The Rising Popularity of Music Festivals

The phrase “festival season” might as well be patented by now by all the big name sponsors and production companies of musical festivals.  No matter what city you’re in (or in proximity to), there is sure to be a couple music festivals close by.  Across the world, music festivals can be found on every continent and in practically every genre. Continue reading

Music Festivals: A Booming Business

Berlin Festival 2012The Austin City Limits Music Festival 2014 started today. As most people already know ACL has grown the past years expanding to two weekends of music in the city of Austin, Texas. The first weekend started today with talented artists such as Sam Smith and Outkast in the lineup. It’s been a sold out music festival since both one-day and three-day wristbands went on sale for both weekends. It will definitely be the talk of the weekend for Texans, but when did music festivals get this popular?

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