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= Music festival =

A music festival is a community event oriented towards live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday.

They are commonly held outdoors, with tents or roofed temporary stages for the performers .Often music festival host other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, dance, crafts, performance art, and social or cultural activities. Many festivals are annual, or repeat at some other interval. Some, including many rock festivals, are held only once.

Some festivals are organized as for-profit concerts and others are benefits for a specific charitable cause. Another type of music festival is the educative type, organized annually in local communities, regionally, or nationally, for the benefit of amateur musicians of all ages and grades of achievement

Contents

 * 1History
 * 1. 1 General History of Music Festivals
 * 2Music education
 * 3Festivals around the world
 * 4Lists of music festivals
 * 4.1Lists of music festivals by genre
 * 4.2Related lists
 * 5See also
 * 6References

General History of Music Festivals
Music has been of great importance in many cultures over centuries. From classical festivals in the 18th these days, music festivals have their history. But it was in the 1950s that hundreds of people gathered for the music festivals for the first time. In 1954 many people, exactly 11,000 people, participated in the New Port Festival in Rhode Island. This festival is an extremely important one historically for jazz and it still takes place today. In the 60s, specifically in 1967, one of the biggest rock festivals called Monterey International Pop Festival was held this year. It was a very big psychedelic rock festival. In the 70s, music festivals were already running around the world until the became a celebration known to all. Then, in the 90s, the electronic genre was created and began to travel the world. This is created in Germany. In fact, we have a different types of festivals that were created several years ago and are still held annually. For example, the Lollapalooza Festival. This festival takes place in Chicago and was created in 1991. The music of this festival is alternative rock and techno. Another festival that it is annually celebrated is the Coachella Festival. This festival was created in 1999.

Music education[edit]
The music federation festival is another type of music festival, often organized in local communities, regionally, or nationally, for the benefit of amateur musicians of al ages and grades of achievement. Entrants perform prepared pieces or songs in front of an audience which includes competitors, family, friends, and members of the community, along with one or more adjudicators or judges. The adjudicators, who may be music teachers, professors, or professional performers, provide verbal and written feedback to each former group. The most important aspect is that participants can learn form one another rather than compete.This festival aim is to provide a friendly and supportive platform for musicians to share with other people who has the same interest in music. The festival have a performing details for each group that decide to participate in the festival. The Instrumental Groups have 25 minutes to warm up. After the warm up, the group goes to the stage and they have 45 minutes to present their musical pieces. The type of ensembles that can perform are: Concert Bands, Full Orchestras, String Orchestras, Jazz Bands, Percussion Ensembles and Guitar Ensembles. The Choir Ensembles have 25 minutes to warm up. After the warm up, the group goes to the stage and have 30 minutes to perform. The type of ensembles that can perform are: Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Handbell Choir, Men's Choir, Women's Choir, Renaissance Choir, Jazz Choir and Show Choir. The groups that are interested in participate or that they are already registered in the Festival of Music, has to select package for the payment. Festivals of Music provide a bridge from lessons and examinations to performing confidently in public and for the performers that have experience they provide a pathway to further professional study of music in a college or conservatory.

Festivals around the world[edit]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin's 11-day event, Summerfest, promotes itself as "The World's Largest Music Festival . Also, this festival is one of the cheapest for a price of 20 dollars. The Woodstock Festival in 1969 drew nearly 500,000 attendees, and the Polish spin-off Przystanek Woodstock in 2014 drew 750,000 this becoming the largest open air annual festival in Europe and the second largest in the world . In comparison, the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, attracts about 135,000 spectators each year. Glastonbury Festival has a capacity of about 275,000 spectators, but has "fallow years" roughly every five years, so it is the biggest non-annual greenfield festival in the world. The oldest annual dedicated pop music festival in the world is Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands,though in other genres, there are much older ones: the Three Choirs Festival in the UK has run annually since 1729. The Queensland Music Festival, established in 1999 and headquartered in Brisbane Australia, is the largest music festival by land mass, as a state-wide music biennial music festival, over a three-week period during July.