Future of Festivals

The Future of Festivals is the industry get-together for all organisers, service providers, associations, decision-makers and trainees from the festival sector. Originating from a network meeting of the festival industry, the event took place for the first time in November 2021 with a live audience as an on-site trade fair and congress at Arena Berlin. The festival and event industry is one of the six most important economic factors in Germany and the Future of Festivals is its representative platform as a beacon of the event industry, so to speak. The Future of Festivals will open its doors for the first time this year from Thursday 28 to Friday 29 November 2024. Over 7,000 organisers, service providers, associations, decision-makers and trainees from the festival scene are expected to attend. With Steven Raspa (Burning Man), Kristine Barenholdt (Roskilde) and Sarah McKenzie (MUTEK) as well-known speakers from abroad, this year’s event will be even more international. The Future of Festivals has announced collaborations with other festivals abroad and has already confirmed the first European exhibitors.