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SynapseWi Network

Matching Festivals to Finance

Start Your Festival Journey

Discover your next festival. Grow your creative practice. Connect with people who move culture forward. Whether you’re here to experience, create or support — make your next move.

Choose Your Creative JourneyFree strategy & resourcesExplore Festivals

Your culture. Your data. Your move.

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Find your next festival

Register, pick your festivals and sync sessions to your calendar.

Attend a Festival
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Champion creative talent

See sponsorship opportunities, festival reach and register your interest.

Sponsor a Festival
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Bring talent to your stage

Find and book Caribbean and African artists for your stage, session or tour.

Discover Artists
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For Audiences

Find Your Next Festival

Be part of it

Discover. Experience. Belong.

Your next unforgettable experience is waiting. Explore music, dance, literature, film and more across the Caribbean and Africa. Find the festivals that move you, connect with the culture you love and make room for something new.

Find My Next FestivalFollow an Artist
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Featured Talent

Artist Register

Be visible

Get seen. Get connected. Get discovered.

Your work deserves to be found. Build a professional creative profile, showcase your practice and reach collaborators, festival producers and partners across the Caribbean and Africa.

Create My Artist ProfileBrowse Artist Registry
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Every festival receives a permanent Synapse ID when it joins Festival Strategy Studio. That same ID travels with the festival across the Register, Dashboard, Artist Mobility and Sponsor areas.

Choose Your Creative Toolkit to Get Started

Get visible. Get organised. Know your value. Grow your network. Build your future.

Festival Strategy Studio

Free
01

Get strategic

Know Where You Stand. Plan Your Next Move.

Make space to reflect on what’s working and where you could grow. Identify your strengths, challenges and opportunities, then turn those insights into a practical strategy.

Build My Strategy

Festival Register

02

Be visible

Put Your Festival on the Map.

Give your festival a permanent identity, join a shared regional calendar and become part of a growing network across the Caribbean and Africa.

Register My Festival

Festival Dashboard

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Get organised

Run Your Festival Like the Business It Is.

Bring your festival’s records, editions, ticketing, sponsorship and creative activity together. Build the evidence to make informed decisions, demonstrate your value and grow.

Invitation-only programme · Start with your Festival Register profile.

Build My Festival Dashboard

Creative Exchange

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Grow your network

Your Next Opportunity Starts With a Connection.

Find people who can help move your ideas forward. Discover potential collaborators, exchange resources and build relationships across creative communities and markets.

Explore Opportunities

Finance BRIDGE

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Explore capital

From Creative Value to Capital.

Take your next step towards finance. Prepare your financing profile, strengthen your documentation and explore opportunities through a structured, vetted pipeline connecting creative enterprises and financiers.

Explore My Finance Readiness