The document compares different types of festivals including local, national, international, specialized, and other types. Local festivals typically focus on audiences in the local area and have themes related to local culture, history, or products. National festivals usually celebrate religious or historic events and have wider audiences but still within one country. International festivals have the broadest audience from around the world and bring people together around a particular theme. Funding comes from various sources for each type but local councils and sponsors are common. The length and content of programmes varies from single days for local festivals to weeks-long schedules for larger events.

1. Comparative Table for Festivals
Festival Type: Local National International Specialised Other Notes
Target Local people as they People who are People who are People who are National, International and
will know about the interested in the interested in the interested in the specialised festivals all gave
Audience event or product general theme, for theme they are theme they are a very wide target audience
that is produced in example ‘Music holding for example holding for example but the local festival focuses
the area. Festival. ‘La Tomatina ‘Indian Food on people in the area.
Festival’. Festival.
Artistic Policy Local Festivals have National festivals Usually to get Usually to get Most artistic policies for
a local theme such usually celebrate a people from all people together to festivals is just their main
as ‘Beer Festival’ or religious or corners of the world celebrate a certain aim and what they want to
a festival celebrating nationally know to join together to topic. achieve from the festival.
a historic moment in historic event. have fun.
their areas history.
Funding Sponsors, Local Sponsors but Local government Sponsors, ticket The majority of money
Council and ticket mainly ticket sales. and ticket sales. sales and possible spent on the festival comes
sales the local council. from a sponsor or council
then make extra money
through ticket sales.
Programme Usually a day or Could be up to a Again like National Like Local Festivals it The programme content
weekend with stalls week of Festival, up to a few usually runs for a depends on what they are
Content or re-enactments. celebration with a weeks with different day or a weekend celebrating. If it was a music
different type of events happening on with different mini festival they would have
event happening each day. events running at stages or a film festival
every day. the same time in a which would be in different
particular place. places on different days.