The festivals are special, organized incidents that focus on a subject and are considered to be one of the most common forms of cultural events. While the festival evolves as an institute, it becomes more and more complicated and various. It incorporates every kind of happenings, aims, ideas, objectives and motives. It acquires particular importance in relation to space and people. The realization of such an event and the experiences it offers are unique, considering that it constitutes a time period out of the everyday time.

    The success of a festival (artistic, economic, social etc) is to be judged by what it has offered, what it has created, either during its time of conduct or in the long run. The festival offers in a special way, to everyone who relates with it: the spectators, the artists, the municipalities, the politicians, the sponsors, the organizers and to every city that hosts it.

    Within the limits of competition between cities, the festivals have a particularly important role, not only during their time of conduct but beyond it, through the changes they bring in urban, cultural, social and economical level. They contribute to the creation of the identity of a region and to its promotion in a wider geographical level.

    The festivals are commonly presented to be periods of social peace and cohesion, reformation of public space, promotion and of the city, creation of social identities. However, they can also be misused to support trade and political goals, as well as to become a good opportunity for advertisement and extension of companies related to them. These aspects though usually remain hidden behind their social gravity as institutions of unification. In any case, the roles they are called to fulfill differ, due to the circumstances. What is certain is that the dialogue between the festival (ephemeral) and city (permanent) is always continuous.