“Non-profit” literally means “without profit”. Our festival is not geared towards financial gain for the VorOrt (our host association) or the organizing crew. Instead, the klink serves a non-profit, social, cultural purpose for us: We want to create an artistic and alternative festival for creative (young) people from Dessau and beyond, inviting them to shape their own environment. To this end, it is intended as a space for the klink organization crew, all participating artists and also for guests to learn and try things out. Surpluses are reinvested in the VorOrt association to continue our mission of creating a creative island in the center of the city.
how is klink financed?
The klink is mainly financed by grants and donations. Ideally, these make up around 80% of the total costs. In this way we want to keep the ticket price affordable. The organizer is the non-profit VorOrt e.V. and the klink is organized on a voluntary basis.
what happens to the profit the festival makes?
If the festival makes a profit, this goes to the VorOrt e.V. and serves as seed money for the next klink, among other things. The money should go back into the community. The more budget the klink has, the more fairly artists can be remunerated and the more diverse the klink program can be. Because one of our goals is also to support artists and cultural workers, especially newcomers. The acquisitions made by the klink festival are available to the users of VorOrt e.V. and can be borrowed by other cultural workers.
why does klink take an entrance fee?
The 20% (or often more) of the total costs that still have to be financed after subsidies and donations are distributed among the tickets. This is important to ensure that the festival does not end up in the red and no private individuals are burdened.
what has to be paid on a festival?
Stage & lighting technology
Fees & travel expenses for artists (music and workshops)
Sound equipment (sound system, microphones …)
transportation costs
Material costs for approx. 20 workshops
Electricity & water
Insurance, fees
Outdoor toilets
Food and drink for musicians, workshop people, crew and security (approx. 80 people)
Security staff
Site decoration
Print media (posters, flyers, tickets, ribbons, banners …)
Waste transportation
and more!
Many costs are “saved” on the klink because some professional work is done on a voluntary basis, such as design, booking or sound engineering.