AFIC

The 2025 program is now complete, says Carlina Ericson, founder and event director of AFIC, which will be presented Sept. 8-9 in Brisbane.

Now entering its fourth event, and heading to Brisbane for the first time, AFIC is the region’s powwow for festival management professionals.

“It’s been great to have a break during 2024," comments Carlina Ericson, AFIC founder whose conference returns for a fourth outing.

Australian Festival Industry Conference: Survival, safety, insurance, accessibility and staff shortages were among the hot topics.

The Music Network sat down with one of Australia’s leading accessibility specialists to talk about how festivals can work towards being more inclusive and accessible

The skills hire and training sectors are coming up with initiatives aimed at the lack of experienced workers in the events sector.

The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) won’t happen in 2021, due to the pandemic. New dates are fixed for 2022.

"With the situation worsening in NSW, VIC and ACT, it makes it impossible for us to deliver the event as originally planned in November 2021."

Jane Gazzo will also replace her former Recovery co-host Dylan Lewis as the MC of the event.

The AFIC is taking place to the Gold Coast with an expanded format.