About festival

The Big Green is a collaborative project supported by the EU Programme Creative Europe, bringing together 23 organizations from across the fields of science and the arts. The initiative is grounded in the belief that culture can act as a catalyst for social change. In this context, the cultural and creative sectors are seen as key players in responding to environmental challenges—by helping to mitigate negative impacts or inspire positive transformation. There is a growing understanding that culture holds untapped potential in building a more sustainable future. All project partners share the view that while the cultural and creative sectors are ready to engage, they often lack the necessary tools and knowledge to contribute effectively within current systems.

Magic Carpets is a EU Programme Creative Europe platform uniting 17 European cultural organisations (14 active members and 3 partners for 2025–2028). It supports emerging artists as they embark on creative journeys in unfamiliar lands, working with local communities to produce new artworks that highlight local identities, enhance storytelling, and promote cultural accessibility and activism.

EU Programme Creative Europe project Festival SPA joins together three arts organizations with renowned, vibrant, summer contemporary performing arts festivals: Santarcangelo festival (IT), Mladi levi festival (SI) and Homo Novus festival (LV).

These festivals have a tradition of care for the wellbeing of artists and cultural workers and have already paved ways of reaching out to audiences and making festivals welcoming spaces. We want to develop the framework within festivals to further contribute to improving mental health, wellbeing and social inclusion of festival workers and audiences. We will create safe, soft, slow spaces and conditions that will nurture the people working for the festivals and all the audiences in order to be able to savor art slowly and improve our living.