Music Festivals in the UK: Beyond the Carnivalesque

by Chris Anderton

Book Overview

The outdoor music festival market has developed and commercialised significantly since the mid-1990s, and is now a mainstream part of the British summertime leisure experience. The overall number of outdoor music festivals staged in the UK doubled between 2005 and 2011 to reach a peak of over 500 events. UK Music (2016) estimates that the sector attracts over 3.7 million attendances each year, and that music tourism as a whole sustains nearly 40,000...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367588579
• ISBN13: 9780367588571
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"