The Festival Panel

What kind of times are we in for festivals? What we hear sounds partly ambivalent. The first festivals are already announcing that they are sold out, while at the same time there are still reports about the demise of festivals. Let's take a look at the great challenges of our time: festivals are facing ever-increasing production costs and artist fees, changing audience behavior and demands, extreme weather events and extreme competition - among themselves and with stadium and arena shows. And we also want to look at the uniqueness and magic of festivals. What contribution do they make as social glue, creative hubs and forums for cultural exchange? Once again we have a prominent panel of major festival experts from all over Europe at ESNS - let's just ask them.