The Festival Academy is an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA) which offers various training formats on festival management to dynamic and passionate festival makers worldwide through 3 unique training formats: Atelier for Young Festival Managers, Festival Production Management Training and Festival Readings. All training focus on the essence of festivals: art and artists
The Festival Academy aims to share, exchange and construct know-how on festival management. All training touches upon all artistic disciplines. It empowers a new generation of emerging leaders and generates new professional opportunities for festival makers. This way, The Festival Academy develops and sustains a network of festival leaders of the future. Capacity building and internationalisation are at The Festival Academy’s core. The Festival Academy considers the art and the artists as the essence of festivals. Starting from this conviction, topics such as audience participation, quality of presentation, sustainability, budgetary orthodoxy, social impact and community engagement are on the agenda of the training. All training formats create opportunities by connecting local and international professionals, foster the development of new and long-term collaborations, and encourage an exchange of know-how.