International Festival of Arts & Ideas

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas seeks to create an internationally renowned festival in New Haven, CT of the highest quality where world-class artists, thinkers and leaders, attract and engage a broad and diverse audience while celebrating and building community and advancing economic development. The Festival's ambitious music, dance, and theater programs fill New Haven with international stars, newly-discovered artists, and a number of U.S. and world premieres each season. The eclectic ideas program offers a mix of serious, controversial, and whimsical topics, all designed to inspire new ways of thinking and public dialogue.