Fábio Martins’ Post

The #WeatherAtCannes has been a hot topic these past few years, from tropical heat & rainstorms, to excessive winds & choppy seas…If you’re attending this year, have no fear, we’ve got you covered! Check out The Cannescast below and know before you go!

Adelaide Fringe 2024 was a massive season and it took herculean efforts from everyone to get through! Incredible numbers attended, just over 1 million ticket sold and 4.6 million attendances .. (if anyone has questions about the difference between those numbers please ask! It's quite simple, there's lots of ways to attend that doesn't involve a ticketed show) it was fantastic to see so many tourists come to Adelaide for Fringe 2024 - they bought huge numbers of tickets and spent big in local hotels and restaurants. in many ways a big triumph, but of course there is more to the story and one of the scariest elements is the fact that festival presentation costs have gone up by about 30% in the last year or so .. the ticket sales were up by around 4% (1,040,305) and the average ticket price remained the same around $33. So it doesn't take much to look at the sums and realise it is very tough to make it all balance. Lots of festivals have cancelled and closed down in recent months because of these rising costs in the supply chains. We are going to work harder than ever to try raise enough money to shore up the Fringe in future - Adelaide Fringe is a precious jewel of the nation and we need all the help we can get to survive this storm.

What role does "partying" have in your "professional" life? In traditional business, I detested corporate happy hours. It was one more place where I felt pressure to socialize, but the "happy" part was an afterthought rather than the purpose. I currently work with Fit for Service. We're hosting a festival in November. YES, there are some cool speakers. But ultimately, it's a party. A place to express the full spectrum of human experience, to let out the wild and weird and pleasure-seeking parts of us come to play within the container of a festival experience. I never understood festival culture. I didn't like large crowds or pumping music. But last year, I went... because I was working. And I found myself challenged to find enjoyment. NOT because it wasn't great, but because I, myself, had so much judgment about festivals - the culture, the people, the "vibe" all made me roll my eyes. "It's not professional." "It's not 'grown up.'" "It's only for addicts and people trying to escape the real world." :/ I discovered, by "doing it anyways" how wrong I was. For me, my resistance to playful, BIG experiences was a control mechanism. If I only play with my friends, I am controlling who gets to see me being playful. Leaning into being present, and finding ways to ENJOY the big crowd, the loud music, the large energy has had wild and weird consequences in my "business" life. By practicing having fun in places where I felt overwhelmed, I'm able to have more confidence and fun... even at work. Even when I'm trying to impress someone. Even when that someone has more degrees, more followers, more influence and experience than I do. I have danced my way into being more confident as a speaker, as a team member, as a contributor to the world by not just "getting over myself" but by understanding that, in any circumstance, I have access to internal safety and delight. Do you enjoy festivals? Do you have an outlet for all parts of your human experience? What positive impacts has "partying" had on your career? (I know the endless negative ones, I'm not asking for those 😘 ) Resources to Check out: ARKADIA Festival: https://lnkd.in/eza3kRFy ARKADIA 2023 fan Playlist: https://lnkd.in/eFizhbVQ Priya Parker's book "The Art of Gathering" for a deep dive on great events!

We're looking for great examples of cultural projects around the world that have used a 'meanwhile use' or festival-based approach to test out ideas and establish a cultural destination for the longer term. Do you know of... * Any art museums that have started out as festivals? * Any foundations that have emerged from a programme-driven model? * Any destinations that had a strong participatory or co-design model? They can be large or small. A couple that spring to mind as inspiration include Derby's Museum of Making, National Museums Liverpool Sunrise to Sunset festival, and Nantes as a city-wide approach to festivals that established longer term destinations... Ideas and examples welcome! Petra Marko Carl Turner Juliette Rizzi Aki Carpenter Allison Louis Walker Catherine Botibol Sam O. Tracey Sage FRSA Sarah Farwell Brando Posocco Madhav Kidao Franco Bonomi Bezzo Laura Silva Diana Juris #meanwhileuse #culturalheritage #culturalplacemaking #destinationmaking #contemporaryart #placemaking

Cannes is neither perfect nor overblown. It’s up to you… if you want to consume all the creativity on display in the Palais. It’s up to you… if you want to sit through the plethora of GenAI conversations. It’s up to you…if you want to catch up with long lost colleagues along the Croisette. It’s up to you… if you want to party at Baoli or La Guerite It’s up to you…if you want to imagine & ideate the future of our industry in a pavement cafe. That’s the beauty of Cannes. What we choose to do; how we choose to do it; and who we choose to do it with. It’s entirely up to each of us. Cannes - like life - is up to each and every one of us. We get out what we put in. Choose your path Channel Factory Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

I want to share with you a report from the first NOW festival for IMEDI, where you can find my short interview. The festival was created as a protest to the destruction that war brings, through the opposite of destruction - creation, art. The war built new borders and thickened old ones, we needed a common language to restore at least a dialogue - art is a language that is accessible to everyone https://lnkd.in/dgy5PMrg And here's a report from Channel One from the second festival that happened this year (it's grown 3 times in a year's gap) https://lnkd.in/darrd2W4

Have you read the official Cannes Lions Wrap-Up Report yet? Best in class creativity and insights from industry leaders fill the pages of this insight-packed report - Don't miss out!

Sustainability presents itself as a transformative opportunity for our business models. It doesn't necessarily require a sacrifice in net profits; instead, it can serve as an avenue to optimize our overall profitability. This approach signifies a novel way of conducting business, fostering a redefined vision for our organizational structures where a balanced focus on profitability is not only permitted but encouraged. Sustainability is far from being a passing trend; it embodies a steadfast commitment to crafting a harmonious future for our planet, society, and economy.

📌 #SaveTheDate The European Festivals Association, Stiftung Zukunft Berlin and A Soul for Europe are glad to announce that the Berlin Conference will take place on 7 and 8 November at the Allianz Forum, right next to the iconic Brandenburg Gate! EFA, along with festivals and festival cities and regions, will once again be key contributors. Since 2004, this conference has brought together a diverse spectrum of individuals from the arts to politics, providing a platform for collective discussion and action towards a cultural Europe. Reflecting on the words of then newly appointed President of the European Commission, José-Manuel Barroso, “The questions of what Europe can do for culture, and what culture can do for Europe, are not new. But in this context they have acquired a new sense of urgency […] What is needed now is sustainability of action – the translation of good intentions into good decisions.” Detailed information about the programme and registration links will follow soon. If you have any questions, please send an email to info@efa-aef.eu.

Discover how the collaboration between a metal festival and Belgium's most unconventional event not only enhanced the sustainability of both events but also optimized their financial success! 🤘Dive into the synergy between these festivals. #SustainabilitySuccess #FinancialBoost #festivalsynergy @kampingkitsch @alcatrazmusic