The performing arts festival has played important role of presenting excellent performance works that reflect contemporaneity, but it is facing new challenges along with various changes in the social environments. Together with the artistic directors of Festival d'Avignon (France, 78th festival to be held in 2024) and the Holland Festival (Netherlands, 77th festival to be held in 2024), which are now in their 80th year and are leading European performing arts festivals with a long history, we will discuss the direction and role of contemporary performing arts festivals based on three keywords: contemporaneity, Social Responsibility, and locality and internationality. #Contemporaneity, #Social Responsibility, #Locality and Internationality