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Toronto Festival and Event Management Masterclass
October 9 @ 9:30 am - October 10 @ 4:30 pm EDT
€315.00 – €475.00
The Festival and Event Management Masterclass is returning to Ontario.
The Masterclass is one of the world’s most popular festival and event professional development workshops having now been presented in 26 countries worldwide. It is a course that informs and inspires anyone involved in creating, managing or supporting festivals and events both large and small, you can see details of the programme below.
The cost of the course is $395 if booked by 23 September or $475 if purchased after 23 September. The cost will be reduced to $315 if more than one person from your organisation attends
We have run the course successfully in Canada on a number of occasions with an really wide range of organisations attending. They include: Toronto Fringe, Bard on the Beach, Toronto Caribbean Carnival, Downtown Regina, Just For Laughs, City of Kitchener, Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Banff Centre, Sturgeon County, Ottawa Jazz Festival, Push Festival, Pride Toronto, Art Gallery of Burlington, Ontario Arts Council, City of Niagara Falls, Toronto Metropolitan University, Mississauga Arts Council, City of Edmonton, Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Tourism Kelowna, Alberta Beer Festivals, Rapid Fire Theatre, Exposure Photography Festival, Town of Stony Plain, Airdrie Festival of Lights, Tourism Medicine Hat, Calgary Stampede, City of St. Guelph, Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, Vancouver International Wine Festival, Arts Council Ontario, Economic Development Regina, Bard on the Beach and many more. We have now had over 150 participants attend the Masterclass in Ontario.
The ‘who has attended’ section of this website has a list of all the organizations which have been to the course. The website also has a feedback section with comments taken from our post-course surveys. The Masterclass receives exceptional feedback with so many people commenting on how informative and above all inspiring they found the workshop. We have included one or two of our favorite quotes below.
PROGRAMME
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 cost of the course is $395 if booked by 23 September or $475 if purchased after 23 September. The cost will be reduced to $315 if more than one person from your organisation attends
FEEDBACK
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
Amazing ideas to not only reinvent my events, but also reinvent our town. Rural City of Wangaratta
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
I can honestly say that for me this was a great experience to learn from a true industry professional and get insights from events that attract people from all over the world. Paul was surely interested in providing us with as much knowledge as possible, the right amount of fun and plenty of inspiration to get us all going on with our projects. Film Cloud
The Festival & Event Management Masterclass was one of the most useful courses I’ve ever attended, with tons of practical advice and the chance to collaborate with festival organizers throughout the region. Paul led us through multiple exercises that produced some truly inspiring and innovative ideas. Go Western Newfoundland
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
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
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)
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
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