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In 2020, EtnoKrakow/Crossroads Festival took on the formula OnEarth - OnAir - OnLine. The main theme of these concerts was a dialogue between the musicians and between genres. The festival managed to propose a very diverse line up, inviting exclusively artists that were currently living in Poland.

D'Jazz Nevers Festival took important decision for its 2020 edition that led them to meet and discover other audiences as well as to gain awareness on the inequalities of our society. They will reflect on this last point in future editions.

When the pandemic hit, the Istanbul Fringe Festival moved to online platforms with shows streamed on the festival's YouTube channel. To create more interaction, the festival programmed many side events: Workshops, online panels and artists speed datings to bring together international participants.

The Misteria Paschalia Festival is considered one of the most important early music festivals in Europe. Devastated by the fact of cancelling their 2020 edition, the team decided to put together an online festival at the same dates and create a kind of nostalgic edition presenting highlights from the history.

In 2020, the lockdown was imposed when the Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival Stuttgart had just started. They managed to create a streamed Corona Edition in less than two months thanks to the fact that their live festival has been streamed for over 20 years.

In 2020, the 50th anniversary of the Reykjavik Arts Festival was supposed to take place in June. In the end, they delivered 2/3 of their full programme within the year and they took the best out of this tough situation by experimenting with new ideas that attracted new audiences and brought joy to the public.

After conducting an online programme in 2020, Holland Festival was determined to present a live international festival in 2021. They achieved this goal thanks to the optimism, flexibility and resilience of the highly motivated festival team, collaborators and artists.

Krakow Film Music Festival launched new initiatives: In 2020, the new cycle 'LIVE from Studio' invited musicians to play from their homes or recording studios to help everyone #StayAtHome. In 2021, it included talks about how the film industry worked during the pandemic with speakers from all around the world.

The Locus Festival succeeded in bringing into the line up established and well-known Italian artists along with new artists who have performed to wide acclaim. The festival had great success with the audience and was very happy with the overall edition.

The 24th edition of the Gdansk Shakespeare Festival was moved entirely online. Despite of this being a challenge for the organisers, it allowed them to develop a platform that remains a great asset for the future of this festival.

The Voila! Europe Theatre Festival 2020 festival went ahead with no cancellations thanks to the resilience and dedication of the artists and the team at The Cockpit. They focused on the "liveness" of the festival in spite of the online format, as they did not want to lose the sense of community that this creates among the audience.

Although our EFFE Label MASDANZA Festival welcomed less international artists in 2020, the festival grew into a 3-week festival including an extension with new stages in the other Canary Islands.