Upcoming Events

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September 2026
Bergen Festival and Event Management Masterclass

September 16 @ 9:30 am - September 17 @ 4:30 pm CEST

Litteraturhuset i Bergen Østre Skostredet 5, Bergen, Norway

Join us in Bergen for the renowned Festival and Event Management Masterclass, an internationally acclaimed workshop that has been delivered in 27 countries and brings together festival and event professionals from across the cultural and creative sectors. Designed for organisers, producers, marketers, venue managers, and cultural leaders, this highly respected programme offers practical insights, innovative ... Read more

Sold Out £2,500.00 – £4,200.00
October 2026
Oulu Festival and Event Management Masterclass

October 1 @ 9:30 am - October 2 @ 4:00 pm BST

Kulttuurilaboratorio Pikisaarentie 15, Finland, Oulu

Join us in Oulu for the renowned Festival and Event Management Masterclass, a unique opportunity to attend one of the world's leading festival and event management workshops and visit the European Capital of Culture. Designed for organisers, producers, marketers, venue managers, and cultural leaders, this highly respected programme offers practical insights, innovative ideas, and proven ... Read more

Sold Out £250.00 – £420.00
Vancouver Festival and Event Management Masterclass

October 13 @ 9:30 am - October 14 @ 4:30 pm BST

Hotel Le Soleil 567 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Festival and Event Management Masterclass is heading to Vancouver and your opportunity to attend one of the world’s leading festival and event management workshops Designed for organisers, producers, marketers, venue managers, and cultural leaders, this highly respected programme offers practical insights, innovative ideas, and proven strategies to help create outstanding festivals and events. Participants ... Read more

Get Tickets £375.00 – £495.00 9 tickets left
Banff Festival and Event Management Masterclass

October 15 @ 9:00 am - October 16 @ 4:00 pm BST

Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa 521 Banff Ave, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Join us in Banff for the Festival and Event Management Masterclass We’re delighted to be bringing the Festival and Event Management Masterclass to Banff for the first time. One of the leading festival and event management workshops, the Masterclass is designed for organisers, producers, marketers, venue managers and cultural leaders. The programme combines practical industry ... Read more

Get Tickets £375.00 – £495.00 16 tickets left
Berlin Festival and Event Management Masterclass

October 28 @ 9:30 am - October 29 @ 4:30 pm CET

Meet | West Lietzenburger Str. 107, Berlin, Germany

The internationally acclaimed Festival and Event Management Masterclass will be presented in Berlin on 28 & 29 October bringing together festival and event professionals from across the cultural and creative sectors. Designed for organisers, producers, marketers, venue managers, and cultural leaders, this highly regarded workshop delivers practical insight, fresh ideas, and inspiring strategies to help ... Read more

Get Tickets £295.00 – £450.00 16 tickets left
November 2026
Cambridge Festival and Event Management Masterclass

November 26 @ 9:30 am - November 27 @ 4:30 pm GMT

Cass Centre Shaftesbury Rd, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The popular Festival and Event Management Masterclass will be heading to Cambridge in November. This internationally acclaimed workshop that has been delivered in 27 countries and brings together festival and event professionals from across the cultural and creative sectors. Designed for organisers, producers, marketers, venue managers, and cultural leaders, this highly respected programme offers practical ... Read more

Get Tickets £225.00 – £350.00 10 tickets left

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A great place to network with like-minded people!

The course is very welcoming and gives participants the space to be creative and assess their own events from a critical standpoint. Paul is knowledgeable, inspiring and charming, and makes participants feel at ease. It’s also a great place to network with like-minded people!
Reykjavík Fringe

I Got One A-Ha Moment After Another!

You`re sharing so much practical knowledge and brilliant examples, I got one a-ha moment after another! LOTS of useful ideas (and energy!) to bring back home. Hilmarfestivalen, Norway

Reinvent Our Town

Amazing ideas to not only reinvent my events, but also reinvent our town. Rural City of Wangaratta

Empowered and Buzzing With Ideas

An inspiring and informative masterclass session. I left empowered and buzzing with ideas. City of Greater Geelong

I Highly Recommend This Masterclass!

I had the most wonderful experience. It’s great to go to a course that gives you tangible and useful information that you can go away and implement yourself. I highly recommend this Masterclass! Feast Festival

A Brilliantly Practical Course

A brilliantly practical course for anyone in the event management industry, no matter how experienced! Sydney Music Expo

Food for Thought

The masterclass on festivals gave food for thought, presented in an inspiring and refreshing way. CODA Oslo International Dance Festival

Head Full of Ideas and New Energy

I left the masterclass with my head full of ideas and new energy and A Great sense of believing in festivals as the best method to bring People and art/culture together. Billund Kommune

The Ultimate Crash Course in Festival Management!

The course was a vitamin injection in how to manage a festival and also how to evolve it. In short: The ultimate Crash Course in festival management! City of Sodertalje

I Can Highly Recommend It

The course was highly skilled, personal and interesting all the way through! I can highly recommend it – the time spent with Paul is spent really well! Salaam Film & Dialogue

Get the Creative Juices Flowing.

Paul is a wealth of knowledge and fun to listen to. It’s clear he knows his stuff and gave us great mini-exercises to get the creative juices flowing. I can’t wait to bring some of the ideas I generated in is class to my city! Brockville & 1000 Islands Tourism

A Unique and Creative Set of Tools

Paul is an incredibly talented and passionate individual with a wealth of knowledge on festivals and events. Participating in the Festival and Event Management Masterclass has provided me with a unique and creative set of tools and a deeper understanding to improve my abilities as an Event Manager. After completing the two day course I have a greater understanding of how to develop events and how to give them a point of difference from those that are already established. Carclew, South Australia

…inspired me to broaden my mind and widen my parameters

The Festival and Event Management Masterclass 2019: Paul’s knowledge and experience in this area is phenomenal. The information gained from the masterclass has been tremendously helpful and has inspired me to broaden my mind and widen my parameters. The education I received was utilised immediately. I was sending off emails during class to my festival team! The Basin Music Festival

A Variety of Tips and Tools that I can Pass on

As a local government officer providing support for event organisers in our municipality, this course provided me with a variety of tips and tools that I can pass on as well as giving me the opportunity to look more critically at how we as a council support events and what we can do differently or better. Coming from a small rural municipality, this sort of networking is usually hard to come by so it was a nice bonus on top of a great course!, Alpine Shire Council

Now Our Dance Festival Will Be Even Better

I think everyone should take the class a second time. This got me to see how I had implemented some of the suggestions from the last class and how our festival had improved by it. This time around the class gave me tons of new ideas thanks to Paul and the other participants. Now our dance festival will be even better once again. Abundance International Dance Festival

Worked Miracles for Us!

Great, inspirational course. Worked miracles for us! Malmö Eid-Festival

A Brilliant Two Days

Thank you Paul for a brilliant two days! The material delivered was interesting and highly relevant to our industry. Your presentation was full of inspirational ideas on how we can improve and refine our events, which I found very motivating. I am grateful to you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. Thank you once again! Wine Geelong

Paul’s knowledge is second-to-none…

Affable and highly knowledgeable, Paul Gudgin has condensed 30 years of festivals industry know-how into two days of intensive learning, offering advice on anything from grassroots to strategic aspects of developing festivals, across all areas. Paul’s knowledge is second-to-none making this workshop a must-attend event for festival and arts workers at any stage of their careers.

West Australian Music (WAM)