Developing a Festival ~ Planning

       4.  Overall Festival Plan of Action

The most important stage in festival planning is the creation of a comprehensive realistic Plan of Action and Budget. These two processes give you the foundation for holding a successful festival. The more effort you put into these, the easier the festival becomes to organize and the less chance of unforeseen problems. Include a Critical Path Chart  with the Plan of Action. This will help keep your key managers on target in completing the tasks set out in the action plan.

5.  Financial Controls

As mentioned in the development stage, it is important to put solid financial controls in place right from the beginning. At this stage you will start to make financial commitments for both income and expense. You will now be dealing with a number of committee members who will want (need) to spend money. You need to be able to manage all this activity without losing control or your sanity.