IFEA Europe

  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Banner

Submit your news!

We would love to receive your articles, press releases and content suggestions. Please send your news to news@ifeaeurope.com

This newsletter is sponsored by:

logo

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Enter your Email:

We hate SPAM, so under no circumstances will your email address be shared with third parties.

RSS FEED RSS button

Festival News

Festival Geek-in-Residence

Thursday, 29 July 2010 08:55
email print PDF

Whilst it is not uncommon for festivals to have an Artist-in-Residence creating artistic content, a “Geek-in-Residence” is to be appointed by Festivals Edinburgh, as part of a two year, £300,000 project to harness and lead new digital developments for the benefit of its twelve member festivals, their audiences and participants.

The Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab is headed by Rohan Gunatillake and funded by Creative Scotland’s National Lottery Fund. It aims to be an enabling project, which will help the different festivals to work with technologists, artists, audiences and digital communities. The purpose of such collaborations will be to develop and create prototype digital and technological tools that can improve the festival experience for audiences and participants.

» Read the full article by Thom Dubdin in 'The Stage'.

 

Interesting podcasts at Kadmusarts.com

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 14:08
email print PDF

Our friends at www.kadmusarts.com succesfully locates festivals, connect artists to festivals for gigs; promote events; and provides general entertainment news.

A fun recent feature was the Essential Packing List, made to help audiences prepare for their next festival. Do you know how to be the perfect packer? Well, go to http://kadmusarts.com/blog to find out how just 21 items can make all festival goers happy, dry, and ready to find love!

An other interesting feature are the  podcast interviews designed to help move the industry forward and highlight the best in festival presenting and performing. (Easy listening: http://kadmusarts.com/podcasts/)

 

Do you know Kadmusarts?

Thursday, 04 February 2010 23:24
email print PDF

IFEA Europe does not have a tradition of endorsing specific sites or services. But if you are interested in festivals world-wide, and would like to promote your own festival on a serious site targeted to audiences, check out www.kadmusarts.com.

Listing festivals by country, the site provides an excellent overview of cultural events that may attract the growing number of people who gladly travel across the world to visit interesting events. The site also feature discussions between festival travellers and other services.

 

 

Cheers in Belgium; disappointment in Vilnius

Monday, 01 February 2010 14:42
email print PDF
Are Belgian rock festivals the best? On the opening night of the European music conference and festival Eurosonic in the Grand Theater of Groningen, the Netherlands, Belgian festivals were awarded first prize in four of eight categories in the “European Festival Awards”.
The Dour Festival won in the category “best medium-sized festival”; the Cactusfestival won the “best small festival” award, while the “best new European festival” award went to Openfields Festival. The “best line-up” award was given to Rock Werchter. Poland's “Heineken Open'er Festival” won the category “best major festival”. The “European Festival Awards” are an initiative of the British “Festival Awards Ltd.” and Yourope, the pan-European outdoor rock festivals' association.
 
As the selection of European Capitals of Culture for 2015 is approaching, the 2009 capital Vilnius eports that the goal of at least 15% growth for tourism was not achieved. As a matter of fact, a decrease of tourism of 15-20% is a cruel fact, attributed to the global crisis. It is not the first time that visitor numbers have failed to meet the goals of cultural capitals; also Dublin 91, Madrid 92, Luxembourg 95, and Prague 00 were lower-than-expected in tourists.