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Open call for under-30 artists (Theatre, Dance, Music & Circus)

Mittelyoung festival (14- 17 May 2026) & Mittefest (16-26 July 2026), Cividale del Friuli (ITA)

Call for participation

The Open Call for Mittelyoung is officially open until 10 February 2026! If you are under 30 and have a theatre, music, dance, or circus project, Mittelyoung is the right place for you.

Mittelyoung is one of the top under-30 festivals in Europe: every year it brings artists from across Central Europe and the Balkans to Cividale del Friuli, offering space to new voices on the scene and providing concrete support for their work.

For 2026, we are looking for projects that engage with the theme Fear: not as a blockage, but as momentum, vision, possibility. A starting point for imagining other perspectives and new languages.

  • Where: Cividale del Friuli (Udine), Italy
  • When: 14–17 May 2026
  • What we offer: paid participation and the opportunity to present your work in an international context

Who can apply?

Artists and companies under 30 from: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Hungary.

How it works

A group of under-30 curators will review all applications and select 9 projects to be presented during Mittelyoung Fear (14–17 May 2026). Among these, up to 3 shows will then be selected to be re-programmed within Mittelfest Fear (16–26 July), with additional support and visibility.

How to apply

By filling out an online form on the Mittelfest website.

All criteria are available here: www.mittelfest.org/en/mittelyoung/