FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRO

Name

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRO

Legal name

Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales

Website

https://festivaldemanizales.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Festival

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fringe & Experimental Performing Arts (MPAGABAI), Community Music & Dance Festivals (Non-Commercial/Local) (MPAGAEAH)

Keywords

• International theater festival
• Performing arts events
• Cultural festival management
• Academic theater congress
• Live theatrical performances

Headquarters

HQ city

Manizales

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales (Boletería): Primary revenue stream from ticket sales for theater performances through the Tuboleta.com platform. Ticket categories include international shows, local productions, and various venues.
2. Government Subsidies and Institutional Support: The festival receives support from government entities including the Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y los Saberes, Alcaldía de Manizales, and institutional partners like Universidad de Caldas and Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales is an annual international theater festival held in Manizales, Colombia, typically running for approximately 10 days from late September to early October. It programs national and international theater companies across multiple venues in sala (indoor), calle (street), títeres (puppetry), and children's theater formats, alongside the Iberoamerican Theater Congress academic component and the IRC Sudamérica international juggling competition. Tickets are sold through the Tuboleta.com platform and events are supported by Colombian government and institutional partners.

Product overview

Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales is a cultural organization that operates a premier annual international theater festival. The organization offers ticketing services through an external platform (Tuboleta), publishes annual festival catalogs (2021-2025), hosts an academic congress component (Congreso Iberoamericano de Teatro), and manages an International Juggling Competition (IRC Sudamérica). The core product is the annual multi-day theatrical festival featuring performances across multiple venues, including sala (indoor theater), calle (street theater), títeres (puppetry), and theater for children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales (Annual Festival) Multi-day annual international theater festival featuring national and international theater company performances across indoor and street venues, plus puppetry and children's theater, aimed at local audiences and visitors to Manizales.
• Congreso Iberoamericano de Teatro Academic congress held alongside the annual festival offering scholarly presentations, papers, and conferences on theatrical arts across Iberoamerica, for theater researchers, professors, and students.
• IRC Sudamérica (International Juggling Competition) International juggling competition held as part of the festival in collaboration with the International Juggling Association (juggle.org), showcasing South American finalists.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Instituto de Artes del Espectáculo 'Dr. Raúl H. Castagnino' - Universidad de Buenos AirescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Academic collaboration for the Iberoamerican Theater Congress. The institute co-organizes the academic congress component of the festival, providing scholarly oversight and academic credibility to the event.
• Universidad de CaldascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional support and collaboration for the festival and academic congress. The university provides support as part of the institutional network backing the Iberoamerican Theater Congress.
• Universidad Nacional de ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institutional partner supporting the Iberoamerican Theater Congress. The university collaborates as part of the multi-institutional support network for the festival's academic component.
• Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y los SaberescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry providing institutional and financial support for the festival and congress activities.
• ConfacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal cultural institution partnering with the festival, including venue provision (Auditorio de Confa) and collaborative programming for theater outreach.
• Alcaldía de ManizalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government support for the festival as a major cultural event for the city of Manizales.
• Tuboleta.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial online ticketing platform for the festival. Provides ticket sales infrastructure and distribution for festival performances.
• IRC Sudamérica (International Juggling Connection)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network for circus and juggling arts. Festival participated in IRC Sudamérica 2025 selection process, showcasing international exchange in performing arts.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The world's largest arts festival, held annually in Edinburgh with thousands of theater and performance productions. Comparable as a multi-venue international theater festival, though operates at orders of magnitude greater scale and with global brand recognition.
• Festival d'Avignon: One of the world's premier annual performing arts festivals in France, featuring theater, dance, and multidisciplinary programming. Comparable as a large-scale international performing arts festival model, though vastly larger in scale and budget than FITM.
• Festival Internacional Cervantino: Mexico's flagship multidisciplinary international arts festival held annually in Guanajuato. Comparable in scale, international programming focus, and government backing, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader artistic scope than FITM.

Direct peers

• Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Cádiz: Spain's leading Iberoamerican theater festival, biennial, focused on Latin American and Spanish theater companies. Directly comparable in mission, audience, and participating-company profile to FITM's theater focus.
• Festival de Teatro de Curitiba: One of Brazil's largest international theater festivals, held annually in Curitiba with hundreds of performances across multiple venues. Comparable as a Latin American international theater festival with similar programming and audience development model.
• Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro: Annual Spanish theater festival focused on classical and contemporary Spanish-language theater, held in Almagro, Spain. Comparable as a Spanish-language theater festival with academic and professional programming components.
• Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA): Biennial international performing arts festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring theater, dance, and music. Directly comparable in Iberian-American focus, government backing, and mix of ticketed and free programming.
• Festival de Teatro de Bogotá: Colombia's other major international theater festival, held annually in Bogotá. Directly comparable as a national Colombian theater festival with international programming, public-sector support, and similar audience segments to FITM.

Emerging players

• Festival de las Artes de Costa Rica: Costa Rican multidisciplinary arts festival with international programming. Comparable as a smaller Central/Latin American arts festival with government and institutional support, though smaller in scale and reach than FITM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/teatromanizales
• Facebookfacebook.com/19ZBGMK3NB
• Instagraminstagram.com/teatromanizales?igsh=MnFhaXVlNmN0ZTE4
• TikToktiktok.com/@festivalteatromanizales_?_t=ZS-8zpdZYHi9kT&_r=1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/festival-internacional-de-teatro

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