Organisers’ corner
For organisers: how a festival gets into the directory
How the directory is built, what we check, and how to reach the editors about a listing.
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Coasts, seasons and the people who run festivals by the sea. Written from the same data as the directory.
The 16 festivals actually held on the beach
Many festivals say “beach”; 16 of our 1,076 are really on the sand. The list, and how we decided.
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Film festivals by the sea: where the screens meet the shore
440 of our 1,076 festivals are about cinema. Here is where they cluster and why.
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The busiest month for seaside festivals is not July
Of 1,076 festivals by the sea, only 280 publish a month. Here is what the dated ones say about the season.
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