Music Festivals Encouragement And Promotion Of Musicians
Music festivals are typically festivals where music performances take place, sometimes around a nationality or a genre of music. These performances are mostly held outdoors and include various subsidiary attractions such as other performing arts, food and social activities. Music festivals are in fact, as old as the hills. The Pythian Games at Delphi had musical performances as part of the.
So how often are these music festivals held? Some of them are held annually, while others are held only once, especially the music festivals that are put together for some social cause. Sometimes, music festivals are held only once, in support of a cause or to promote some theme. Some music festivals are even held for the sake of education and for the encouragement and promotion of local amateur musicians. These may or may not, include competitions among the participants. The competitive aspect is seldom the most important one in these music festivals, as the point is largely to help musicians learn from one another. Music Festivals
Music Festivals – Summerfest
To make these points clearer, one only has to look at some of the most famous music festival of the world. The largest music festival in the world is called the Summerfest and is held annually in Milwaukee in Wisconsin. The music festival is held over a period of eleven days. Also known popularly as the Big Gig, the music festival is known to involve over 700 bands and sees an audience of between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people each year. The appellation, the World’s Largest Music Festival, has been given to Summerfest by the Guinness Book of World Records itself.
The oldest music festival in the world is however, the Pinkpop Festival, held in the Netherlands. The festival first began in 1970. The Pinkpop is a three-day event and has seen over the participation of over 1.5 million people.
The most famous music festival in the world is the Woodstock festival. The music festival was held in 1969 and was formally called the Woodstock Music and Art Festival. The festival was hailed as one of the most momentous events in the history of music, so much so that the Rolling Stones called it one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll. The concert saw the performances of greats like Ravi Shankar, Joan Baez, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Important omissions were the Beatles and Bob Dylan.
Music Festivals – Woodstock
The Woodstock music festival had such far-reaching effects that there was a documentary film that followed it, as well as two soundtracks on the music festival. The site of the festival is commemorated by a plaque and even a museum.
It is no idle boast if one were to say that music festivals have had a long lasting effect on the history and thoughts of mankind. Every music festival hopes to achieve the everlasting greatness of a Woodstock and be a permanent influence on the culture of the world, forming and being part of history itself.
[freebiesub download=”https://www.musicbandwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/guitarhowto.pdf”]
