Helena, Arkansas' King Biscuit Blues Festival is a mass-produced event, where detailed schedules outline musical performances and regulate most aspects of the festival experience, yet many blues fans perceive their festival attendance as a homecoming. Such a perception is largely thanks to festival ...

There is a growing body of literature that addresses the relationships between film and television programmes and tourism. However, we argue in this paper that much of this research has not considered the critical issue of genre and how this may be a key factor in shaping tourist demand,...

This special issue explores some critical links between music and tourism, in addition to addressing ongoing debates about place and heritage. Topics addressed by the five papers include: the marketing of music heritage; the commodification of a musical landscape; the 'psychogeography' of music...

This paper examines a popular cultural phenomenon originating in Korea which has assumed significance across Asia and beyond. This 'Korean wave' or Hallyu includes the circulation and consumption of Korean popular television dramas. An exploratory case study approach is presented to provide...

Do-it-yourself (DIY) and community-based efforts to preserve popular music heritage often take place in tangible sites open to the public. These places contrast with authorised sites of heritage in their form, but not their function, and are often judged equally by visitors in terms of cultural...

Tourism and cultural agencies in some English provincial cities are promoting their popular music 'heritage' and, in some cases, contemporary musicians through the packaging of trails, sites, 'iconic' venues and festivals. This article focuses on Sheffield, a 'post-industrial' northern English city ...

From counterculture to subculture to the ubiquity of every black-clad wannabe vampire hanging around the centre of Western cities, Goth has transcended a musical style to become a part of everyday leisure and popular culture. The music's cultural terrain has been extensively mapped in the first...

This special issue on festival tourism consists of 5 papers in addition to an introduction. Topics covered include: cross-cultural research issues in developing international tourism markets for cultural events; tourist characteristics and their interest in attending festivals and events;...

Historic sites in the city of Dubai have recently been used for events during the city's annual winter Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). This article investigates the possibility of productive and sustainable use of historic sites for events during the DSF, while preserving the heritage, integrity,...

The city of Potchefstroom in South Africa hosts the annual Aardklop National Arts Festival. The first festival in 1998 attracted 25 000 visitors, increasing to 60 000 in its second year and to over 100 000 by 2001. This festival is one of 79 festivals held in South Africa annually. As visitors can...