Festivals in the COVID Age of Crisis

Ali, Roaa; Balme, Christopher

doi:10.1080/10486801.2022.2117804

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“…A literature review on festivals during the pandemic reinforces the significance of the institutionalization as firmly established, but flexible in respect to the challenges related to the lockdown (Ali & Balme 2022;Burnside et al 2024;Dragin-Jensen et al 2022;Moore & Quinn 2023;Ricci & Agogué 2023). During and after the pandemic, new innovations were developed, which were, however, tightly adjusted to the institutionalized pre-pandemic profile and role and the networking pattern.…”

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“…During and after the pandemic, new innovations were developed, which were, however, tightly adjusted to the institutionalized pre-pandemic profile and role and the networking pattern. First, new innovations had been developed due to the restrictions related to the pandemic (Dragin-Jensen 2022; Moore & Quinn 2023), but the festivals had restored the pre-pandemic formats and profiles after the lockdown (Ali & Balme 2022;Ricci & Agogué 2023). This is due to the embeddedness to the role and purpose of festivals (Ricci & Agogué 2023).…”

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“…This is due to the embeddedness to the role and purpose of festivals (Ricci & Agogué 2023). In addition, the slow pace of institutional change even during the pandemic and the partners' (stakeholders') resistance to changes due to related high costs (Ali & Balme 2022) are the reasons for maintaining the pre-pandemic festival formats and profiles. The networking pattern has been maintained during the pandemic, even with new practices and tasks related to health regulated during the pandemic (Burnside et al 2024).…”

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The article studies the impacts of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus on cultural festival organizations in Finland. Festivals have been institutionalized as network organizations, which presumes boundary work with partner organizations from different institutional fields. The organizational pattern of cultural festivals is studied qualitatively by applying institutional theory and particularly the perspective of hybridity due to the network pattern of festival organization.The institutionalization of cultural festivals promoted stability and guaranteed economic support during the pandemic, although the organizations had to run down most of their events. The small-scale impacts were the changes in the network structures and related reshaping of the programs.

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Towards a More Resilient Festival Industry: An Analysis of the Adoption of Risk Management Models for Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on numerous industries, including the event industry, resulting in widespread disruptions. The widespread cancellations of festivals have been a direct consequence of the pandemic, and, following the reopening, those that have taken place have had to implement changes in response to the new guidelines and regulations created as a result of the pandemic. In this study, we examine the experiences of festivals held in 2021 in the Veszprém–Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture region (VEB 2023 region). The study aims to adapt the PwC Risk Management Model and identify its four pillars (1: detect; 2: protect; 3: react; 4: restore) in the case of festivals. Our study outlines how festival organizers have faced unprecedented challenges and risks (detect), how they survived in complete uncertainty (protect), what lessons they learned, and what risk management decisions they made as a challenge of the pandemic period from a consumer perspective (react). The present study utilized a qualitative research methodology and involved conducting structured interviews with a total of 19 event organizers from five different events. In addition, to gain a comprehensive understanding of the sustainable consumption habits of festival visitors, a questionnaire survey was administered yielding 1133 responses. The biggest challenges for the organizers during the times of the pandemic were uncertainty and unpredictability, with increased financial, human, and mental risks and burdens. However, the positive benefits of the pandemic period and the future developmental directions of sustainable festivals were also highlighted (e.g., small-scale, family-friendly events). Regarding the future, the aspects of greening aspirations, a need to reflect on the social-environmental criteria of sustainability, and more flexible management decisions to deal with uncertainty have emerged among the festival organizers (restore). The research has revealed that festival visitors themselves will be important allies in the introduction of sustainable measures. The research result helps festival organizers to adapt more effectively to the new socio-economic circumstances caused by the pandemic.

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Festivals in the COVID Age of Crisis

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Institutional Hybridity in Networked Cultural Organizations through Boundary Work

Institutional Hybridity in Networked Cultural Organizations through Boundary Work

Towards a More Resilient Festival Industry: An Analysis of the Adoption of Risk Management Models for Sustainability

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