Before the first concert, the festival has already begun
The audience sees the lights, the stage and the first concert. But a festival begins long before: in the offices where the artists are chosen, in the meetings where the volunteers are recruited, in the workshops where the logistics are prepared, and in the encounters where the partners are convinced. It is in those backstage areas that the success of the edition is often decided.
Line-ups are decided early
For many festivals, the programming of the next edition begins while the current edition is in full swing. Artist applications arrive by the hundreds, programmers travel, listen, compare. An artist who sends their file at the last minute arrives after the battle: the broad lines are already drawn.
Volunteers are recruited months ahead
Welcome, ticketing, artist support, logistics: a festival rests on hundreds of volunteers, and their recruitment starts early. It is also the most beautiful gateway to discover a festival from the inside — and, for many, the first step towards a career in culture.
Logistics cannot be improvised
Stages, sound, light, security, food, team accommodation: every item is booked, negotiated and coordinated months ahead. The festivals that succeed are often those whose logistics are invisible: everything seems simple because everything has been prepared.
Partners look at the whole year
A partner does not judge a festival by its three days of concerts, but by its presence all year round: its communication, its audience, its media fallout, its reputation. A festival that lives between its editions reassures — and attracts lasting support.
And the audience, too, prepares early
Experienced festival-goers know it: passes go fast, accommodation fills up, transport gets booked. Following a festival's news all year round is also being part of the party before the party.
What Festival TV offers
Festival TV follows festivals all year round, not only during their dates: calls for applications with their deadlines, volunteer recruitment, line-up announcements, and pages kept up to date by the teams themselves.
- Calls for applications and volunteer missions, with their deadlines.
- Festival pages that organisers update all year round.
- News under watch: line-ups, calls, backstage.
- Accounts for every profile: artist, organiser, volunteer, festival-goer.
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Create your free account: follow the festivals' calls, offer your services or your volunteering, and never miss a deadline again.
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