Winners of the 2018 call for Collaborative Arts Projects
Conference Programme 2019
Post-Conference News!
A short, 5-minute video of the 2019 Arts Festival Conference and NBFP made possible by the ticketing service provider Musikka can be found here.
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“HOW TO MAKE YOUR FESTIVAL BETTER”
Venue: Liepāja Concert Hall Great Amber (Lielais Dzintars), Chamber Hall (Kamerzāle)
Hosts: Timurs Tomsons, Liepāja Concert Hall Great Amber & Jan Ove Hafstad, Sweden Festivals
NB! The Keynotes*, following Discussions* and last afternoon sessions* on both days will be livestreamed on NBFP FB page! If you're not in Liepāja, meet us over the wire :)
Thursday, 7 November 2019
“OPEN UP! Inclusive”
9:00 Registration & coffee
9:30 Welcome by the Mayor of Liepāja & Liepāja Concert Hall Great Amber
9:45 Keynote: Whose Festival is it? - A guide to making festivals inclusive*
10:30 Discussion/Q&A - accessibility*
Agata Etmanowicz, PL & Jenny Sealey, UK
11:15 5-minute festival pitches
possibility for all participating festivals: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
register via info@nordicbalticfestivals.org
12:00 Lunch and networking
13:30 Workshops and seminars
(1) Audience development
Agata Etmanowicz, PL
(2) The Aesthetics of Access and Representation (100% practical)
Jenny Sealey, UK
(3) Young audience
Mocci Ryen, NO
15:00 Coffee & snacks
15:30 Workshops repeat
17:00 Introduction: The Russian Festival Landscape by Ilgiz Yanbukhtin*
17:15 Russian festival pitches - Winners of the specific NBFP 2019 Call*
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Russian Festival of Music Theatres "See the Music" (Moscow & regions throughout Russia; genre: theatre)
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International children theatre festival “Marshak” (Voronezh region; genre: Theatre, dancing, musical theatre, puppet theatre, performance)
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Jazz May Penza (Penza region; genre: Music, design, photography, dance)
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“THEATRUM” Festival (Moscow & regions throughout Russia; genre: Theatre, multi-genre production, cooperation of theatrical companies and museums, galleries and similar organizations)
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International Music Open Air Festival “Ruskeala Symphony” (Republic of Karelia; genre: music)
18:00 Closing
19:00 Welcome buffet-reception @ Civita Nova 6 of Concert Hall Great Amber
Followed by a bar & jam session
Sponsored by the Municipality of Liepāja
Friday, 8 November 2019
“LEVEL UP! Exclusive”
9:30 Keynote: Giant Thinking: How to find and amplify the unique voice of a Festival*
Jonathan Holloway, UK
10:15 Discussion/Q&A - programming & levelling up*
Jonathan Holloway, UK & Rasmus Adrian, DK
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Workshops and seminars
(1) Strategic Planning
Paul Gudgin, UK
(2) Streaming
Andrew Doe, UK
(3) Stageplots, Setlists & Saving the World -
A workshop about how to greenify your festival and create sustainable impact
Lousie Lindén & Alina Minkova, SE
13:00 Lunch and networking
14:00 Workshops repeat
15:30 Coffee & snacks
16:00 Mini-presentations: Different forms of Curation*
Jonathan Holloway, UK; Vigdís Jakobsdóttir, IS and Agata Etmanowicz, PL
17:30 Closing words by the Host Timurs Tomsons
followed by a light meal & a farewell drink
19:00 Concert @ Great Hall (Lielā zāle) of Concert Hall Great Amber
The Suiti Saga (Opera SUITU SĀGA. Pasaules pirmizrādes)
