BAFA Team

Fiona is the BAFA Director, and a freelance festivals consultant and researcher with a background in festival delivery – at Holmfirth Arts Festival and Harrogate International Festival – and consultancy, working with a range of multi-arts, music and literature festivals across the UK.  She has been involved with BAFA for more than 20 years as a member, board member and consultant, and brings experience of research and consultancy for several other networks, including Europe Jazz Network, Making Music, AOIFE and IAMIC.

Fiona is a passionate advocate for festivals as beautiful and often undervalued tools for creative community development, catalysts for change and ways of imagining alternative futures into being.  BAFA’s first Director, Fiona is based in Yorkshire and when she is not working, she can be found trying to play tennis, enjoying a competitive family game or reading.

To contact Fiona please email fiona@artsfestivals.co.uk

Charlotte is a freelance Creative Producer & Project Manager with experience working in both the commercial and not for profit sectors. She most recently worked as the Senior Creative Producer at Culture Creative, a leading creative company operating worldwide, and before that as Head of Events for the multi-stranded arts charity Harrogate International Festivals. Charlotte is thrilled to be joining the BAFA team and when not working can be found riding her gravel bike, adventuring in her van and eating baked goods.

To contact Charlotte, please email charlotte@artsfestivals.co.uk