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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Festivals as Ecosystems of Care
How can festivals create the conditions for more caring, sustainable and meaningful cultural practice? This online seminar will unfold the new training resource "Festivals as Ecosystems of Care".
Digital Shifts webinars
Berlin Conference 2026: Europe: The Art of Belonging
The Berlin Conference highlights how essential culture is for Europe’s freedom, cohesion, and democratic strength.
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Arts Festivals Summit 2026: Being in the room: Who gets to shape the conversation?
Krishnapriya Ramamoorthy, from India and based in Wales in the UK, shares with us the reasons that 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.
10th Winter Festival by Festival Ljubljana
From symphonic masterpieces and iconic film scores to intimate piano recitals and opera, the 10th Winter Festival by Festival Ljubljana promises six evenings of exceptional musical performances in Slovenia's capital.
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Helsinki Festival
Noorderzon Festival
Noorderzon Festival of Performing Arts & Society provides a setting for theatre, dance, music, literature, aftertalks and lectures in combination with eating, drinking and social encounters.