“…Much of what is known about live science events has been captured in literature describing science festivals, and to some degree can be seen as reflective of the wider live public science events sector [Bultitude, McDonald and Custead, 2011;Fogg-Rogers et al, 2015]. Festival events have been described in the event management literature as time-bound, themed public celebrations [Getz, 2010], and are well researched for their abilities to increase local and regional tourism through focused marketing [Daniel, Bogdan and Daniel, 2012;Getz, 2008;Kim et al, 2010].…”