Listening to live jazz: an individual or social act? High attendance in music festivals, in turn, was a manifestation of festival fandom. 193-198. Dr Mervi Luonila (DMus in Arts Management) works as Senior Researcher in the Center for Cultural Policy Research, Cupore. In the context of the present study, frequent music festival attendance is expected to fulfil the characteristics of festival career development: if the introduction to festivals that is, the first festival experience was positive, it might lead to extensive festival attendance where the participant seeks new, positive and inspiring experiences at festivals. Bryman, A. The festival taking place in Rabat was established in 2001 and in 2019 hosted international and local music acts like The Black Eyed Peas, Migos or famous Lebanese singer Elissa. However, these fans did not try to meet their idols in person. 1408-1432. 74-85. The interviews lasted from 40 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes (on average 51 minutes), and the total length of all the interviews was 6 hours 48 minutes. Table 1 summarizes the survey respondents. A frequent festivalgoer is a committed and loyal festival attendee who often shares the values that a festival represents. Finland Festivals (2020), Festivaalien kyntimrt 2019, [Amount of festival visits 2019], available at: http://www.festivals.fi/tilastot/festivaalien-kayntimaarat-2019/ (accessed 28 August 2020). You need at least a Starter Account to use this feature. Facebook: quarterly number of MAU (monthly active users) worldwide 2008-2022, Quarterly smartphone market share worldwide by vendor 2009-2022, Number of apps available in leading app stores Q3 2022. (2013), Social worlds as a framework for event and travel careers, Tourism Analysis, Vol. There is an interesting implication chain: skills and knowledge developmentappropriate behaviorsocial practicesmodified motivesfrequent festival attendance. Cole, S.T. Benefits like enjoyment and pleasure were gained from attendance, also well-being and getting energy for everyday challenges through social festival experiences (see also Meretse et al., 2016). Sandelowski, M., Voils, C.I. The social sustainability aspect is further attested by modified motives that are directed towards personal well-being. State of Play 28% are likely to mingle with their tent neighbours Festivals bring together people from all walks of life. Analysing tourist experiences of Wagner's Bayreuth, ABBA's Stockholm and U2's Dublin. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set Communality and the sense of belonging built by festival attendees was a major building block for both fandom and career development; it was related to participation motives where the social atmosphere of festivals played an important role. They become something thats ingrained into the culture.. Of the 20 shows the Offspring is playing the remainder of this year, about 15 are at music festivals. Skills development in turn is a fundamental part of an event travel career. One guy has a freezer. 323-333. Festivals have since evolved from the DIY, communal spirit of Woodstock, growing into mainstream businesses that reap profits and embrace corporate sponsorships, as more than 32 million people attend them each year, according to Billboard. As streaming becomes one of the most popular ways to listen to music, sales of tickets and merchandise make up the bulk of fans expenditures on music. %PDF-1.7
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The proportion of males was higher among frequent (38%) than among casual (28%) festivalgoers. The increased and internalized knowledge was implemented in the code of conduct. You need a Statista Account for unlimited access. This consideration implies that organisers could benefit from frequent festivalgoers' expertise and willingness to participate in the festival's development practices both in marketing and management. 15 No. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Article publication date: 15 February 2021. From the praxis point of view, the study indicates that frequent festivalgoers as loyal festival fans have the potential to contribute to various phases of festival production since they are considered as professionals in festival attendance. Social practices in festivals include not only social interactions but also collective actions like dancing and singing along. [Online]. Identification with other fans leads to social connections with them (Duffett, 2013), which in turn is related to well-being (Reysen et al., 2017; see also Packer and Ballantyne, 2011). Wood, E.H. and Kinnunen, M. (2020), Emotion, memory and re-collective value: shared festival experiences, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. SXSW FESTIVALS: FILM & COMEDY SXSW FESTIVALS 155 World Premieres . Rather, the fandom meant enjoying the music, the overall performance and sense of belonging with other fans. Jul 2019. Please do not hesitate to contact me. These are, on the other hand, core constituents of social sustainability as defined by Quinn and Wilks (2016) and Rihova et al. Magazines, Digital Quinn, B. and Wilks, L. (2016), Linking social capital, cultural capital and heterotopia at the folk festival, Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology, Vol. This makes it easy to find new friends or bridge in Quinn and Wilks' conceptualization (2016) as social interaction with strangers is more acceptable than in the surrounding society. Currently, you are using a shared account. Mean number of attendances in big and small concerts per year per festival visitor type, Background information of web survey respondents (N=3,322), Relationship with music: MannWhitney U-test. Performance is important in sports hobbies because of measurement and the desire to improve the results. 3 No. Third, the participation motive might be the fan interest towards music festivals in general, to experience festival communitas whose members are more open to participate in collective actions and shared enjoyment than in normal circumstances (Kinnunen, 2018, p. 106), thus fulfilling social and hedonistic needs and aims. 29 No. The aspect of combining fandom and career development has been studied in the framework of serious leisure in football fandom (Jones, 2000) and rock n roll fanatics' festival participation (Mackellar, 2009), but according to our knowledge not in the context of music festivals in general. There was a statistically significant, strong positive correlation between them (rs=0.380, p=0.000). Not all the festivalgoers become frequent attendees. (2007), Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA. Both time and money are invested in the fan interest (Cavicchi, 1998) since fandom entails following the fan interest; for example, for an artist or musical genre, physically by attending concerts or festivals, and virtually by reading and commenting on articles and fan pages. 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Firstly, in line with the main theoretical contribution of the study, by being sociable, friendly and skilled attendees, frequent festivalgoers might be positioned as members of the festival communitas who create a festival experience and atmosphere by participating in collective actions and shared enjoyment. Pitts, S.E. 1, pp. Getz, D. and Andersson, T. (2020), Testing the event travel career trajectory in multiple participation sports, Journal of Sport and Tourism. The Statista "Chart of the Day" currently focuses The practice is present, for instance, in football fan clubs where violators of the rules might even be punished (Jones, 2000; Kossakowski, 2017). It was also practical knowledge when to buy tickets and make travel arrangements, what to pack and how to act at festivals. Memphis Grizzly fans attend an NBA playoff game . Statista. You can only download this statistic as a Premium user. 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Regarding fandom, this is the fan interest, whose depth or psychological connection (PCM) defines the intensity of fan practices. 215 respondents had no festival attendances during the previous year and were omitted from the analysis. All in all, the increase in skills and knowledge made the festival attendance easier and more enjoyable, reducing attendance-related stress. Visit emeraldpublishing.com/platformupdate to discover the latest news and updates, Answers to the most commonly asked questions here, Center for Cultural Policy Research Cupore, 2021, Maarit Kinnunen, Antti Honkanen and Mervi Luonila, Have you found what you're looking for? Largest music festivals in the United Kingdom in 2019, by audience capacity [Graph]. To scrutinize frequent festivalgoers' motivations and practices in more detail, interviews of eight frequent music festivalgoers were conducted in October 2017. For instance, the three-day Ruisrock festival had 105,000 visits in 2018. Pink is the number one touring artist of 2019 worldwide with a tour gross of $215.2 million. 18 No. Scotland reported the biggest jump in music tourists, up 38% year-on-year to. Interviewees were aware that their own behavior influenced others since the positive state of mind spread around the attendees. 278-299. 2, pp. and Lee, U.-I. When publishing one of these graphics, 208-224. The relationship with music was stronger for frequent than casual festivalgoers in the following items: Music is one of the most important things in my life, I actively search for new music that interests me, I actively recommend artists, pieces and albums to my friends, I usually listen to music concentrating and burying myself in it,, Making and playing music is one of the most important things in my life and I usually listen to music with friends, acquaintances and like-minded people.. The best of the best: the portal for top lists & rankings: Strategy and business building for the data-driven economy: Industry-specific and extensively researched technical data (partially from exclusive partnerships). Using several examples, our study demonstrates the importance of social dimensions in music festival attendance, revealing the role of the frequent festivalgoers as important and potential actors in the production processes of festivals and the development activities in the networked production contexts. Accessed March 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101275/largest-uk-music-festivals/, Statista. Statista. Communality the positive, open and egalitarian connection with other members of the audience is at the heart of a memorable festival experience (Kinnunen, 2018). 6 No. Our findings show that frequent music festival attendance is festival fandom and career development that are heavily intertwined in motives and practices, as summarized in Figure 1. Statista assumes no Crowding into a park for a surprise performance that turns out to be Dolly Parton at the Newport Folk Festival. Today, rhythm music festivals encourage cultural consumption to flourish especially in summertime, when hundreds of pop, rock and jazz festivals are produced both in cities and peripheral regions. Now we see them each summer at events in Finland. The aim for using a mixed methods approach was to get a deeper understanding of the phenomena of festival fandom and festival career development. However, interviewees represented different types of frequent festival visitors: there was a volunteer worker (Tiina), music industry worker (Seppo), fans of artists (Sofia, Nina, Maria) and of a certain musical genre (Anna, Sofia), camping enthusiasts (Sofia, Pekka) and participants who set and measured their targets (Pauli, Sofia). Not only social interactions but also collective actions like dancing and singing along of conduct Ruisrock. 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