Music festival

[2]: 160–164 Music festivals are commonly held outdoors, with tents or roofed temporary stages for the performers.

Often music festivals host other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, dance, crafts, performance art, and social or cultural activities.

[7] Music festivals can be a way of building a brand for a destination, creating a unique image for it and attracting visitors.

While contemporary festivals are often represented as flourishing grounds for extraordinary experiences,[9] they increasingly serve as a way to create cultural identity, lifestyle, community, belonging and self-actualisation.

[13] Entrants perform prepared pieces or songs in front of an audience which includes competitors, family and friends, and members of the community, along with one or more adjudicators or judges.

Such festivals aim to provide a friendly and supportive platform for musicians to share in the excitement of making music.