OPEN CALL: EFFEA #4

The European Fund for Emerging Artists Festivals - EFFEA Call #4 invites festivals to collaborate across borders and offer emerging artists a platform to establish themselves on the international stage. The open call is open until November 3.

More information at EFFEA

Around 50 residencies involving 50 emerging artists will be selected, hosted by more than 150 festivals in Europe and beyond. To guide applicants, the European Festivals Association (EFA) team is organizing a series of EFFEA sessions: information, Q&A, and networking opportunities designed to help clarify the application process, answer your questions, and establish contact with potential partners.

These meetings will always take place on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. – summer time in Portugal – and will be held online. The schedule and topic for each session will be as follows:

09.09.2025 - Focus: Information Sign up
30.09.2025 - Focus: Networking Sign up
07.10.2025 - Focus: Networking Sign up
21.10.2025 - Focus: Q&A Sign up

EFFEA is an initiative of the European Festivals Association, co-funded by the European Union, implemented in partnership with EFFEA platform members: Croatian Composers' Society (Croatia), Culture Matters (Czech Republic), PLMF Arts Management (Estonia), France Festivals (France), Festival Friends (Germany), Stichting Caucasus Foundation (Georgia), Summa Artium Kultúra Támogató Nonprofit Kft. (Hungary), Irish Festival Events Association (Ireland), ItaliaFestival (Italy), ARC Research and Consultancy Ltd. (Malta), Asociația Centrul Cultural Clujean (Romania), ArtLink (Serbia), Festivals of Sweden (Sweden), Development Center “Democracy through Culture” (Ukraine). Associate partners: Culture Action Europe, European Music Council, Pearle* Live Performance Europe, Circostrada, IETM, On the Move, European Dance Development Network, Művészetek Völgye Nonprofit Kft.