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Enabling creative chaos
In the summer of 2008, nearly fifty thousand people traveled to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to participate in the countercultural arts event Burning Man. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival presents unique challenges to its organizers. Over four years Katherine K. Chen regularly participated in organizing efforts to safely and successfully create a temporary community in the middle of the desert under the hot August sun.
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Green events and green tourism : an international guide to good practice
\"As the appetite for leisure travel and events continues to grow at an exponential rate, the impact on the environment and local communities is becoming an increasing concern, not least by the users of the services. Green approaches to tourism and events are growing in popularity and present an opportunity to both identify solutions to significant environmental and societal problems and new approaches to business. Green Events and Green Tourism looks at key frameworks, guidelines, principles and benchmarks that support the application of sustainability in practice. The five sections of the book cover themes of governance, accreditation, certification, innovation, priorities, trends, ambitions and consumer behaviour, and the chapters include examples of best practice in the organisation of music and arts festivals, special interest tourism, the green management of outdoor sites and the management of sports events. Readers will benefit from insightful case studies from around the globe\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Festival and events management
Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries. With international contributions from industry and academia, the text looks at the following: * Events & cultural environments * Managing the arts & leisure experience * Marketing, policies and strategies of art and leisure management Chapters include exercises, and additional teaching materials and solutions to questions are provided as part of an accompanying online resource.
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Narratives and Networks: Managing Ireland's Literary Festivals
This research study explores the management dynamics of literary festivals in Ireland, focusing on typologies, stakeholder engagement, and governance structures. Adopting a pragmatist approach using a mixed methods design, data were collected through seven in-depth interviews with festival
founders and directors and an online survey gathering data from 37 festival organizers. Findings indicate that robust management structures and strategic networks are essential to the sustainability of these festivals. Furthermore, literary festival organizers must leverage stakeholder partnerships
with local communities, volunteers, and sponsors to develop and manage their festivals. Stakeholders contribute crucial financial resources, infrastructure, and strategic oversight, while volunteers provide the operational support and community engagement necessary for effective festival execution.
These findings emphasize the importance of strategic planning and community involvement, suggesting that well-managed literary festivals promote cultural exchange and enhance local economies. The study also provides practical insights to help literary festivals achieve success and longevity.
Journal Article
Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel: Unveiling Hidden Drivers Behind Festival Attendance and Experience
This research note unveils a pivotal, yet underexplored, aspect of festival attendance: the impact of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel. Employing data from a 2019 attendee survey at the Taste of Little Italy Festival, Toronto, it reveals that 23.3% of respondents were
engaged in VFR travel, exhibiting higher spending, yet often providing lower evaluations of their festival experience. The nuanced relationship between VFR travel, spending patterns, and festival experience opens a new avenue for exploration for festival researchers and practitioners. This
note aims to encourage festival researchers and practitioners to consider the implications of VFR. A more comprehensive understanding of this topic could reveal strategies to engage this stable demand source, influencing not only event management strategies but also enhancing cultural engagement
and community attachment. The note underscores the opportunity for festivals to engage residents and their visitors to optimize both economic and experiential outcomes.
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impacts and legacies of sports events
This ebook examines a selection of key impacts and legacies associated with sports events. In doing so, it also investigates some prominent issues, trends and opportunities in the relationship between sport, tourism and events and how, irrespective of whether mega, leisure or community-based sports, event organisers and destination managers can tap the potential to be derived from sports events.
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Narratives and Networks: Managing Ireland’s Literary Festivals
This research study explores the management dynamics of literary festivals in Ireland, focusing on typologies, stakeholder engagement, and governance structures. Adopting a pragmatist approach using a mixed methods design, data was collected through seven in-depth interviews with festival founders and directors and an online survey gathering data from thirty-seven festival organisers. Findings indicate that robust management structures and strategic networks are essential to the sustainability of these festivals. Furthermore, literary festival organisers must leverage stakeholder partnerships with local communities, volunteers, and sponsors to develop and manage their festivals. Stakeholders contribute crucial financial resources, infrastructure and strategic oversight, while volunteers provide the operational support and community engagement necessary for effective festival execution. These findings emphasise the importance of strategic planning and community involvement, suggesting that well-managed literary festivals promote cultural exchange and enhance local economies. The study also provides practical insights to help literary festivals to achieve success and longevity.
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Quieted City Sounds during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Montreal
This paper investigates the transformation of urban sound environments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, Canada. We report on comparisons of sound environments in three sites, before, during, and after the lockdown. The project is conducted in collaboration with the Montreal festival district (Quartier des Spectacles) as part of the Sounds in the City partnership. The analyses rely on continuous acoustic monitoring of three sites. The comparisons are presented in terms of (1) energetic acoustic indicators over different periods of time (Lden, Ld, Le, Ln), (2) statistical acoustic indicators (L10, L90), and (3) hourly, daily, and weekly profiles of sound levels throughout the day. Preliminary analyses reveal sound level reductions on the order of 6–7 dB(A) during lockdown, with differences more or less marked across sites and times of the day. After lockdown, sound levels gradually increased following an incremental relaxation of confinement. Within four weeks, sound levels measurements nearly reached the pre-COVID-19 levels despite a reduced number of pedestrian activities. Long-term measurements suggest a ‘new normal’ that is not quite as loud without festival activities, but that is also not characterizable as quiet. The study supports reframing debates about noise control and noise management of festival areas to also consider the sounds of such areas when festival sounds are not present.
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Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel: Unveiling Hidden Drivers Behind Festival Attendance and Experience
This research note unveils a pivotal, yet underexplored, aspect of festival attendance: the impact of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) travel. Employing data from a 2019 attendee survey at the Taste of Little Italy Festival, Toronto, it reveals that 23.3% of respondents were engaged in VFR travel, exhibiting higher spending, yet often providing lower evaluations of their festival experience. The nuanced relationship between VFR travel, spending patterns, and festival experience opens a new avenue for exploration for festival researchers and practitioners. This note aims to encourage festival researchers and practitioners to consider the implications of VFR. A more comprehensive understanding of this topic could reveal strategies to engage this stable demand source, influencing not only event management strategies but also enhancing cultural engagement and community attachment. The note underscores the opportunity for festivals to engage residents and their visitors to optimize both economic and experiential outcomes.
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