Bravo! Festival 2026: Call for Workshops and Art Education Programmes
Open call for artists and art educators from the Nordic-Baltic region!
Are you a performing arts professional from the Nordic-Baltic region? Do you work in the field of performing arts for children and young audiences? Would you like to present your workshop, lecture, flash mob, intervention in the public space, art activism for youth, or other art education programme for children, families, or professionals at the next Bravo! Festival in Finland?
The next Bravo! Festival will take place from 14–22 March 2026 and has a Nordic-Baltic Focus.
The Bravo! International Performing Arts Festival for Young Audiences in the Helsinki metropolitan area is now seeking proposals for workshops and art education programmes aimed at both professionals and children, young people, and their families. We are open to all new ideas for creating art with, for, and by children and youth!
Proposals may be:
tailored to our main audiences (children, young people, families),
designed for the professional programme,
or a combination of both.
We also welcome suggestions for audience engagement activities in the festival context (e.g. discussions, writing projects, or other participatory formats related to the performances).
What we offer:
Workshop fees, travel, and accommodation will be covered by ASSITEJ Finland.
Deadline: Please send your proposal no later than 26 September 2025.
Send your proposal here: https://forms.gle/SYpgivRPPaVK3dPMA
For more information, contact: info(at)assitej.fi
The Bravo! International Performing Arts Festival for Young Audiences brings joy and meaningful experiences to children, young people, and their families. The festival presents performances and other activities both inside cultural centres in the Helsinki metropolitan area and in public spaces across the city.
The programme showcases a wide range of performing arts, including theatre, circus, dance, and movement-based theatre. Bravo! is a biennial festival, first held in March 2000 in cooperation with ASSITEJ Finland and the cities of the Helsinki metropolitan area.