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Usedom Music Festival 2025 – Spotlight on Finland
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.
Music Focus Workshop: Arts Festivals Summit 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.
Artistic Freedom Workshop: Arts Festivals Summit 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.
UK–EU Cultural and Artistic Exchanges
Cultural and creative professionals across the European Union and the United Kingdom call for urgent action to remove the barriers to touring and cross-border collaboration.
Festivals Care: Arts Festivals Summit 2025
EFA is exploring how art festivals contribute to mental health and well-being. EFA hosted a workshop on this topic at the Arts Festivals Summit Edinburgh and was present at the Mental Health Summit in the European Parliament.
Arts Festivals Summit Edinburgh Portrait
Discover the 2025 Arts Festivals Summit through the eyes and words of poet and writer Simon Mundy. You'll see the Summit from a whole new angle, one that we hope will make you smile and laugh.
EFA is hiring: Administration & Production Assistant
EFA is looking for a part time administration and production assistant to join its international team based in Brussels. Interested? Read the full job offer here and apply before 8 June.
EFA Networking Session at Classical:NEXT 2025
EFA is hosting the ‘Networking Session’ on 14 May 2025 at Classical:NEXT in Berlin. This networking space offers an opportunity to meet new colleagues, share insights, and have focused discussions on key industry topics.
Exploring Tabù: Mittelfest 2025 Programme Announced
Our EFA Member returns to Cividale del Friuli with Tabù, featuring 38 theatre, music, dance and circus performances across two festivals: Mittelyoung (15 to 18 May) and Mittelfest (18 to 27 July).
Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award 2025: Open Call
Young artists are invited to submit an educational project with focus on THE OPERA IS FOR YOU, backed by the €40,000 Carmen Mateu Award.
73rd Ljubljana Festival: A Summer of Culture and Art
This summer, Ljubljana invites audiences to explore a season of music, theatre and dance as the 73rd edition of its landmark festival takes over the city from 20 June to 12 September 2025.
215 festivals gathered in Edinburgh for the Arts Festivals Summit 2025
The Summit has brought diverse perspectives, questions, and themes forward on how festivals can assume a responsible role towards their artists, audiences and societies in an ever-changing world.