The document provides a table for investigating and comparing different festivals. It includes columns for the festival name, type, artistic policy/aims, sample program events, and target audience. An example is provided for the Baisakhi Festival, a national celebration in India aimed at Sikhs. The target audience is mainly Sikhs as the festival is religious. The Festival of World Cultures is an international arts festival aimed at all ages and cultures to embrace diversity. Lady Fest Ten is an independent arts festival providing a platform for emerging female performers and engaging with global feminism. The Glastonbury Festival is a large international music festival offering a variety of musical genres and performing arts.

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Investigating festivals
1) Examine promotional materials (brochures and/or website downloads) from a number
of contrasting festivals and complete the table below.
You will need to:
a) enter the name of each festival you are investigating
b) note the type of festival e.g. film, music, general arts
c) look for details of the aims and/or artistic policy of each festival
d) give examples of the types of events included in the festival programme (include 2–
3 examples of specific events)
e) consider who the target audience for the festival might be.
Name of festival Type of festival Artistic policy or Programme Target audience
aims content
Baisakhi National Celebration Baisakhi must be  Prayers The Baisakhi festival
(general arts) celebrated throughout mainly specifically is
Festival  Dances
India many Indians aimed at Sikhs and
use Baisakhi to  Harvesting people with an Indian
continue celebrations ethnicity or an Indian
in Punjab which is  Performances background. Their
seen as a very special target audience is
day for the Sikhs. mainly Sikhs because
the festival is
religious.
Festival of world Annual international The dlr Festival of  Concerts The festival of world
cultures arts festival World Cultures is a cultures are aimed at
 Fairs
family friendly festival all ages, they welcome
that crosses cultural,  Markets people from all
ethnic, religious and different cultures,
social bridges. As you  Performances backgrounds and
enjoy the Festival over  Street events ethnicities
the weekend we ask
you to embrace its  Workshops
ethos and respect the
diversity of cultures
around you. For many
people of other
cultures and religious
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faiths, alcohol does
not form part of
society. If you are
drinking please
respect the beliefs of
others by drinking
responsibly.
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Lady Fest Ten Independent arts Provide an original  Music Women from different
festival platform for emerging cultures and
 Art
performances backgrounds and
(musicians,  Performances women of different
comedians, poets etc.) ages.
 Movies
Engage with global
feminisms, be a
resource and point of
inspiration and
encourage and
support future
evolutions/revolutions
by building a positive
legacy.
Glastonbury Festival International music A unique feast of  Music (from Everyone, all ages and
of contemporary festival music set on a huge nearly every different ages.
performing arts ‘11 site offering a grand genre
scale of imaginable
entertainment unlike on over 50
any other festival in stages
the world. For five
 performing
days the Pilton farm
arts with
plays host to a tented
cabaret
city in Somerset.
 Theatre
 circus
 children's
entertainmen
t
 poetry
 green crafts
Download Festival ‘11 International music Three days of heavy  Performances Men and women from
festival rock music over three all over the country.
 Concerts
stages at Donington, Children under 16
the spiritual home of  Markets years of age are not
rock! recommended to
attend, if so they must
be accompanied by an
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