Attendances at arts events in the UK are well documented. In any one month about 5% of the population will go to see a play, opera or dance performance. About 4% will take part in amateur music or drama. These percentages have hardly changed throughout the 1980s. The article documents attendances...

There has been a remarkable rise in the number of Afrikaans arts festivals in South Africa. The outcomes of such festivals, however, remain little understood, particularly concerning the arts festivals' contribution to the arts. The aim of this study is to determine the contribution of three...

Due to the appearance of a large number of festivals in recent years, the competition for attracting the audience is ever increasing, and therefore segmenting the audience attending the festivals is essential. It is a valuable marketing tool for the promotion and understanding of the...

Purpose: This study concerns the attendance motivations for cultural services based on the audience's level of knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to define the role played by general knowledge (e.g. cultural education) and specific knowledge (e.g. communication around a cultural product) in...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed supply-chain operations in an unprecedented manner and its effects are particularly visible in the context of traditional arts organisations such as museums. This paper explores how this crisis has boosted a new socialisation of cultural...

The Royal Opera House has a longstanding and solid relationship with Covent Garden, which is an environmentally clustered urban area for tourism and culture rich in heritage, commercial ambience and provision of different types of performing arts. Located within the core of the area opposite its...

This paper presents an analysis of two renowned international arts festivals visitors' motives and profile characteristics, in two medium sized Greek cities: the Kalamata International Dance Festival and the Drama International Short Film Festival. The purpose of the study was to determine the...

This article explores how older visitors use meanings created through encounters with contemporary visual art in art galleries for identity maintenance and revision processes. The analysis is based on the results of a 28-month study of the responses of older people to contemporary visual art in art ...

This study is an attempt to identify and analyze the factors that may influence local visitors to attend an international arts festival. Using primary data collected via surveys and employing the technique of logistic regression, the researchers identified four factors that significantly influence...

Contemporary art galleries and museums are now facing a new market with many and varied visitors, who are differently motivated and have different expectations. In most cases, renovated historic buildings face significant challenges in provision of suitable administration layout for the staff. This ...