Festivals are shaped by their cities; they reflect not only the people who live there, but also the unique geography and culture of the places in which they are staged.
‘We’re stretched over more than 70 kilometres and most of that’s coastal – and most of the [region’s] focus is coastal. So, when you’re trying to work out where the main population is to plan a festival, you can do that in metro cities because you go, “Here’s your CBD”. For us it’s, “Well, where do we go?” We could go anywhere, really. And so what that means is we have a large footprint because we [stage works] in multiple places,’ she says.
