It was established in 1966, and headquartered in Split, Yugoslavia with Secretary General professor Armando Moreno.
[1][2] Later, it was headquartered in California, United States, where it was registered as a Section 501(c) non-profit organization.
[4] The main role of FIDOF was to provide coordination of festivals and other cultural events through arranging their dates and publicizing them through the International English Monthly Bulletins, which were distributed among the members.
FIDOF participated in the organization of festivals mainly in the countries of Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and was a member of the International Music Council of UNESCO.
The FIDOF Directorate included show business figures from the USA, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malta, Turkey, Sweden, Japan and others.