Australian Festival Industry Conference

The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) has revealed its 2025 program, announcing nine more speakers to join the lineup. Newly confirmed speakers include: The Hon. John Graham MLC, NSW…

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

Australian live music events are a litmus test of the sector's recovery.

The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) won’t happen in 2021. The live entertainment pow-wow is pushed back once more due to the pandemic, with organizers fixing new dates for Aug.…

"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.

"Once vaccinations are the norm, you may even see moshpits return."