This document discusses different types of festivals. It provides a table for students to examine promotional materials from contrasting festivals and record information about each festival's name, type, artistic policy or aims, program content, and target audience. The table then lists information about several example festivals, including Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, Ladyfest, Secret Garden Party, Edinburgh Festival, and Love Box. The festivals cover a range of artistic focuses from music and comedy to theater and art, and target various age groups from families to young adults.

1. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 6: Festival
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
6.1.1 Investigating festivals
Student Book
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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.
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2. Unit 1: Scene Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma
Unit 1: Scene
Name of festival Type of festival Artistic policy or Programme content Target audience
aims
Glastonbury Music The Glastonbury Music performance Families (all age
Festival Festival of form popular groups)
Contemporary bands.
Performing Arts
Diploma Level 2 Information Technology
Cinema Field
started by a bunch
of hippies. Alternative health
Ladyfest Music, art, Ladyfest is a Drumming Women 20-40
comedy, craft, community-based, workshop.
performance and not-for-profit
Art Exhibitions
workshop. global music and
arts festival for Comedy night
female artists, it is
organised by
volunteers.
Secret garden Music and art The Secret Garden Art instillation 20-30 year old
party Party is an
Popular band
independent arts
performing
and music festival
which takes place Sock wrestling
every year in an
estate near Dress up
Huntingdon,
England.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, music, Edinburgh Festival Theatre 20-60 year old
comedy. is a collective term performances in
for several theatres across the
simultaneous arts city
and cultural
Live music events
festivals that take
place during Stand up comedy
August each year shows.
in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Love box Music It is a 3 day music Music Young people.
festival that takes performances 18-25 year old.
place in victoria
Food stalls
park (east
London). Dress up
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