the meaning and maintenance of music festival rela

Thankyou for taking the time to participate in this survey. This survey aims to investigate how music festivals operate to create and/or maintain ties between people, and how, if at all, being a festival-goer affects relationships and perspectives in everyday life. It will take approximately 5 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and anonymous and you maintain the right to withdraw your responses from the research up until 30/3/2012. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Jasmin Nicholson at [email protected]

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I Agree

A) I stay amongst and socialize mainly with those I go to the festival with or those I have known previous to the festival.

B) I spend alot of time socializing with people I have met at the festival without having known them previously.

C) A mixture of A & B

D) I concentrate on the music more than I focus on socializing with others whilst at the festival.

What are your main motivations for attending music festivals? (If referring to a particular music festival, please state which)

Do you feel that you have gained anything personally from your experience/s at music festival/s?

If your answer is 'Yes', what is the nature of the gain?

Looking at the statements below, please score how important these factors are in attending music festivals (1= unimportant, 2= of little importance, 3= moderately important, 4= important, 5= very important).

What is your favourite music festival, and why?

If your answer to the previous question was yes, are there any reasons why you do this?