took seven major prizes home and a new competitor on the scene and [...]

Bratislava 2009 Conference

Editor — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:00:13 +0000

The IFEA Europe Conference 2009, held in the beautiful Danube city of Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, will explore the multitude of festivals and cultural events in Europe, their cultural roots, and their ability to serve sometimes supplementary, sometimes conflicting interests of organizers, cities and commercial interests. Human Rites City Lights Commercial Interests Join us at the IFEA Europe 17th [...]

Reminder - Questionnaire

Editor — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:14 +0000

IFEA Europe is currently executing an Impact Study amongst its members. If you have not yet filled out the Questionnaire that was emailed to you by the Office, please do so now. Non-Festivals are kindly asked to fill out the relevant 2nd part of the questionnaire. Download PDF format Download Word format Please return your form ASAP by email [...]

2008 BAFA Annual Conference

Editor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:45 +0000

Thursday 23, Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October 2008 Venue: Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool Against the backdrop of the UNESCO World Heritage waterfront and in the year of European Capital of Culture, BAFA brings its Annual Conference to Liverpool in 2008. Focussing on ‘Showcasing Culture’ both local and international, the conference, open to anyone, will be a platform [...]

Euclid – A Source of European Cultural Info

Editor — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:00:17 +0000

Euclid is known as the UK Cultural Contact Point for the European Union and also known to many as a consultancy and training agency. What not everybody might appreciate is that Euclid is also the publisher of a large number of useful informative website related to culture in Europe. www.euclid.info www.culturefund.eu - REVISED http://euronews.culture.info - NEW http://eufunds.culture.info - the [...]

Surviving the Culture Change

Editor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:34 +0000

Okay the global focus has been rather on the economic crisis in some countries recently and the effects on our industry. But arts organizations (including festivals?) also need to worry about something else that is threatening the sustainability of many organizations and that is the recent culture change.During an Arts Marketing Summit by the Australian [...]

Special Offer - Members IFEA

Editor — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:18:43 +0000

Like in previous years, members of IFEA (globally) receive a subtantial reduction on the Delegates Fee of WOMEX, the world music expo. Click here to read more about the Special IFEA Offer.

European cooperation

Chairman IFEA Europe — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:28:11 +0000

Over the past years, IFEA Europe has developed strong ties with other pan-European networks such as Culture Action Europe (formerly European Foundation for Arts and Heritage), and the European Festival Association. We also maintain contact with networks such as the IETM and NOEA. Although aims and undertakings of these organisations vary greatly, we find that [...]

Can “young idealists” interact with “old people in power”?

Chairman IFEA Europe — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:56 +0000

Report from the 2008 “Behind-the-Scenes”The 2008 IFEA Europe “Behind-the-Scenes” took place in Borlänge, Sweden, at the end of June. For the attending IFEA members, it became a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience, as IFEA Board member Maria Anderberg of “Kulturproduktionen” guided the group, quite literately, through the gorgeous Swedish landscape for meetings both with the dedicated idealist [...]

France 24 - Recommended Festival List

Editor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:15 +0000

TV channel France 24 has published a short list of ten recommended festivals both in France and abroad. Links on their list go to TV news reports about these festivals on their website. The lucky festivals are: Garden festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire, France Forde’s Folk Music Fest, Norway Festival of Avignon, France Musilac festival, France Arles Photography Festival, France Jordan Festival, [...]