RESOURCE LIBRARY
Europe and World Wide Organisations and web links
Europe
European Festivals Association (EFA) www.efa-aef.org
Finland Festivals www.festivals.fi
IFEA – Europe www.ifeaeurope.com
Norway Festivals www.norwayfestivals.com
Local Ireland (Arts and Culture - Festivals) www.local.ie/arts_and_culture/festivals
Festpass www.festpass.com
(Database for over 1.300 European Music and Arts Festivals)
Rock festivals in Europe www.thefestivalzone.com
World
Festivals.Com www.festivals.com
(Celebrating the world of Festivals and Events)
Festivals Live www.virtualfestivals.com
(The 600 festivals not to be missed)
Womex www.womex.com
Popular Music
European Festivals Association www.yourope.org
(Yourope represents up to 23 contemporary (popular) music festivals)
World Music
European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals – www.efwmf.org
(The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (EFWMF) is a network of independent festivals sharing the vision that the world is a patchwork of millions of local traditions and music, each different in contents yet equal in value. The EFWMF is open to all European festivals with a worldwide, at least a clear trans-national approach that present music in the area of world, ethnic, traditional, folk and roots music. So you can find an overview of these festivals on the EFWMF site)
America
Festival Network Online (USA) www.festivalnet.com
Festivals, Events and Destinations www.whatsGoingOn.com
Festivalfinder - Music Festivals of North America www.festivalfinder.com
IFEA – USA www.ifea.com
Professional Organisations
International Society for the Performing Arts – www.ispa.org
ISPA is a not-for-profit international organization (founded 1949) of over 600 executives and directors of concert and performance halls, festivals, performing companies, and artist competitions; government cultural officials; artists' managers; and other interested parties with a professional involvement in the performing arts from more than 50 countries in every region of the world, and in every arts discipline.
Culturelink, the Network of Networks for Research and Cooperation in Cultural Development Established by UNESCO and the Council of Europe in 1989
Cultural Policies in Europe – www.culturalpolicies.net
This compendium of basic facts and trends is a transnational project initiated by the Council of Europe and has been running since 1998 as a joint venture with the European Research Institute for Comparative Cultural Policy and the Arts (ERICarts). It is a unique (on-line and off-line) information system which provides easy access to data, facts, trends and summaries of current debates on national cultural policy developments in Europe.
European Music Council (EMC) – www.european-music-council.org
The European Music Council (EMC) is a platform for representatives of the national Music Councils and all organisations involved in the fields of music education, creation, performance, heritage etc. from all European countries. In line with UNESCO's objectives, the International Music Council and the European Music Council contribute to a better mutual understanding among peoples and their different cultures and to the right for all musical cultures to coexist.
European Music Office (EMO) – www.music-in-europe.org
Based in Brussels, the European Music Office is a non profit organization working as an independant proposition force for the European Union. EMO represents major professional organizations from all sectors of the European Music Industry.
European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH) – www.efah.org
The European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH) serves as an umbrella for arts and heritage organisations, associations, professionals and cultural networks in Europe. Our members represent a vast number of artists, cultural administrators and heritage professionals. Together they make up the largest cross-disciplinary forum in Europe. EFAH exists to give a voice to the cultural sector. It facilitates the flow of ideas across disciplines and across borders on issues related to European cultural policy.
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