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Music festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria, picturing both the main stage and the camping grounds on the farm behind Leigo Järvemuusika in 2007. The music festival emerged in England in the 18th century, as an extension of urban concert life into a form of seasonal, cultural festivity, structured around a schedule of music performances, or concerts.
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, performance art , and social activities.
1951 in music, 1951 in British music, 1951 in Norwegian music. Notable events: The musical The King and I first performed; Deaths of: Arnold Schoenberg; Mildred Bailey; Notable releases: Ike Turner – Rocket 88 (hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song) 1950 in music, 1950 in British music, 1950 in Norwegian music. Notable events: Deaths of ...
Musikfest, an eleven-day outdoor music festival held annually each August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the largest free music festival in the United States, drawing over 1.3 million attendees. [1] This is a list of music festivals in the United States organized by state and then by name. It includes current and past notable festivals.
The scale of festivals varies; in location and attendance, they may range from a local to national level. [23] [16] Music festivals, for example, often bring together disparate groups of people, such that they are both localised and global. [24] The "vast majority" of festivals are, however, local, modest and populist. [25]
Why It’s Special: The Newport Folk Festival, founded in 1959, was one of the first modern music festivals in America. With a folk music focus, the festival has a rich history of providing a ...
Early music festivals is a generic term for musical festivals focused on music before Beethoven, or including historically informed performance of later works. The increase in the number of music festivals specializing in early music is a reflection of the early music revival of the 1970s and 1980s.
Formed out of the male-dominated music scenes of jam music (in the case of Bonnaroo), late-’90s indie rock (Coachella), and early ’90s alternative and grunge (Lollapalooza), these festivals tend to celebrate diversity while dismissing the most popular pop acts — the ones who tend to dominate the charts and who tend so often to be female ...