Membership

Join our community and support the development of a strong resilient unified sector.

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Membership Benefits include:

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Connect

  • Networking meetings

  • CoLabs - smaller group meetings to develop collaborative work around a single idea or opportunity

  • Online community platform on Basecamp

  • Closed Facebook group

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Support

  • Free and discounted training and development programme

  • 1:1 advice sessions

  • Mentoring opportunities

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Evaluate

  • Participate in collective research projects

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Represent

  • Contribute to a united voice

  • Representation at city wide cultural meetings including; DIY Arts, Bristol@Night Panel

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Host

  • The Bristol Festival Hub closed during the pandemic in 2020. Unfortunately, the network no longers offers office or desk space

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Challenge

  • Be a part of the conversation for setting good practise guidelines and making positive change in the sector

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Eligibility

Membership to Bristol Festivals is currently free. In the past there has been a nominal fee to support the on going adminstration of the network. Once activity begins and becomes more regular these fees may be introduced.

Festivals and one-off live events taking place in the West of England are eligible to join.

Festival Membership is given on an organisational basis. Organisations can be represented by more than one employee. Freelancers are welcome to join if representing a festival or event. Membership fees will be calculated on the turnover of the festival or event, unless the organisation is representing more than one event; in this case membership will be calculated on the turnover of the organisation.

Membership Conditions

We are driven by and rely on the energy and engagement of our members. As a member we expect your organisation to:

●      Commit to the Bristol Festivals Code of Conduct

●      Attend meetings and networking events regularly

●      Engage with collaborative initiatives & research

●      Contribute some organisational time to projects

●      Promote Bristol Festivals through placing logo, link and sentence ‘Member of Bristol Festivals’ on event/festival website

●      To be supportive of the Bristol Festivals mission

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“Bristol Festivals has given Submerge Festival a network of local peers to share information and best practice among, and as a relatively young festival it’s great to have experienced directors and producers all working together to make festivals in the city more connected.”
— Mike Pony, Director