With the festival slowly coming to an end, Narodni dom employees, students, volunteers and other staff members, that made the festival as successful as it was, will also be able to take a break. Although all festival visitors notice a number of people who keep the festival going and ensure everything is running smoothly, only a few realize what actually happens backstage. Allow us to introduce the true dimensions of Festival Lent.
This year's festival boasted with over 500 performances and a total of almost 1,000 different events, visited by over half a million people. More than 58 venues hosted over 10,000 performers from 37 different countries. This year, the staff included 687 employees and 81 technicians that made sure everything was well organized. Lets not forget the security guards that made Maribor's largest festival a safe place. This year, their staff included 48 students and 35 security guards.
The success of the festival is connected to the broad media coverage by home and foreign media that aired the latest festival news on television, radio, internet and newspapers and thus provided the visitors with up-to-date information. this year, this was carried out by 234 journalists of 86 media from 7 different countries. During the festival, there were 1032 posts connected to the festival.
With such a large number of participants, the happiness and a sense of pride is that much bigger when the festival is successful. Therefore, the last day of the festival was not only a big night for the visitors, but also fort he organizers, who celebrated the end of a successful festival and the beginning of summer.
See you next year: 20.6. - 5.7.2014!