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It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Piñeiro Nagy, Founder and Director of the Estoril Lisbon Festival and EFA Honorary Member. EFA is sending its most sincere condolences to the entire family, friends, and the team of Estoril Lisbon Festival.

Dive into the European Festivals Association's everyday business and the 70-Years-On Thinking Group's meeting at the Arts Festivals Summit Budva with Simon Mundy. 

From 17 July to 9 August, the 40th edition of the Perelada Festival presents a programme that revisits forty years of history through opera, dance, chamber music and contemporary creation. 

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.

European institutions signed a joint declaration entitled ‘Europe for Culture, Culture for Europe” setting out their shared political commitment to protect, promote and support culture in Europe.

Perform Europe, the forward-looking European funding scheme for cross-border touring in the performing arts sector, launches its third Open Call. Apply by 22 October.

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.

EFA is partnering with Krakow Festival Office for the Horizon Europe EXCENTRIC project to develop a system for festivals to use data in more meaningful, collaborative, and human-centred ways.

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.