Common challenges pose a serious threat to the future of many events in regional Australia.

What are the solutions?

Woodford Folk Festival is delivered by 2,700 volunteers.

How do they manage that many volunteers - and keep them coming back year after year??

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I always knew that it takes a special kind of person to work in events – not everyone can handle long days, late nights, high intensity, and pressure, let alone enjoy and thrive on them.

Here are 3 top tips from the team at rEVENTS Academy to ensure that you can successfully recruit volunteers and manage them in the most effective way (to ensure you keep them engaged and retain them for next year!).

Is your regional event sustainable?

Has it outgrown the capability of its volunteer workforce?

Does it struggle to break even financially?

Here are 7 ways to ensure your event’s viability

A survey of regional and rural events throughout Australia was conducted in September 2018 to provide us with a better understanding of what their main challenges and opportunities are.

With close to 40 responses, the sample size provides some interesting insights and trends.

Regional events are dying due to a declining volunteer workforce.

I read this ABC News article with a great fear that we will continue to lose many of the great regional and rural events that drive visitation into their communities - rural communities that don’t often have any other tourism attractions or leisure-based experiences to create this economic and social impact.