Defining Your Culinary Festival’s Promise
Learn how to define your culinary festival’s promise to attract the right audience. Discover expert B2B strategies for culinary event marketing, curation, and pricing.
Fresh from the Playbook
The latest strategies and tactics for ambitious promoters
Choosing Plan-B Sites and Weather Shelters for Festivals
Discover how veteran festival organizers secure backup venues, set weather triggers, and communicate transparently to keep attendees safe, maintain trust.
CO?, Nitrogen & Beer Gas: Sourcing, Safety & Blends for Beer Festivals
Master festival beer gas management. Learn how to source CO2 and nitrogen, calculate pints in a keg, ensure beverage gas compliance, and manage vendor gas plans.
Curating Verticals, Horizontals, and Theme Flights in Your Wine Festival
Transform random sips into a curated journey at your wine festival. Learn to orchestrate vintage verticals, producer horizontals, and thematic flights that captivate and educate.
Curating the Beer Festival Tap List: Style Balance, Seasonality, and Discovery
Learn how to curate a profitable beer festival tap list. Discover B2B strategies for balancing styles, selecting sponsor beers, and optimizing for event energy.
Cred vs Spectacle: Setting Your Festival’s Curatorial Ethos
Go big or stay underground? Learn how defining a strong curatorial ethos lets you wow crowds while keeping your festival’s core community on your side.
Partnering with Transit: Metro, Buses, and the Last-Train Problem for Festivals
Keep your inner-city festival moving by partnering with public transit. Sync with last train times, add late-night shuttles, and avoid rideshare chaos.
Port, Marina, and Water Access Planning for Safe and Spectacular Festivals
Planning a festival on the water? Learn about permits, docks, and lighting to keep your boat stages and water taxis safe, compliant, and absolutely spectacular.
Severe Weather in Cities: Lightning, Wind Tunnels & Flash Flooding at Urban Festivals
An essential guide for festival producers on handling severe weather in the city. Learn how to adapt your festival’s weather safety playbook for urban hazards like lightning near skyscrapers, wind tunnel gusts, and flash flooding. Discover actionable tips on defining weather triggers, crafting calm PA announcements, guiding crowds to indoor shelters, and restarting the show safely – all to keep your audience secure without creating panic. Don’t let storms catch your city festival off guard!
Case Study: Historic Old-Town Core Festivals – Navigating Narrow Streets, Preservation, and Community
How do festivals thrive on narrow medieval streets? See how organizers protect heritage sites, control crowds, and work with local communities in historic old-town cores.
Off-Site Tasting Permits & Winery Compliance for Wine Festivals
Master off-site tasting permits and winery compliance for your next event. Learn which licenses are often issued to fairs and festivals to ensure legal alcohol service.
Scaling Your Festival Without Losing the Vibe: A Three-Edition Growth Plan
Learn a proven three-edition strategy for scaling your festival’s capacity, upgrading infrastructure, and reducing queues without losing the core vibe.