European Festivals Association (EFA)

The European Festivals Association (EFA) is a community dedicated to the arts, the artists and the audiences. EFA’s main role in the permanently developing world of digitisation and globalisation is to connect festival makers to inform, inspire and enrich the festival landscape in Europe and beyond. In this context, EFA is a festivals’ service, knowledge and training provider; the oldest cultural network of European festivals, set up in 1952.

EFA bridges the distance between individuals, organisations and all kinds of stakeholders around festival making and creates connections to raise mutual inspiration, influence and confrontation internationally.

Acting as a catalyst and a platform for the dissemination of best practices within its festivals and communities, EFA works on environmental sustainability to raise awareness on the topic: the Go Green, Festivals! campaign collects best practices and stories from the field, “The EU Green Deal and Live Performance Organisations” booklet was published in 2023 with Pearle*, sustainability workshops are organised each year during EFA’s Arts Festivals Summits, EFA is a partner of the carbon sequestration project - the European Festivals Forest, the EFFE Seal for festival cities and regions’ environmental monitor, etc.