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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.

The 39th International İzmir Festival will once again bring Izmir together with world-class artists between 4 June – 8 July 2026. 

Step into the Arts Festivals Summit 2026 through the lens of poet and writer Simon Mundy. His perspective promises to reveal the event in a whole new light, one that is at the same time surprising and delightful.

209 festival delegates from 42 countries came together in Budva, Montenegro to discuss festivals, the arts, Europe, and politics during the Arts Festivals Summit from 16 to 19 May 2026, hosted by Theatre City Budva.

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. Check out the May edition. 

The concept of care is experiencing a powerful renaissance within festival culture, transforming public gatherings into spaces of connection, healing, and shared responsibility. Mahir Namur highlights important points from the Festivals Care! Working Group and other EU projects.

Katriona Grixti, Programming & Productions Officer at Festivals Malta, shares her experience of this 7-day Atelier in one of the European Capitals of Culture.

Celebrating its 35th edition, the festival unfolds through Mittelyoung and Mittelfest. This year's theme invites to explore the instinct for control while delving into the depths and mysteries of human nature. 

This Summer, Ljubljana once again becomes the stage for outstanding artistic events and performances with the 74th Ljubljana Festival. 

Abduljabbar Alsuhili, from Yemen and based in Sweden, shares with us the reasons that brought him to the Arts Festivals Summit 2025 in Edinburgh and his experience. 

Cross‑border collaboration is the lifeblood of the performing arts - but what does its funding look like today, and how should it evolve? We invite you to share your experience in a new sector‑wide survey.

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.