Uniting festivals across Europe
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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Perform Europe: Reimagine Touring online events
Perform Europe organises four online events to share the findings and knowledge generated by its 42 partnerships, involving 187 partners, touring 63 artistic works for a total of 260 presentations.
Arts Festivals Summit 2026
Arts Festivals Summit 2026 | Budva 16 - 19 May, hosted by Theatre City Budva.
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Open Call MITTELYOUNG 2026
Mittelfest launches an Open call for Theatre, Dance, Music and Circus projects of UNDER-30 artists, companies and collectives from Central Europe and the Balkans.
New European Democracy Shield
The Commission has launched the European Democracy Shield, setting out a series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU and favour an open civic space.
Welcoming new festival into EFA’s community
EFA Members gathered online for the final Catch Up of the year, a moment where candidate members present their festivals to the network ahead of their official admission at the members' General Assembly.
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Yerevan International Theater Festival
European Festival of Performing Arts Timisoara - New Romanian Drama Festival
