Festival Production
Booking at Mega-Scale Festivals: Windows and Exclusivity – Balancing Legends, Breakouts, and Locals

Discover how top festival producers balance legends with rising stars and local talent, perfectly time lineup announcements, and craft an unforgettable multi-day festival experience.

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24th August 2025

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Boutique Festivals
Showcase: Secret Sets and Password Doors – Micro-Room Mysteries at Boutique Festivals

Create secret stages with password-only entry and surprise guests. Use fair lotteries, phone-free shows and mystery to craft unforgettable festival moments.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Cause Marketing Without Exploitation: How Festivals Can Champion Causes Ethically

Discover how festivals can embrace cause marketing ethically and effectively. Learn to partner with NGOs aligned with your audience’s values, co-create engaging donation and action opportunities, maintain transparency about the impact, and keep the focus on beneficiaries – ensuring your festival’s purpose feels truly authentic.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Co-Pro Forums and Pitch Days at Film Festivals – Keys to Successful Pitches and Partnerships

Learn how to run impactful co-production forums and pitch days at film festivals. Discover expert tips on structuring short pitches with clear asks, pre-matching projects with ideal partners, coaching filmmakers to perfect their pitch, and tracking success stories to build your festival’s industry credibility. Packed with real examples and actionable advice from festivals worldwide.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Festival Postmortem and Root-Cause Analysis: Turning Issues into Improvements

After the festival ends, the real work begins. Learn how top festival teams run a postmortem within 72 hours to dissect what happened, find root causes, and turn mistakes into actionable fixes. Discover how to rank issues by severity, frequency, and cost, assign owners and deadlines to improvements, and share “we listened, we changed” updates with staff and fans. Transform slip-ups into success and build a festival culture that constantly learns and gets better every year.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Field Kitchens for Folk Festival Performers: Menu, Allergen Logs, and Hygiene

Hearty, culturally inclusive menus, allergen safety and impeccable hygiene – discover how backstage kitchens keep folk festival performers at their best.

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24th August 2025

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Boutique Festivals
Showcase: Listening-Room Stagecraft Outdoors at Boutique Festivals

Discover how festival organisers turn outdoor stages into intimate listening rooms – with pin-drop acoustic sets, shaded seating, and respectful etiquette – proving that stillness can steal the show at boutique festivals.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Data Warehouse and KPI Discipline: Centralise Data to Drive Decisions

Centralizing your data in one warehouse supercharges decisions. Nightly dashboards with alerts, YoY benchmarks, and custom team views turn raw data into action.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Film Festival Panels That Don’t Preach: Curate, Train, and Engage

Transform film festival panels from boring lectures to dynamic discussions with targeted topics, expert panelists, skilled moderators, and follow-up resources.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Year-Over-Year Vendor Development in Food Festivals: Feedback, Training, and Co-Marketing to Raise Quality

Discover how food festivals raise the bar each year by empowering vendors with feedback, training, and co-marketing, ensuring every edition surpasses the last.

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24th August 2025

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Festival Production
Stakeholder Reporting That Wins Festival Renewals

Impress stakeholders and secure your festival’s return with a report combining attendance, safety and sustainability metrics into a solid case for renewal.

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24th August 2025

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Boutique Festivals
Case Study: Desert Art Park Festivals at Night – Beating the Heat and Taming the Dust

Shifting programming to dusk, taming dust, and using solar power helps festival producers transform harsh deserts into magical festival nights under the stars.

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24th August 2025

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