Summary information

Study title

Festival Barometer 2014-2018

Creator

Kinnunen, Maarit (University of Lapland. Lapland Institute for Tourism Research)

Study number / PID

FSD3472 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3472 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3472 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Festival Barometers

The Festival Barometer was collected for the first time in 2014. The barometer was preceded by a survey that was targeted at the visitors of small festivals in 2013. The Festival Barometer series is collected in a collaboration between festival operators and Finnish universities under the leadership of Maarit Kinnunen. The series is a longitudinal study, which means that data from the same respondent can be combined between data from different years. The Festival Barometers examine the experiences of visitors at music festivals (excluding classical music festivals). The surveys chart...

Abstract

The festival barometer aims to collect information on Finnish festival visitors and the changes that occur in their taste in music and festivals over the years. This dataset consists of the responses to the 2018 survey (5,801) as well as the responses from each collection round (2014/2016 and 2018) for those participants who had responded to more than one survey (715). In 2014, the TATU2 project by the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences and the JOHDE II project by the Turku School of Economics and the University of the Arts Helsinki were involved in conducting the barometer. In 2016 and 2018, the barometer was conducted together with the Seinäjoki Unit of the Sibelius Academy (a unit of the University of the Arts Helsinki). First, the respondents were asked which Finnish festivals they had visited during the past few years and how interesting they thought various Finnish festivals were. Opinions on the general quality of various aspects of the biggest Finnish festivals, such as the performers, food and drink services, security, and marketing, were charted. Next, the respondents were asked what would get them to attend festivals more often (e.g. if the performers were more interesting, tickets were cheaper, travelling to the festival was easier, cheaper or faster, or more information was available on the festivals). Some questions focused on the significance of several aspects for achieving a successful festival experience, for example, positive surprises in performances, diverse food and drink services, clean bathrooms, and the values represented by the festival. The respondents' opinions on how much festival products and services should cost were surveyed next. The products and services surveyed included, for instance, a three-day admission ticket to a festival with domestic performers, a quality portion of food served in the festival area, and a glass of beer or cider served in the festival area. The respondents were also asked how likely it was that they...

Social sciencesConsumption and consumer behaviourCultural activities and participationLeisure, tourism and sport

FestivalsCultural eventsCultural participationMusicValuesMusic eventsEntertainment

Data collection period

10/2014

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Visitors of the Blockfest (Tampere), Flow Festival (Helsinki), Ilosaarirock (Joensuu), Jurassic Rock (Mikkeli), Kuopio RockCock (Kuopio), Provinssi (Seinäjoki), Qstock (Oulu), Ruisrock (Turku), Tuska Open Air Metal Festival (Helsinki), Weekend Festival (Helsinki) and Pori Jazz (Pori) festivals

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2022

Terms of data access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

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Kinnunen, M., Honkanen, A. & Karjalainen, T-M. (2020). The characteristics of a Finnish metal fan: Comparative study on music festival attendees. Metal Music Studies, 6(2), 215-236. https://doi.org/10.1386/mms_00014_1
Kinnunen, M., Honkanen, A., & Luonila, M. (2021). Frequent music festival attendance: Festival fandom and career development. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 12(2), 128-147. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-08-2020-0050
Kinnunen, M., & Honkanen, A. (2021). Femininity in metal fanship: 'I do not need to take anyone along'. Metal Music Studies, 7(2), 211-235. https://doi.org/10.1386/mms_00046_1
Kinnunen, M., Luonila, M. & Koivisto, J. (2017). Festivaalibarometri 2016: Yleiskatsaus ja suurimmat muutokset vuoteen 2014 verrattuna. Sibelius-Akatemian selvityksiä ja raportteja 19. ISBN 978-952-329-093-8
Kinnunen, M., Luonila, M., Rumpunen, S. & Koivisto, J. (2015). Festivaalibarometri 2014:n tuloksia. Teoksessa M. Luonila & J. Koivisto (toim.), "Rock, ra(u)ha ja rakkaus" Festivaalibarometri 2014 ja katsaus tapahtumien muuttuvaan toimintaympäristöön (ss. 7-29). (Julkaisusarja A - Turun yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Porin yksikkö, Nro 50/2015.) Pori: Turun yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Porin yksikkö. ISBN 978-952-249-447-4
Kinnunen, M. & Luonila, M. (2015). Festivaalibarometri 2014: Kävijöiden segmentointi. Teoksessa M. Luonila & J. Koivisto (toim.), "Rock, ra(u)ha ja rakkaus" Festivaalibarometri 2014 ja katsaus tapahtumien muuttuvaan toimintaympäristöön (ss. 30-47). (Julkaisusarja A - Turun yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Porin yksikkö, Nro 50/2015.) Pori: Turun yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Porin yksikkö. ISBN: 978-952-249-447-4
Kinnunen, M. & Koivisto, J. & Luonila, M. (2019). Festivaalibarometri 2018: Yleiskatsaus ja olennaisimmat muutokset 2014-2018 [verkkodokumentti]. (Sibelius-Akatemian selvityksiä ja raportteja 21.) Helsinki: Sibelius-Akatemia. ISBN 978-952-329-135-5, ISSN 1798-5455. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/228446/Festivaalibarometri_2016_Kinnunen_Luonila_Koivisto.pdf [viitattu 10.1.2022]
Kinnunen, M. (2020). Juurista latvoille: Nuoret & elävä musiikki [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: LiveFIN ry. https://90c1ba84-4c53-46b8-b98c-9145bf3d711c.usrfiles.com/ugd/90c1ba_4659d1d6fff04082b85eabf6b146826e.pdf [viitattu 13.1.2022]
Kinnunen, M., Koivisto, J., & Honkanen, A. (2024). Musiikkifestivaalit murrosvaiheessa. Teoksessa T. Auvinen & T. Käpylä (Toim.), Musiikkiteollisuus: Kentät, rakenteet ja toimijat (ss. 94-121). Musiikkiarkisto. https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/musiikkiteollisuus.pdf