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REMA, the network for Early Music in Europe, has conducted their 2025 annual survey, aiming to assess the impact of budget cuts on the activities of festivals, ensembles, research institutes and more. See the survey results.

Creating responsibly. Inspiring collectively. Acting for our shared future. A Festival Sustainability Handbook prepared by F/262 – Festival Internacional de Fotografia. 

Circuses around the world will celebrate their art and heritage on 18 April this year for International Circus Day. To mark the occasion, we are sharing five circus festivals taking place throughout April in Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and Spain.

From school plays to movie sets, puppetry is one of the oldest Art disciplines, still thriving across cultures worldwide and continuing to bring people together. Check out some upcoming Puppetry Festivals taking place in the upcoming months.

Ballet and opera have captivated artists and audiences for centuries, continually renewed through new creations and fresh interpretations of classic works. Festivals around the world reflect this vitality, offering opportunities to experience the expressive power and creativity of these art forms today.

With colourful confetti in the sky and the rhythmic sounds of drums and samba, the Carnival season has just begun. We’re sharing five upcoming Carnival festivals to keep the festivities going!

If you have seen the movie "Hamnet" and it left you wanting to explore more of Shakespeare’s world, we invite you to discover a selection of upcoming Shakespeare-themed festivals taking place in the next few months.

Still deciding how to spend Valentine’s Day? Here are some festivals taking place on 14 February, with concerts, dance performances, theatre, workshops and more.

Winter season has just begun! Now it’s the time to celebrate winter magic and snowy days. And what better way to do it than heading outdoors and discovering all the winter festivals!

The results of EFFEA Call #4 are now out: 50 residencies will be supported by the third round of the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA), an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA).

Next to its musical, art, children, and culinary goals, Into the Great Wide Open aims to become a fully circular and climate-positive festival, and using this organisational transition to accelerate the larger transitions towards a more sustainable world.

Each lived process is marked by rites of passage or events that disrupt them with shifts and innovations. These festivals explore different passages, challenging and reinventing them as a new year approaches.