**YOUR VIEWS NEEDED PLEASE** Do music festivals play a role in nurturing social change?

[indie-anna]

Hi Guys,

I am conducting some research into the role of music festivals, and want to hear your views about whether music festivals provide the right kind of environment to bring about social change i.e. are they educational? I am specifically interested in looking at the role of music festivals in educating people about climate change. There are no questions to answer, just wanted to start a discussion really, and love to hear some specific examples of festivals that may have provided people with experiences of a changing nature, good or bad!

your views are much appreciated and will contribute towards valuable research in the music festivals and climate change field.

Thanks!

[jenny10]

Hi Guys,

I am conducting some research into the role of music festivals, and want to hear your views about whether music festivals provide the right kind of environment to bring about social change i.e. are they educational? I am specifically interested in looking at the role of music festivals in educating people about climate change. There are no questions to answer, just wanted to start a discussion really, and love to hear some specific examples of festivals that may have provided people with experiences of a changing nature, good or bad!

your views are much appreciated and will contribute towards valuable research in the music festivals and climate change field.

Thanks!

[jenny10]

Hi

As with all thing depends on the festival, many festivals have educational workshops as part of their line-up for example. Most are educational in terms of developing their volunteers skills and experience, in one of our volunteers cases this led to her gaining paid work in the Events Industry.

For a local festival like the one I help organise we provide an opportunity for many of the bands to gain experience of playing in front of a very large audience for the first time.

Many festivals have environment fairs as part of twhat they do and the Live Earth concerts were all about promoting awareness of environmental issues.

Suggest you check out the Greener Festivals website http://www.agreenerfestival.com/infomain.html as well.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes

Jenny