Publications
Charlotte DeWitt is a highly respected journalist with an international readership. She draws from over thirty years’ experience in twenty-nine countries to write fact-packed articles on international festivals and events– spotting trends, interpreting issues, identifying opportunities.
- ie the business of international events, the industry’s leading magazine: chief international correspondent and global perspectives editor
- Culture Smart! Sweden by Charlotte J. DeWitt: a cultural survival guide for living and working in Sweden (ISBN:9781857333190)
- University textbooks on festivals and events: contributing writer
Latest Program (with maps)
The program of the Behind the Scenes of the Edinburgh Festivals.
CARNAVAL de NICE: New and Blue on the Côte d’Azur
An American cartoonist and a French parade? Mon Dieu! Whatever are they thinking?!
Nice Carnival at a Glance
After 137 years, Nice Carnival is still exciting. Here's what's new in 2010.
Behind the Scenes of the Edinburgh Festival
Four days, five festivals-- August 18-22, 2010.
Edinburgh Encore Auld Lang Syne
In an era when most cities struggle to support one major festival a year, the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, boasts seven running simultaneously.
Industry Compass 2009: Global Issues, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities Impacting the World of Festivals and Events
Charlotte DeWitt reviews international industry trends from 2006-2009 based on input from a live and virtual panel of industry experts.
From Cartoons to Kudos: Al Mahabba Awards Festival named “Best Arts and Cultural Event” in the Middle East
Denmark will probably never realize what a positive result came out of the unfortunate publication of certain cartoons in its newspapers …
Middle East Events Awards: the Event Oscars in Dubai
Two outstanding individuals and fifteen top events companies were recognized at the 2009 Middle East Event Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates…
Re-visions: Art Attack, Warsaw, Poland
Beware of poetry-powered cucumbers, entrapment in elevators, and diving into swimming pools with ballet dancers. The art attack is underway, and nothing is sacred!
13th annual Ludvig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Warsaw, Poland
The Ludvig van Beethoven Easter Festival returns to Warsaw, Poland, in its thirteenth annual salute to the composer and his contemporaries. This year, the festival theme is…
Industry Compass 2008: Global Issues, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities Impacting the World of Festivals and Events
Charlotte DeWitt analyzes the world focus of festivals and events for 2008 based on input from a distinguished panel of industry experts.
Mud, Folkloriada, and Ginseng: Korean Culture Goes Global
It’s hot, sticky, and muddy, a festival organizer’s worst nightmare, and everywhere you look, there are thousands of dirty people running around-- chasing each other, wrestling, sliding… and laughing.
Singapore and Sports: A new source of celebration
Multi-cultural Singapore has always had its own local mixture of both traditional and new festivals, but today, the playing field has gone international, and the most surprising newcomer to that city/state’s festival scene is the festival driven by the cultivation of sports…
Fire and Ice: from Iceland to the Emirates; Myths and Legends: The Little Giant’s Visit to the Reykjavik Arts Festival
It started with tales of a three-story-tall giant little girl puppet who roamed the streets of Reykjavik looking for her angry father…
Stockholm, Sweden: The Phoenix of Festivals
Greek mythology tells the tale of the phoenix, a magical bird which dies in flames, only to arise symbolically from the ashes and regenerate itself. Sweden has its own version of the phoenix, and today, two new festivals have arisen from the ashes…
Industry Compass 2007: Global Issues, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities Impacting the World of Festivals and Events
Charlotte DeWitt writes an annual analysis of the issues and opportunities affecting the industry.
Hahaha: Toronto’s Just for Laughs Festival
Obesity, the war in Iraq, and the Morse-code nose-twitching of a Filipino mother brought a sold-out house in Toronto, Canada’s Winter Garden Theatre to its knees in side-splitting laughter at the city’s first Just for Laughs Festival…
Cool Kulits Dazzle Malaysia Buskers
Think of Malaysia and you conjure up exotically spiced foods, colorful dancers, gold-threaded fabrics and traditional batiks; stunningly beautiful, unspoiled tropical beaches with coral reefs; rainforests filled with orchids and exotic birds; and… wayang kulits…
The Middle East: Cultural Crossroads, Events Explosion
Few people, when turning the key to the ignition switch on their cars, would make a direct link between the oil industry in the Middle East and the rise of festivals and events, but that is what is happening in the United Arab Emirates, its neighboring countries, and especially, in Dubai, second largest of the seven emirates comprising the UAE…
The articles above have appeared in ie: the business of international events, the official magazine of the International Festivals and Events Association. ©2007-2010 Charlotte J. DeWitt. All rights reserved. Permission is given to quote from the articles providing proper credit is given to the author.