European Festival Report 2019

Hello and welcome to the eleventh edition of the European Festival Report, and firstly, thank you for taking the time to complete this. The report is available free to anyone, and by participating you are helping to gauge the health of the market.

Please note that ALL data is treated in strictest confidence, and only the combined results of all events will be published.

The minimum capacity for festivals to participate in this survey is 10,000 per day.

If you have multiple sites, or indeed several festivals over 10,000-cap per day, please fill in a questionnaire for each site/event.

Thank you for participating!

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* 1. Name of Festival

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* 2. Email

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* 3. Phone Number

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* 4. Website

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* 5. What year was the first edition of the festival?

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* 6. Site Capacity (Public) per day this year (2019)

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* 7. Site Capacity (Public) per day in 2018

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* 8. Average attendance per day this year (2019)

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* 9. Average attendance per day last year (2018)

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* 10. How many days of music do you have?

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* 11. Did the festival sell out this year?

Yes - how far in advance (in months) was this?

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* 12. Did the festival sell out last year?

Yes

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* 13. What was the price (in Euro only) of a full weekend or full festival pass this year (2019)?
(If you do not have full or weekend passes please enter N/A)

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* 14. What was the price (in Euros only) of a full weekend or full festival pass last year (2018)?
(If you do not have full or weekend passes please enter N/A)

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* 15. What is your ticketing structure?

Day Only

Weekend/whole event ticket only

Both

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* 16. What is the proportion (as a %) of day tickets vs. weekend tickets or whole event tickets sold

Day Only

Weekend/Whole Event

Both

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* 17. What proportion (as a %) of your festival's tickets are sold via:

Online (via festival website)

Online (third party ticket seller)

Call Centre

Box Office

Walk Up

Group/corporate sales

Other

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* 18. How are your tickets sold (as a % of total sales)

Desktop/tablet

Mobile

Social media

In person (physical)

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* 19. What proportion of your audience (as a %) is from abroad?

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* 20. How many voluntary staff are on site?

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* 21. How many professional staff are on site?

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* 22. Are you offering VIP upgrades to the general public?

Yes

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* 23. Have you introduced any new VIP or upgrade initiatives in the last 12 months? If so, please outline?

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* 24. What percentage of your audience is taking up some type of VIP or camping upgrade/package?

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* 25. Have you introduced any new technologies or systems this year? (e.g. Augmented reality, VR, facial recognition, beacons)

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* 26. Have you implemented any new environmental initiatives over the last two editions? If so, please outline.

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* 27. If you have experienced a decline in ticket sales this year what do you attribute this to?

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* 28. Have you made any specific improvements or changes to the festival this year? (production, booking, wellness/health, gender/diversity initiatives etc) If so, please outline:

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* 29. What was your best brand or sponsor activation this year?

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* 30. Are you planning any changes/improvements to your festival, or any new initiatives in 2020? If so please outline:

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* 31. What affect do you believe the following factors have on the festival business?

	No affect	Minor affect	Neutral	Moderate affect	Major affect
Artist Fees	Artist Fees No affect	Artist Fees Minor affect	Artist Fees Neutral	Artist Fees Moderate affect	Artist Fees Major affect
Competition from other festivals	Competition from other festivals No affect	Competition from other festivals Minor affect	Competition from other festivals Neutral	Competition from other festivals Moderate affect	Competition from other festivals Major affect
Competition from other artist tours	Competition from other artist tours No affect	Competition from other artist tours Minor affect	Competition from other artist tours Neutral	Competition from other artist tours Moderate affect	Competition from other artist tours Major affect
A lack of suitable headliners	A lack of suitable headliners No affect	A lack of suitable headliners Minor affect	A lack of suitable headliners Neutral	A lack of suitable headliners Moderate affect	A lack of suitable headliners Major affect
Production Costs	Production Costs No affect	Production Costs Minor affect	Production Costs Neutral	Production Costs Moderate affect	Production Costs Major affect
Weather	Weather No affect	Weather Minor affect	Weather Neutral	Weather Moderate affect	Weather Major affect
Economic Climate	Economic Climate No affect	Economic Climate Minor affect	Economic Climate Neutral	Economic Climate Moderate affect	Economic Climate Major affect
Ticket prices	Ticket prices No affect	Ticket prices Minor affect	Ticket prices Neutral	Ticket prices Moderate affect	Ticket prices Major affect
Legislation and Licensing	Legislation and Licensing No affect	Legislation and Licensing Minor affect	Legislation and Licensing Neutral	Legislation and Licensing Moderate affect	Legislation and Licensing Major affect
Safety and Security	Safety and Security No affect	Safety and Security Minor affect	Safety and Security Neutral	Safety and Security Moderate affect	Safety and Security Major affect
Decreasing brand budgets/interest	Decreasing brand budgets/interest No affect	Decreasing brand budgets/interest Minor affect	Decreasing brand budgets/interest Neutral	Decreasing brand budgets/interest Moderate affect	Decreasing brand budgets/interest Major affect
Exclusivity clauses of other festivals	Exclusivity clauses of other festivals No affect	Exclusivity clauses of other festivals Minor affect	Exclusivity clauses of other festivals Neutral	Exclusivity clauses of other festivals Moderate affect	Exclusivity clauses of other festivals Major affect
Changing audience/fan tastes	Changing audience/fan tastes No affect	Changing audience/fan tastes Minor affect	Changing audience/fan tastes Neutral	Changing audience/fan tastes Moderate affect	Changing audience/fan tastes Major affect

Other (please specify)

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* 32. What do you believe will affect the industry the most over the next five years?

Artist Fees

Competition from other festivals

Economic Climate

A lack of suitable headliners

Production Costs

Weather

Competition from other artist tours

Ticket prices

Legislation and Licensing

Safety and Security

Decreasing brand budgets/interest

Other (please specify)

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* 33. How would you describe the European festival market currently?

Fantastic

Healthy

Static

Worrying

In a terrible state

Other (please specify)

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* 34. What local market conditions affect your festival, and how would you describe the 2019 season in your country?

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* 35. Have you conducted an economic impact study or estimated the financial impact to the local economy?

Yes

If yes, when was this and what is the value?

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* 1. Name of Festival

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* 2. Email

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* 3. Phone Number

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* 4. Website

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* 5. What year was the first edition of the festival?

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* 6. Site Capacity (Public) per day this year (2019)

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* 7. Site Capacity (Public) per day in 2018

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* 8. Average attendance per day this year (2019)

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* 9. Average attendance per day last year (2018)

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* 10. How many days of music do you have?

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* 11. Did the festival sell out this year?

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* 12. Did the festival sell out last year?

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* 13. What was the price (in Euro only) of a full weekend or full festival pass this year (2019)? (If you do not have full or weekend passes please enter N/A)

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* 14. What was the price (in Euros only) of a full weekend or full festival pass last year (2018)?(If you do not have full or weekend passes please enter N/A)

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* 15. What is your ticketing structure?

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* 16. What is the proportion (as a %) of day tickets vs. weekend tickets or whole event tickets sold

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* 17. What proportion (as a %) of your festival's tickets are sold via:

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* 18. How are your tickets sold (as a % of total sales)

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* 19. What proportion of your audience (as a %) is from abroad?

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* 20. How many voluntary staff are on site?

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* 21. How many professional staff are on site?

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* 22. Are you offering VIP upgrades to the general public?

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* 23. Have you introduced any new VIP or upgrade initiatives in the last 12 months? If so, please outline?

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* 24. What percentage of your audience is taking up some type of VIP or camping upgrade/package?

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* 25. Have you introduced any new technologies or systems this year? (e.g. Augmented reality, VR, facial recognition, beacons)

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* 26. Have you implemented any new environmental initiatives over the last two editions? If so, please outline.

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* 27. If you have experienced a decline in ticket sales this year what do you attribute this to?

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* 28. Have you made any specific improvements or changes to the festival this year? (production, booking, wellness/health, gender/diversity initiatives etc) If so, please outline:

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* 29. What was your best brand or sponsor activation this year?

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* 30. Are you planning any changes/improvements to your festival, or any new initiatives in 2020? If so please outline:

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* 31. What affect do you believe the following factors have on the festival business?

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* 32. What do you believe will affect the industry the most over the next five years?

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* 33. How would you describe the European festival market currently?

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* 34. What local market conditions affect your festival, and how would you describe the 2019 season in your country?

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* 35. Have you conducted an economic impact study or estimated the financial impact to the local economy?

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* 36. Is there any other information you would like to add, or think would be pertinent to the report this year?

* 13. What was the price (in Euro only) of a full weekend or full festival pass this year (2019)?
(If you do not have full or weekend passes please enter N/A)

* 14. What was the price (in Euros only) of a full weekend or full festival pass last year (2018)?
(If you do not have full or weekend passes please enter N/A)