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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, 29 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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© Barbara Mair - AfHA

Together in Care: Well-being of Artists and Festivals

24 June 2025 | 11:00 - 12:30
Join us for an open exchange on how festivals and artists are exploring or imagining more caring ways of working together.

Fearless Festivals: a grape / EFA Denis de Rougemont Forum

Goethe Institut-Athen
23 July 2025

Athens is hosting EFA's next Denis de Rougemont Forum: The Fearless Festivals Forum adresses performing arts festivals and is part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival’s grape platform which takes from 22 to 27 July 2025.

Berlin Conference 2025

Allianz Forum
6 - 7 November 2025

21 years after its first edition in 2004, the Berlin Conference continues to show how essential culture is for Europe’s freedom, cohesion, and democratic strength.

EFA News Show all news

© Jaakko Paarvala

Usedom Music Festival 2025 – Spotlight on Finland

10 June 2025

As autumn’s light softens and the Baltic Sea grows wilder, the Usedom Music Festival welcomes you on a journey to the North. From 20 September to 11 October 2025, Finland takes centre stage.

© Greg Macvean

Music Focus Workshop: Arts Festivals Summit 2025

5 June 2025

Classical music festivals are adapting to a rapidly changing cultural landscape. The workshop explored the pressures facing classical music today - from funding and logistics to shifting audience expectations.

© Andrew Perry

Artistic Freedom Workshop: Arts Festivals Summit 2025

3 June 2025

The workshop explored the role and limits of artistic freedom in today’s polarised world. Participants examined the idea of art as a human right, capable of challenging norms and provoking necessary discomfort.

EFA Members Show all members

In­ter­na­tion­al Izmir Festival

Izmir, Türkiye
Experience art with the glory of historyThe International Izmir Festival reaching an audience expressed in millions has been proudly…

Holland Festival

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
Holland Festival showcases ground-breaking productions by artists from all across the world and new developments in the performing…
© Matthew Mirabelli

Festivals Malta

Floriana, Malta
Festivals Malta is the national government body dedicated to the nurturing and growth of festivals and cultural events in Malta and Gozo.…