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Fest300

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Fest300
FoundersChip Conley, Art Gimbel
Headquarters,
USA

Fest300 is a San Francisco-based company that produces an online festival magazine and annual list of the 300 best festivals in the world, curated by Chip Conley (Airbnb, Joie de Vivre Hotels) and team.[1] Fest300 members pledge to attend at least one festival per year.[2]

In addition to editorial content, the site hosts video and photo galleries from festivals around the world.

History

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Fest300 was founded by Conley and Art Gimbel in early 2013.[3]

In November 2014, Fest300 updated its selection process, with the internal team curating 270 of the 300 festivals while the other 30 are crowdsourced from the festival community.[3]

In September 2016, Fest300 was acquired by Everfest. The combined entity continues to produce the Fest300 list.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Clampet, Jason (2013-08-08). "Skift Q&A: How to Build a Travel Community One Event at a Time". Skift. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  2. ^ Hilton, Spud (2013-08-27). "Incredible festivals from around the world". SF Gate. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  3. ^ a b Brown, Harley (6 November 2014). "Airbnb's Chip Conley Bringing Crowd-Sourced Component to Fest300". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  4. ^ Calnan, Chris (2016-09-20). "Austin online festival hub buys San Francisco-based competitor". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
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