How to Build an Award-Winning Festival

This list of Top Ten Tips is based on a decade of successful tourism events in Selkirk, Manitoba, including products like Homes for the Holidays: House & Heritage Tour and Holiday Alley: A Festival of Light, Art, Sound, Culture and Creativity.

From a decade of event planning, the Holiday Alley and Red River North Tourism team has learned a few tricks. And when Holiday Alley started winning awards they were invited to tell their story. These 10 ideas are the foundation of their success.

These tips and real life examples may help you launch your own festival or may just confirm what you already knew. Here’s hoping there is at least one new idea here for you and your community.