New partnership between festivals, cities and other industries.
Friday 10 July 2020, 13:00 PM (CEST)
This session is co-organised with: Festivals Adelaide
Welcome by: Kathrin Deventer (European Festivals Association)
With presentations by: Fran Hegyi (Executive Director of the Edinburgh International Festival), Mat Schulz (Artistic Director of UNSOUND Festival in Krakow), Natalie Hennedige (Festival Director (Designate), Singapore International Festival of Arts – SIFA), Heather Croall (CEO and Artistic Director, Adelaide Fringe Festival), Nick Farkas (Vice President, Booking, Concerts and Events, evenko in Montreal)
Facilitated by: Cristina Farinha (Cultural and Creative Sector Policy Expert).
With national borders closed, limited tourism will undeniably affect the visitor economy and festival audiences. Corporate sponsorship and public funding, difficult to access in the best of times, will become increasingly competitive. What’s more, the role of festivals in addressing health and well-being, improving accessibility, and supplementing arts education has changed significantly, and there are new demands on the sector that will need to be focused upon with innovation and foresight. Festivals will need to explore strategies that can unlock new potential in funding, programming, impact, and more.
In this webinar, five representatives of the global festival sector will speak to new partnerships the festivals will seek with the well-being and philanthropy sectors, as well as the bold ideas needed to build resilience and shepherd the sector through the COVID-19 recovery process.
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