The key to building a loyal audience for a family arts festival? It needs to come from a place of integrity, says Rowan Hoban.

Families are key to audience development, but how do you attract them? Patrick Spottiswoode reveals how Shakespeare’s Globe…

Festivals may no longer benefit from regular funding streams, but Owen McNeir is optimistic that they can still thrive on a mixed-…

Over £400k has to be raised every year to stage the Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival. How do they do it? Toby Smi…

Growing slowly and organically has helped Kidderminster Arts Festival respond to the needs of local artists and the community, say…

Through the Circuit network, 15 to 25 year olds create arts events for other young people. Rachel Escott reveals what they’v…

How can you attend a festival if you can’t leave your house? Michael Eades describes a project bringing the festival experie…

A continuing lack of detailed online access information is stopping deaf and disabled music fans from buying tickets.

From engineering to managing cream teas at the National Trust and now fundraising for Cheltenham Festivals, Rod Hebden tells us ab…

Director of Macclesfield’s Barnaby Festival, Karl Wallace, reflects on his career making big things happen.

Being disability-friendly isn’t just about physical accessibility. Alistair McDonald explains how Chase Park festival ensure…

When Torbay’s annual Agatha Christie Week was expanded into a major literature festival things took an unexpected turn. Anna…

In 2013 Drew Hemment got the call – the Singapore government wanted his help staging an arts and technology f…

David Stevenson deplores the way that a subjective decision to grant public money to a commercial company is being dressed up as t…

Programming a music festival with over 300 events can’t be easy, but Donald Shaw knows exactly how it’s done. He gives…

Jessica Bowles took students from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to curate the Prague Quadrennial's SpaceLab &#8…

How do you get from first gig to internationally recognised festival? Amy Pearce of EFG London Jazz Festival shares her tips.

Is an arts organisation dedicated to LGBT issues still necessary or even relevant? Yes, says Neil Anderson, so long as i…

A production company run by two women with seven children between them is rewriting the rules that separate work and family life,…

As she joins Manchester’s HOME, Sheena Wrigley looks back over the course of her career. 

A new strategy report advises Edinburgh’s festivals to improve their digital offering if the city is to avoid complacency an…

For the London International Festival of Theatre customer data is power. Libby Penn describes how taking control over ticketing an…

Louise Emerson explains how she ended up as CEO of Cheltenham Festivals, after beginning her career designing broadband amplifiers…

With so many festivals in the UK what makes for a successful and sustainable festival? Holly Lombardo discusses some vital buildin…