Festival Academy

Make your festival or event a sustainable business. Learn from industry leaders at the FREE online Festival Academy.

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What is
Festival Academy?

Festival Academy is a free program meant to help festival and event producers adopt the best business and technology practices. The program consists of a series of online courses focused on marketing, funding, and tech.

24
Courses

12+
Experts

Practical
Skills

Completely
Free

Our Experts.

Meet the professionals that will help you grow your festival/event business.

Lee Widerick

Production Manager

Lighthouse Immersive

Heather Nelson

Owner

Bridgeraise

Ian Dela Cruz

Founder and CEO

Tryste Media

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Victoria Mahoney

Head of Marketing & Partnerships

Harmony Marketing

Johnny Guo

Founder

Six Social

Rebecca Diem 

Digital Strategy & Communications Manager

The Word On The Street Toronto 

Peter Albert

Director

Music.Art.Ppl

John Wallace

Director, Marketing

Toronto International Film Festival

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Jason Carlos

Director of Content

Toronto International Film Festival

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Lani Milstein

Senior Producer

Luminato

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Jael Richardson

Director

The Fold Canada

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Courtney Fromm

CEO

All Beer

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Anuja Varghese

Grants Consultant

Arts Capital

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Sergio Senatore

Founder

CultTO

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Anah Shabbar

Cultural Producer and Consultant

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Lily Evans

Ambassador of Premium Spirits and RTD

Proximo Spirits Canada, Inc.

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Lucy Eveleigh

Executive Director

The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival

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Kareem Aly

Marketing Director

Tryps

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Jordan David

Co-Founder

Music.Art.Ppl

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Darya Shlyk

Event Producer of Web3 and NFT Art Events

Goat Studio

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Peter Albert

Director

Music.Art.Ppl

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Rebecca Diem

Digital Strategy & Communications Manager

The Word On The Street Toronto

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Johnny Guo

Founder

Six Social

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Victoria Mahoney

Head of Marketing & Partnerships

Harmony Marketing

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Heather Nelson

Owner

Bridgeraise

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Lee Widerick

Production Manager

Lighthouse Immersive

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How It Works?

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1

Check Our Courses

View the list of courses here.

2

Enroll For Free

Enroll to the academy at no cost.

3

Learn & Grow

Enrolled participants have full and free access to all online courses, Learn and grow your business or career at your own pace.

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