Every literary festival we've spoken to runs on some combination of spreadsheets, email, and shared documents. It works — until it doesn't.
The spreadsheet problem
A typical festival might have 12 or more interconnected spreadsheets tracking authors, events, venues, accommodation, travel, equipment, and more. When one thing changes, someone has to manually update every related sheet.
What goes wrong
- Author data gets entered three or four times across different documents
- Last-minute venue changes don't reach the tech team in time
- Publicists send pitches by email and never hear back
- Nobody has a single view of what's actually happening
A better approach
Fesutibaru replaces this fragmented approach with one connected system where data is entered once and flows everywhere it's needed. Role-based views mean every team member sees exactly what's relevant to them.
It's not about adding technology for its own sake. It's about removing the admin friction that stops festival teams from doing their best work.