Festival and Event Management Masterclass Helsinki

The Festival and Event Management Masterclass is returning to Finland. The Masterclass is the ideal seminar to provide inspiration and prepare you for the challenges that come with managing and supporting events.  If you take a look at the feedback from previous participants you will see they frequently comment on the value of the information they have received, how it helped them to strengthen their events with new ideas but most frequently people comment about how inspiring the Masterclass was for them. The Festival and Event Management Masterclass has become one of the world’s most popular professional development workshops for people who manage, develop and support festivals and events of any kind. We have run the Masterclass in 26 countries worldwide and we always receive the kind of feedback you can see below and on our website.

The cost of the course is €390 if booked by 1 April or €450 if purchased after 1 April.  We offer a special rate of  €290 if more than one person from your organisation attends

The Masterclass is a popular 2 day programme designed to inform and inspire anyone involved in creating, managing and developing festivals and events. It is a highly practical course full of ideas and examples that participants can put into practice immediately to improve their events. The individual sessions are:

Day 1

Developing Great Festivals and Events

This session draws inspiration from successful festivals, events and destinations, looking at what we can learn from their approach, models and creative programming.

People and Partnerships

Looks at how effective festival organisations manage their teams and staff, their relationships with stakeholders and collaborations with partners.

Programming

The key to the success of any festival is the strength and imagination of the programme. This session explores a number of successful programming strategies.

Sponsorship and Fundraising

This session considers how to approach sponsors and explores other ways of generating valuable income.

Festivals, Tourism and Placemaking

This session considers how festivals can play a crucial role in raising the profile of a destination.

Day 2

Festival Marketing

This session examines a number of successful marketing approaches adopted by leading festivals

Venues and Festival Infrastructure

This session considers how to make the most of the venues available to your festival and the infrastructure required to run events successfully

Working with the Media

Every festival needs good press coverage and this session considers how best to achieve this aim.

Festivals – Impact and Evaluation

This session considers how festivals should look to maximise and evaluate their impact economically, socially and culturally.

The Masterclass is presented in English

The cost of the course is €380 if booked by 1 April or €450 if purchased after 1 April.  We offer a special rate of  €290 if more than one person from your organisation attends

we have run the Masterclass a number of times in Finland. Previous participants include:

Pori Jazz Festival, Helsinki International Film Festival, Oulu 2026, Humak University, Helsinki Festival, Rauma Blues, Uprising Entertainment, Turku kaupunki, Lönnströmin taidemuseo, Riihimäen kaupunki, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Cinemaissí Latin American Film Festival, Espoon kaupunki, Kokkolan Oopperakesä, Pink Eminence, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, JoJo -Oulu Dance Centre, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Cirko – Centre for New Circus, Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Sello Hall – Espoo, Akun Tehdas, MotoRockFest, Pirkkalan kunta, Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival, Teater Viirus, Finlands Svenska Ungdomsförbund, Baltic Jazz Festival, Svenska kulturfonden, Helsingin kaupunki, Live Nation Finland, Oulun kaupunki, Tanssin Talo, Kaapelitehdas, Korsholm Music Festival, Imatran kaupunki, Helsinki Jazz Orchestra,Turku Music Festival and many more.

Details of all the organisations that have taken the Masterclass can be found in Who Has Attended section on our website www.festivalmanagers.com

Here are some comments from participants at previous masterclasses. They are taken from the post course survey.

Stockholm 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

Trondheim 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

Stavanger I found the workshop both interesting, inspiring and helpful. I have gained new ideas for my own festival and also important confirmation of things we have done that seems to be the right thing to do. In short: I loved it! Nordlysfestivalen, Tromsø

Bergen  The course was well planned and insightful. Paul has loads of experience, is confident in himself, yet informal and easy to talk with, and great at involving the participants. I would recommend the course both for learning and motivational purposes.  Nordland Music Festival

Melbourne 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. The course was also a great way to meet others working in the events field from across Australia and create new mutually beneficial contacts. Alpine Shire Council

Adelaide  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

Copenhagen I’m happy I participated this class. It gave me new energy and inspired me to think about my own events and projects from another perspective – because sometimes you can get stuck in your own way of doing things and then it’s good to get new input.  bazART, Center for Arts & Interculture.

Oslo The sky is the limit! The course confirmed in many ways that our little festival is on the right track, and that gives us so much renewed energy. You can’t put a price in that! Sirkusfestivalen, Sarpsborg.

Helsinki Paul has the amazing ability to coach event management professionals participating in his Masterclass without them even knowing it! He inspires participants to think and connect the dots in a creative way in order to create stronger programmes, partnerships and networks for their festival and events. His passion is contagious Culture Export Management and PR Lounge

Overijssel The masterclass on festivals gave me lots of new insights and ideas. It also gave me the possibility to evaluate the current approach. Furthermore it gave great energy to our group and will lead to a better cooperation in (near) future. A must to for everyone involved with the programming and (collective) promotion of festivals! Festivalbureau Overijssel

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

There is much more feedback on our website www.festivalmanagers.com