Events and Festivals: Current trends and Issues

Routledge Taylor & Francis,
01 June 2007, United Kingdom

The aim of this special edition of Managing Leisure (volume 12, issues 2 and 3) is to acknowledge the multi-factorial and dynamic nature of events and festivals as research areas. The articles captured in this special edition give some indication of this, located as they are in very different performance contexts and each offering analysis and interpretation of different trends and issues within these. Contents:

  • Events and festivals: Current trends and issues Martin Robertson; Donna Chambers; Elspeth Frew
  • Audience development in the arts: A case study of chamber music Maxine Barlow; Simon Shibli
  • 'Never Let Me Down Again': Loyal customer attitudes towards ticket distribution channels for live music events: a netnographic exploration of the US leg of the Depeche Mode 2005-2006 World Tour Zuleika Beaven; Chantal Laws
  • Glasgow's Winter Festival: Can cultural leadership serve the common good? Malcolm Foley; Gayle Mcpherson
  • Mentoring volunteer festival managers: Evaluation of a pilot scheme in regional Australia Anne-Marie Hede; Ruth Rentschler
  • Local food festivals in Northeast Iowa communities: A visitor and economic impact study Ariana Cela; Jill Knowles-Lankford; Sam Lankford
  • Festival evaluation: An exploration of seven UK arts festivals Michael Williams; Glenn A. J. Bowdin
  • Conceptual paper: An exploration of time and its management for sport event managers Paul Emery; Alexandru Radu
  • The dynamics of successful events - the experts' perspective John Ensor; Martin Robertson; Jane Ali-Knight

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