Music Festivals Quiz

Overview of Music Festivals

• A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing, often presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday.
• Music festivals are generally organized by individuals or organizations within networks of music production, typically music scenes, the music industries, or institutions of music education.
• Music festivals are commonly held outdoors, with tents or roofed temporary stages for the performers.
• Many festivals are annual, or repeat at some other interval, while some are held only once.
• Music festivals have developed as an emerging industry which contributes to many national economies.
• Music festivals nowadays also can serve as a way of building a brand for a destination, creating a unique image for it and attracting visitors.
• There are many music festivals, some of which include many different genres, but some festivals specialize in one specific genre, such as EDM, metal, hip hop, among others.
• Another type of music festival is the music education, often organized annually in local communities, regionally, or nationally, for amateur musicians of all ages and grades of achievement.
• The Sanremo Music Festival is the longest-running music festival in the world and it is also the basis and inspiration for the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin's 11-day event, Summerfest, promotes itself as "The World's Largest Music Festival."
• The Queensland Music Festival, established in 1999 and headquartered in Brisbane Australia, is the largest music festival by land mass, as a state-wide music biennial music festival, over a three-week period during July.
• Music festivals serve as a way to create cultural identity, lifestyle, community, belonging and self-actualisation.