Festivals

Submissions, review, the programme, passes and the days themselves.

11 guides

Setting up a festival Create the festival, fill in dates and venues, and what the public festival site shows. 6 min For: festival organisers 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 For: festival organisers Headliners Name the acts and people you put first, keep them private until you go public, and let them take themselves off. 3 min For: festival organisers Submissions and decisions The submission form and its fee, and sending decisions. 4 min For: festival organisers Reviewing applications Scoring, criteria, sharing applications between reviewers, recusing yourself and blind review. 5 min For: festival organisers The programme grid Place accepted acts into shows at any time and on any stage, spot clashes, and make the schedule public. 8 min For: festival organisers 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 For: festival organisers The festival door Check people in at a show, a stage or a whole venue, with tickets and passes. 2 min For: festival organisers The act pack One message to every accepted act with its call time, venue and what it needs for the day. 2 min For: festival organisers Passes, comps and festival workshops Sell passes, give comps to performers and volunteers, and take workshop bookings. 5 min For: festival organisers Volunteers Build a rota of shifts, by venue or by stage, that volunteers sign up to. 3 min For: festival organisers

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