Festivaler på Sørlandet

Review of the Peter Doherty Concert

How can one define the concept of ‘crowd atmosphere’? What makes an event memorable, and how does atmosphere build up and change from one situation to another? ‘Atmosphere’ can be defined as a mood created by an event or as a disposition of a particular time. A group of people is gathered around their object of desire – their idol or hero, and at a festival these objects of passion are many, changing (the same) persons’ behavior from Devil worshipping, candle lighting, hip hopping, head banging or flag waving.

What is interesting about a music festival is how the moods and atmosphere of a crowd is build up, depending on the object adored in the moment. Atmosphere it is often – in psychology – put to use as a persons temperament, but what happens in a larger crowd with a number of persons involved? A music performance can fulfill or disappoint one’s expectations. But a crowd’s moods also bear witness of the fact that one can be taken - or thrown - by the moment. Mixed up with expectations that intensify the moment, the Peter Doherty concert at the Roskilde festival 2009 is a good example of how crowd atmosphere is co-creating an event into a great musical experience.  

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Norwegian Grand Prix (NGP) mangler frivillige vaktbåter og dermed står årets båtrace i fare for å måtte avlyses. I følge NGP mangler det enda rundt 20 vaktbåter og det tilbys gratis båtførerbevis og vekterkurs til frivillige som kan stille til arrangementet 17 juli. NGP, som de aller fleste festivalene her i landet, er helt avhengig av sine frivillige og viser hvor sårbare festivalene er i forhold til å engasjere og samle nok folk for å kjøre slike store arrangement. Agderforskning har tidligere sett hvor stor verdiskapning festivalene har i forhold til arbeidskraft gjennom frivillige arbeid:

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