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The Region of East Macedonia and Thrace, together with seven partners, launches "EUFEAST - Festive trails for a sustainable tomorrow" a project focusing on local festivals as drivers of sustainable tourism and cultural heritage.

The 7th Edition of the International Symposium - dedicated to the traditions and current tendencies in classical music of the Mediterranean region - will take place from 2nd to 4th September 2025, hosted by the City Art Gallery - Varna, as part of the Varna Summer International Music Festival.

As we bid farewell to Summer and we start sliding into Autumn, here you can find all the EFA Members' festivals happening in September 2025. We invite you to discover the programme of each and discover them during your late summer days, evenings, and weekends.

For the 19th edition of MITO Settembre Musica, the host cities Milano and Torino promise an explosion of culture and music exploration, proposing a music festival rich in history and geography.

A delegation of 12 EFA Members took part in the grape - Greek Agora of Performance programme of the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Fearless Festivals Forum encouraging connections, collaborations and co-productions between festivals in the East and West.

The National Forum of Music organises the second edition of the International Orchestra Conference from 3-5 September 2025 at their venue in Wroclaw, Poland. It will explore the current state of the orchestral landscape and help build connections.

In a session dedicated to reflecting on well-being across the festival landscape, artists and festival makers came together to explore how care can be more meaningfully and structurally embedded into festivals.

Summer is the high season for festivals. In this news you can find all the EFA Members festivals happening in August 2025. We invite you to discover the programme of each and discover them during your holidays, evenings, and weekends.

EFA Member Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) launched a Call for individual artists and artistic duos from South East and Central Europe working with sound and music to join the ‘project incubator’ experiment MBZ LAB. Apply before 1 September 2025.

The European Commission has presented its proposal for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The Commission has announced the creation of AgoraEU, a new programme designed to support culture, media and civil society.

Frans de Ruiter was president of EFA from 1989 till 2004. As Director of the Holland Festival, and founder of Utrecht Early Music Festival, he was an active member since 1977 and part of the Executive Committee under the Presidency of Denis de Rougemont.

The 17th Arsana Festival will take place from 14 June to 29 August 2025, across the scenic historical venues of Ptuj with more than 50 events and 400 artists from the spheres of classical, jazz, ethno, world, rock, and popular music.