BAFA Conference 2019

Sustainability Matters
Claire O’Neill, co-founder & director of A Greener Festival gives a unique insight and understanding about where to start with achieving a greener event.

Festivals and Loyalty International Cultural consultants TRG Arts teach marketers, fundraisers and executive leaders how to grow the love of your patrons, from first time ticket buyers to long time donors.

Essential Edinburgh Chief Executive, Roddy Smith talks about how the Edinburgh BID works with Edinburgh’s festivals to support the city’s development.

Creative Industries Federation Lydia Wakefield discusses how the Federation and its members support and promote the creative sector in the UK through their lobbying and advocacy work and how festivals can be part of this process.

Festivals Edinburgh James McVeigh explains how FE manages its stakeholders and the tools it uses to convince and communicate with them.

Manchester Jazz Festival Steve Mead reflects on the special places that festivals occupy in their respective cities, and what the future holds for festival development.

Conference Programme A PDF version of our conference programme.

Conference Delegate List A list of all the conference attendees, including emails and organisations.