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Overview of the festival landscape Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Harry van Vliet - Lector Cross Media September 2016 @FestivalAtlasNL

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Overview of the festival landscape

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Harry van Vliet - Lector Cross Media

September 2016

@FestivalAtlasNL

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FESTIVAL ATLAS - INTRODUCTION

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FESTIVAL ATLAS - INTRODUCTIONfestival atlas 2015

het landschap van Nederlandse festivals in kaart gebracht

Bestel of download op www.festivalatlas.nl

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Question #1

How many (new), when and where?

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Number of music festivals in 2015 by month

jan feb march april may june july aug sept oct nov dec

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ber o

f fes

tival

s

2636

55

131143142

117

132

80

303423

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(n = 949)

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Number of music festivals in 2015 by region

NH NB ZH Gel Lim Ove Utr Fri Gro Zee Fle Dre

Num

ber o

f fes

tival

s

1616264343

69737374

135

168

232

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(n = 968)

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Year of first edition of music festivals in 2015

FESTIVAL ATLAS - YEAR OF ORIGIN

Num

ber o

f fes

tival

s

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Number of paid vs free music festivals in 2015 by month

jan feb march april may june july aug sept oct nov dec

Num

ber o

f fes

tival

s

65

6

37

4328

2239

18

151

2031

46

8896

110

9490

60

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(n = 924)

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Percentage of paid vs free music festivals in 2015 by region

% o

f fes

tival

s

Noo

rd-H

olland

Noo

rd-Braba

nt

Zuid-H

olland

Gelde

rland

Limbu

rg

Ove

rijssel

Utre

cht

Frieslan

d

Groning

en

Zeelan

d

Flev

olan

d

Drenthe

471219121217352924322317

53

8881

888883

6571

7668

7783

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(n = 933)

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New Music Festivals in 2015 by month

jan feb march april may june july aug sept oct nov dec

Num

ber o

f fes

tival

s

16

11

2125

1216

21

6423

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Total number of new festivaleditions: 130

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New music festivals in 2015 by region

Num

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f fes

tival

s

Noo

rd-H

olland

Noo

rd-Braba

nt

Zuid-H

olland

Gelde

rland

Limbu

rg

Ove

rijssel

Utre

cht

Frieslan

d

Groning

en

Zeelan

d

Flev

olan

d

Drenthe

2127

4

108

57

1923

42

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(n = 130)

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Question #2

Line Up & co-occurence?

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FESTIVAL ATLAS - BANDS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN*

* n = 7996 (data partly provided by festivalinfo.nl)

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Percentage of land of origin of bands performing at music festivals by month

% o

f ban

ds

jan feb mrt april may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec

6834344212,50,5

613710569592,55,5

0,5

35

12

2314

131413

914135,5

29

15

11127

999

4

116

5

13

38

5655

657070

65

80

65

76

84

57

NL UK EU USA Other

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(n = 7850)

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% o

f ban

ds

Noo

rd-H

olland

Noo

rd-Braba

nt

Zuid-H

olland

Gelde

rland

Limbu

rg

Ove

rijssel

Utre

cht

Frieslan

d

Groning

en

Zeelan

d

Flev

olan

d

Drenthe

263145313244 1

847107678595

1

141320

1811714

1410

1614

2

16

3

97

8

3

95

7

810

94

56

77

6361

69

81

697076

6367

NL UK EU USA Other

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n = 7850

Percentage of land of origin of bands performing at music festivals by region

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- CO-OCCURENCE LINE-UPFESTIVAL ATLAS

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- INNOVATION INDEXFESTIVAL ATLAS

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- GENRES*FESTIVAL ATLAS

*(data provided by hugo.events)

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Question #3

Social media use?

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Percentage of social media presence of music festivals

- SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCEFESTIVAL ATLAS

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book

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YouT

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0,51111446

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Percentage of music festivals by number of Facebook likes

- SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK LIKESFESTIVAL ATLAS

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Percentage of music festivals by number of Twitter followers

- SOCIAL MEDIA: TWITTER FOLLOWERSFESTIVAL ATLAS

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Percentage of music festivals by number of YouTube views

- SOCIAL MEDIA: YOUTUBE VIEWSFESTIVAL ATLAS

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Average social media use of paid vs free music festivals in 2015

Total paid free

Ave

rage

Num

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f fol

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ers

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00)

0,8

2,42

- SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Total paid free

Ave

rage

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ber o

f lik

es (x

100

0)

3,3

18,4

14,8

Total paid free

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rage

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f vie

ws

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illio

n)

0,1

1,1

0,8

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(n = 620)

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Average social media use of 1-day vs multi-day music festivals in 2015

Total 1 day >1 day

Ave

rage

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f fol

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00)

3,3

1,8

2,3

- SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Total 1 day >1 day

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rage

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f lik

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100

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18,1

14,315,6

Total 1 day >1 day

Ave

rage

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f vie

ws

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illio

n)

0,2

1,1

0,8

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(n = 630)

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Average social media use of new vs existing music festivals in 2015

Total new existing

Ave

rage

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f fol

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ers

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00)

1,7

3,9

2,3

- SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Total new existing

Ave

rage

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f lik

es (x

100

0)

13,6

20,2

14,3

Total new existing

Ave

rage

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f vie

ws

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illio

n)

0,5

3,3

0,8

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Average social media use of young (< 4 editions) vs old (>10 editions) music festivals in 2015

Total young old

Ave

rage

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f fol

low

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00)

2,42,42,4

- SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Total young old

Ave

rage

Num

ber o

f lik

es (x

100

0) 15,416,515,9

Total young old

Ave

rage

Num

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f vie

ws

(x m

illio

n)

0,4

1,8

1,1

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(n = 435)

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What’s next?

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FESTIVAL ATLAS - WHAT’S NEXT?

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Wishlist: • trends 2015 - 2016 • more festivals! • more kinds of festivals • more data (e.g. indoor/outdoor) • better infographics • publication date at start of season • …

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QUESTIONS? ?

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The Team behind the Festival Atlas

Harry van Vliet Head of Research

Witnessed Paul Weller of The Jam jump really high at

Jazz Bilzen 1978.

Erik Hekman Researcher

The man who tried to sell authentic mexican food to

festivalgoers, …never again…

Iris Willems Researcher

Holds the record for number of consecutive festivals spend

in the mud: 7!

- THE TEAM

Julian Meertse Junior Researcher

Still waiting for his first festival visit, saw Ariana Grande in the

ZiggoDome though….

FESTIVAL ATLAS

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THANK YOU!Have a Nice Day!

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