The music festival emerged in England in the 18th century as an extension of urban concert life in the form of a seasonal cultural celebration built around a schedule of musical performances or concerts. It is usually an annual event with a more regular and extensive program than the more spontaneous or improvised forms of musical celebration. Music festivals are usually organized by individuals or organizations within networks of music production, usually music stages, music industries, or music education institutions. A music festival is the largest and one of the most important institutions in musical life, a place to experience culture.
In traditional genres such as folk and classical music, a music festival can be defined as a social event with performances of singing and playing instruments that are often represented in a theme such as musical genre (e.g. blues, folk, jazz, classical music.) , nationality , where the musicians live or the holiday .
Music festivals are usually held outdoors, with tents or temporary covered stages for performers. Music festivals often include other activities such as food and merchandise sales, dancing, crafts, performing arts, and social or cultural events. Charity-related music festivals may have information on social or political issues. Many festivals are held annually or are repeated at some other interval. Some, including many rock festivals, are held only once.
Some festivals are organized as commercial concerts, while others are charity events. Another type of music festivals are educational festivals, which are organized annually in local communities, regionally, or nationally for amateur musicians of all ages and levels of ability.
The Pythian Games at Delphi includes musical performances, and may be one of the earliest known festivals. In the Middle Ages, festivals were often held as competitions.
If you are planning to organize a music festival, after calculating the approximate budget of the event you should decide on its theme: the musical genre, the idea, the style of music. Starting from the main idea, think about the headliner, bands and artists who could take part in it.
Implementing and running the festival
Having made a rough plan of performances, consider options with the location of the festival: an organized festival in nature, open air outside the city will really convey the mood of freedom and charge a positive energy. But keep in mind that in this case, there will be additional costs associated with the organization of transport to the place, so that anyone who wants to attend the festival was convenient to get to it. For the festival in the city you need the consent of the administration and ensure order at the concert. Once you have chosen the venue, decide on the date of the festival and then agree on all the arrangements with the artists. Also get in touch with the media: As many people as possible have to know about the coming festival!
All bands have to have professional equipment on their rider: If so, make sure the venue is fully equipped and everything is taken into consideration.
Equipping the platform with sound and light equipment, make sure that the order of the guests and artists will not be violated, take care of security issues.
Video and photo shooting during the festival is desirable: imagine, bright reports after the event will remind residents of the grandiosity and scale of the event you have organized. Professional stage structures will make the same impression.