Uniting festivals across Europe and beyond
The European Festivals Association (EFA) connects festivals and festival makers in an interactive and ever-inclusive network at the service of the arts and artists, ready to engage with the alliance of stakeholders surrounding festivals today.
Festivals
104 festivals from 40 countries working across borders in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, circus, film, literature, and more, form the core of the Association and all its initiatives.
Collective Festival Associations and Affiliates
National associations of festivals and colleague networks in different artistic disciplines worldwide connect their local and international communities and topics to EFA through joint membership.
Festival Cities and Regions
Today, 33 festival cities and regions extend the conversation around festivals and exchange local practices and policies related to festival life with colleagues from all over Europe.
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Digital Shifts webinars
Early Music Summit - What we stand for
The 3rd edition of the Early Music Summit will take place from 24 to 27 November 2026, in the Concertgebouw Brugge, the Orpheus Instituut and De Bijloke. Four days to connect, exchange ideas and move the sector forward together.
Trigger warnings: where do we stand?
The Festivals Care! Working Group is opening one of its monthly meetings to the wider EFA community and invites festivals to join a conversation on trigger warnings in performances.
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Defend AgoraEU: Festivals’ action needed on the next EU budget
The negotiations on the EU’s next budget for 2028-2034 are entering a crucial phase, with some cuts announced for the cultural sector. We call festivals to defend AgoraEU and secure a place for culture in the National and Regional Partnership Plans.
Arts Festivals Summit 2026: Being in the room: Who gets to shape the conversation?
Krishnapriya Ramamoorthy, from South India and based in Wales, shares with us what brought her to the Arts Festivals Summit 2026 in Budva and her experience.
EFA Monthly Digest November 2026
Each month, Simon Mundy highlights what is happening across the European Festivals Association (EFA)’s network, offering a glimpse of the many ways our community is active across Europe and beyond.
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Divine Comedy Festival
Yerevan International Theater Festival
