INSC 20263 -- Project Proposal – Page 1
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Industry overview, based on research (include sources):
Our research was strictly based on some of the major current musical festivals in the United States fromwhom we will gain our main sources of valuable information so as to successfully run our company. Ourmain industry research came from the San Francisco Jazz Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival,Summerfest, and the Austin City Limit Music Festival.
San Francisco Jazz Festival:
Debuting in 1983, the San Francisco Jazz Festival is an annual three-week celebration of today's best music, with over 30 concerts. Produced by SFJAZZ, a non-profit organizationdedicated to jazz and jazz education. Every fall, a phenomenal array of jazz concerts, from the classic tothe avant-garde, gathering the legends of today and the rising stars of tomorrow in premier venuesthroughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. Originally a small-scale event known mostly in the localcommunity, the Festival has risen to national and international prominence featuring dozens of events,including commissions of new works by some of the most creative contemporary artists, unique "Jazz onFilm" presentations, family matinee concerts, dance performances, and photography exhibits.
Bonnaroo:
The
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
is an annual, four to five-day music festival, createdand produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002. The festival is held atGreat Stage Park on a 700 acre (2.8 km²) farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Nashville, Tennessee. The main attractions of the festival are the multiple stages of live music, featuring adiverse array of musical styles including indie rock, world music, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass,country music, folk, gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternative music. The festival began with aprimary focus on jam bands, but has diversified greatly in recent years. The festival features craftsmenand artisans selling unique products, food and drink vendors, and many other activities including someput on by various sponsors.
Summerfest:
(also known as "The Big Gig") is a yearly music festival held at the 75-acre Henry MaierFestival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late Junethrough early July, always including the 4th of July holiday. Summerfest attracts between 800,000 and1,000,000 people each year, promoting itself as "The World's Largest Music Festival," a title certified bythe Guinness World Records in 1999. Summerfest is run by the non-profit organization MilwaukeeWorld Festival, and features both local and nationally known music talent from a variety of music genres.The event also provides the opportunity to sample a wide variety of food from many Milwaukee-arearestaurants. Other Summerfest attractions include comedy acts, shopping vendors, fireworks (including"The Big Bang" on opening night), other special attractions, family activities and more. Live musical acts
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