Study title

Small Festival Visitors 2013

Dataset ID Number

FSD3323

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3323

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kinnunen, Maarit (University of Lapland)

Abstract

The survey charted Finnish small festival visitors' overall experiences of the festivals. Additionally, the study surveyed how the festival organiser's value-based decision-making affected the visitors' experience. The small Finnish music festivals examined in the study included Ilmiö, Kuudes Aisti, Naamat, Pienet Festarit Preerialla and Ämyrock.

First, questions concerning the reasons why the respondent visited the small festival, for example, interest in the theme of the festival, the good image of the festival, continuing a tradition of visiting the festival, and just wanting to have fun, were presented. The respondents' opinions on different aspects relating to the small festival they had visited, such as security, queuing, locality of the provided services and food and the use of sponsors, were surveyed next. The respondents were also asked how important several values were for them personally (e.g. power, pleasure, benevolence and tradition). Finally, the respondents' overall satisfaction in the festival was surveyed, and they were asked whether they thought they would attend the event in the future or recommend it to others.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, country of citizenship and level of education.

Keywords

cultural events; cultural participation; entertainment; festivals; music

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Consumption and consumer behaviour (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Festival Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Kinnunen, Maarit (University of Lapland)

Time Period Covered

2013

Collection Dates

2013-05-18 – 2013-09-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Visitors of the Ilmiö, Kuudes Aisti, Naamat, Pienet Festarit Preerialla and Ämyrock small festivals

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The festivals examined in the study shared a link to the online questionnaire on Facebook, and the festival visitors who saw the link decided whether they wanted to participate in the study. The survey also included the Turun musiikkijuhlat (n=1) and Naantalin musiikkijuhlat (n=10) events, but because of the small amount of responses, they were not included in the data.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, open-ended variables q6_5_1, q7_24_1 and q12_1 were removed from the data. The variable denoting the respondent's municipality of residence was removed before the data was delivered to FSD. The open-ended responses that remain in the data have been anonymised by removing possible identifiers, such as responses in Swedish, specific references to municipalities, and references to third persons. Changes made at FSD are marked with [square brackets].

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data. The attendance of the festivals in 2013 can be used to weight the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Kinnunen, Maarit (University of Lapland): Small Festival Visitors 2013 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-04-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3323

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Kinnunen, M. (2018). Total festival experience: A mixed methods research approach to consumer experiences in Finnish cultural festivals. Väitöskirja. Lapin yliopisto. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-337-112-5

Kinnunen, M. & Haahti, A. (2015). Visitor discourses on experiences: reasons for festival success and failure. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 6(3), 251-268. DOI:10.1108/IJEFM-01-2015-0003

Kinnunen, M. & Haahti, A. (2015). Experiencing Community Festivals and Events: Insights from Finnish Summer Festivals. Teoksessa A. Jepson & A. Clarke (Toim.), Exploring Community Festivals and Events (ss. 31-53). (Routledge Advances in Event Research Series.) Abingdon: Routledge.

Kinnunen, M. (2014). Oletko hedonisti, aktivisti, universalisti vai kaikkiruokainen? Tieto & Trendit, 3-4/2014, 50-53.

Kinnunen, M. (2016). Festivaaliyleisössä on hedonisteja, aktivisteja, universalisteja ja kaikkiruokaisia. Teoksessa S. Silvanto (toim.), Festivaalien Suomi (ss. 119-122). (Cuporen julkaisuja 29.) Helsinki: Kulttuuripoliittisen tutkimuksen edistämissäätiö (Cupore).