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I’m a festival organiser

You run a festival: applications, reviewing, the programme and the days themselves. These guides go in the order you’ll need them.

11 guides about 44 min in all

Set it up

  1. 1 Start here Setting up a festival Create the festival, fill in dates and venues, and what the public festival site shows. 6 min Festivals
  2. 2 Festival teams Build a team for one edition from the performers who applied, with a director, and see it play in the programme. 3 min Festivals
  3. 3 Headliners Name the acts and people you put first, keep them private until you go public, and let them take themselves off. 3 min Festivals

Choose the acts

  1. 4 Submissions and decisions The submission form and its fee, and sending decisions. 4 min Festivals
  2. 5 Reviewing applications Scoring, criteria, sharing applications between reviewers, recusing yourself and blind review. 5 min Festivals

Build the programme

  1. 6 The programme grid Place accepted acts into shows at any time and on any stage, spot clashes, and make the schedule public. 8 min Festivals
  2. 7 Passes, comps and festival workshops Sell passes, give comps to performers and volunteers, and take workshop bookings. 5 min Festivals
  3. 8 Volunteers Build a rota of shifts, by venue or by stage, that volunteers sign up to. 3 min Festivals

On the day

  1. 9 The festival run sheet One venue on one day, every stage in it: call times, tech needs and what is on now. Acts confirm or say they can't make it. 3 min Festivals
  2. 10 The festival door Check people in at a show, a stage or a whole venue, with tickets and passes. 2 min Festivals
  3. 11 The act pack One message to every accepted act with its call time, venue and what it needs for the day. 2 min Festivals