The role of artists in festivals is crucial and takes an important part of the own purpose of creating and idealizing a festival. Supporting artists’ creativity and providing well conditions for them to work, as well as for the technical crew involved, should be an essential part to be considered when developing a festival.

This toolkit focused on providing programming models in which festival managers can learn and get insights for working on the care and wellbeing of artists and technical crew. It also provided questions to be taken into account by festival managers to ask themselves, from the idealization of a festival to its post-production, regard caring and participation for their artists and crew. 

We trust that some of the ideas in this Toolkit and the experience of other festivals with regard to caring for artists and the technical crew will resonate with readers and will encourage and inspire them for future editions of their festivals. 

How to provide feedback, amendments and additions:

The toolkits are open-sourced, continuously developed tools. Therefore, festival and cultural practitioners from all backgrounds and levels of experience are invited to expand these materials by adding their own contributions, building on the gathering of knowledge and insights shared with the whole festival-making community worldwide. Please email info@festivalacademy.eu for feedback, amendments, and additions.