{"id":3412,"date":"2023-07-13T09:04:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T08:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2023-07-04T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:19:25","slug":"music-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/07\/13\/music-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Music Festivals<\/h1>\n<p>Summer has a vast number of connotations and associations. \u00a0One that has always stuck with me is music festivals. Glastonbury, Download or Reading and Leeds to name a few. The weather is usually nicer, concerts can be held outside so make a weekend out of it. Let&#8217;s get into the spirit<\/p>\n<h2>History of Music Festivals in the UK<\/h2>\n<p>The Isle of Wight Festival was the first modern music festival in the UK, held around the same time as the original Woodstock festival in 1969. The unexpected high attendance (thought to be 700 000) led to a parliamentary act that meant any gathering of more than 5000 people had to apply for a special licence. The festival was revived in 2002 and still going. \u00a0(Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>Glastonbury followed shortly, inspired by the Isle of Wight Festival and Glastonbury has grown into perhaps the largest and most famous music festival in the country. (Timeout)<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Festivals Today<\/h3>\n<p>A list of Summertime music festivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/music\/best-uk-festivals\">here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>And check out the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/apr\/01\/best-uk-music-festivals-still-available-to-book-2023\"> guardian\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>In the Library\u00a0We have an intensive book stock on music which you can find on <a href=\"https:\/\/napier.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?vid=44NAP_INST:44NAP_ALMA_VU1\">LibrarySearch<\/a>, you can even an intensive reading list on music festivals.<\/h4>\n<p>And sometimes festivals are timeless, and you can watch past ones on <a href=\"https:\/\/learningonscreen.ac.uk\/ondemand\">BOB<\/a> available through Library Search<\/p>\n<p>On a more academic note if you are music student, don\u2019t forget about our <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.napier.ac.uk\/saci\/music\">libguides<\/a>, you can find more about databases, journals, music in the library and more key resources to help with your studies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2021\/07\/19\/summer-escapes\/\">summer<\/a> posts or get a little more <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/06\/21\/world-music-day-2022\/\">musically<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo source<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/APJ6MvCZefM\"> James Genchi\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Festivals Summer has a vast number of connotations and associations. \u00a0One that has always stuck with me is music festivals. 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