Cultural festivals have been one of the hardest hit parts of the creative economy in the COVID-19 lockdowns. But, this is also a sector that has adapted in many innovative and exciting ways. On the 19th of May 2021 we  hosted, in collaboration with the SA Cultural Observatory  a workshop to facilitate knowledge sharing and discussed some preliminary results. We also hear directly from festival organisers themselves about the challenges and opportunities SA festivals face.
The video of the workshop is available  here below for anyone who was not able to attend. 
Feel  free to use the forum to share your questions and ideas!

 Chair: Mr Mboneni Mulaudzi (SA Cultural Observatory)
An introduction to the project: Dr Roberta Comunian and Prof Jen Snowball (Download presentation)
· Mapping the impact of Covid-19 on SA Festivals: Fiona Drummond
· Learning about new audiences using online data: Delon Tarentaal 
· Thinking of new possible futures: Dr Jonathan Gross
 Learning from new practices: Inputs from SA Festivals
·Suidoosterfees (Download    Presentation)
· Cape Town Carnival (Download    Presentation)
· Buyel’Ekhaya  (Download    Presentation)
Questions and discussion

Cultural festivals have been one of the hardest hit parts of the creative economy in the COVID-19 lockdowns. But, this is also a sector that has adapted in many innovative and exciting ways!
 
Join the SA Cultural Observatory and the international Future Festivals SA research team to see some preliminary results and to hear directly from festival organisers themselves about the challenges and opportunities SA festivals face.
 
Date: Wednesday the 19th of May
Time: 11am – 12:30pm (SA time)
Location: Online
The Meeting Link for pre-registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrfu2pqjkrGNC4AExnKV_kEoS_wrPxqpnx?fbclid=IwAR1uugzWvFiO2h62Bt2G8rvS0THQp6PuQ4GCd14JOsfWQOSnc_hmDouJUy8
Meeting: 816 9414 2124
Passcode: 506080