Family-Friendly Festivals
Design Sprints With Parents and Kids Before You Build a Family-Friendly Festival

Before building, involve parents and kids in festival design. Co-design sessions reveal hidden issues like stroller jams and turn them into must-fix features.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Cultural Performances That Complement Dining at Food Festivals

Learn how to seamlessly blend cultural music and dance into your food festival to create a vibrant atmosphere that complements cuisine without drowning out conversation. This expert guide offers practical tips on balancing entertainment and dining for an unforgettable, authentic culinary experience.

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24th August 2025

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Family-Friendly Festivals
Festival Audience Mapping by Age: Babies, Toddlers, Kids, Tweens, and Teens

Design a festival for all ages – complete with baby zones, kid-friendly fun, teen hangouts, and smart programming that unites generations for a family adventure.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Short Film Festival Blocks Audiences Actually Love: Curating Coherent Journeys

Make your short film blocks the highlight of your festival. Learn to curate shorts into well-paced, thematic journeys that keep viewers hooked. Discover how to cap runtime, include refreshing breaks, and host punchy Q&As that leave audiences wanting more.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Sanitation in Sub-Zero: Restrooms, Water Lines, and Waste

Heated restroom trailers, antifreeze soaps, and insulated waste lines – learn expert tactics for keeping festival restrooms functional in sub-zero weather.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Security: A Visible, Helpful, and De-Escalatory Approach

Learn how training staff in consent and crowd psychology – plus specialized security roles and body-cam accountability – makes your festival safer and attendees happier.

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24th August 2025

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Cultural Festivals
Consent-Forward Programming: People Over Content

Learn how to make your festival consent-forward by putting people over content. This detailed guide covers story rights, photography opt-out tools, MC training on consent, and archiving plans – actionable steps to build attendee trust and deliver a safer, more respectful festival experience.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Tuning and Humidity: Caring for Wooden Instruments at Outdoor Folk Festivals

Humidity and heat can wreak havoc on wooden instruments at outdoor festivals – learn how seasoned producers keep them safe, in tune, and sounding great.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Crafting Fair Ticket Tiers for Wine Festivals: Early Bird, VIP, Reserve & Trade

Early Bird, VIP, Reserve & Trade: Boost your wine festival with tiered tickets and perks like early entry & exclusive pours—without devaluing general admission.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Story Trails & Regional Tasting Routes – Curating Self-Guided Spice Trails and Seafood Lanes to Turn Food Festivals into Edible Classrooms

Embark on a journey that turns your food festival into an edible classroom. Learn how curated self-guided trails – from aromatic spice routes to coastal seafood lanes – can educate and enthrall your attendees. Discover practical tips for planning thematic tasting paths, engaging storytelling strategies, and real-world examples of festivals that fused flavor with education. Transform your next food festival with these immersive culinary adventures!

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24th August 2025

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Family-Friendly Festivals
Festival Parent Concierge Desks: Real-Time Help for Real Family Problems

Discover how Parent Concierge Desks at festivals provide real-time help – from loaner strollers to lost-child reunions – turning parent stress into trust and making events truly family-friendly.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Waterfront Safety at Festivals: Lifeguards, Docks, and Currents

Discover how veteran festival producers keep waterfront festivals safe – by hiring lifeguards, securing docks, managing rip currents, and keeping alcohol away from the water.

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24th August 2025

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