Mysterious Young Stage Basel circus festival to be held for the last time in 2025
The Young Stage Basel circus festival will take place for the last time in 2025. This was announced by the management on Thursday. The reason given is the increase in personnel resources and fundraising, which has grown with the size of the festival.
15.08.2024, 18:42
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These tasks mean there is less time for innovation and creative cultural work. "We realized that this would no longer make us happy in the long term. That's why we're stopping when it's at its best," festival director Nadja Berger is quoted as saying in the press release.
The increasing success of the Young Stage Festival as a major event has also brought with it increasing challenges - for example, the fact that a considerable part of the budget has to be secured through third-party funding every year, it continues. There is no successor to the festival, as the requirements profile is high.
No collision with the ESC
The last edition of the artistry festival will take place from May 22 to 25, 2025. If Basel is awarded the contract for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, the Young Stage will be postponed until the fall, according to the statement. This is due to bottlenecks with hotels and logistics.
The Young Stage Festival took place for the first time in 2007. It offers young and newly trained artists from all over the world the opportunity to perform.
