1. Contextualising Outdoor Music Festivals in the UK 2. Proliferation, Professionalisation and Mainstreaming of Outdoor Music Festivals 3. Branded Landscapes: Sponsorship, Marketing and Mediation 4. Always the Same, Yet Always Different: Music Festivals as Cyclic Places 5. The Social Life of Music Festivals: Audiences and Atmosphere
Biography
Chris Anderton is an Associate Professor at Solent University, UK, where he
teaches music management, business, history and culture. He is co-author of
the book Understanding the Music Industries (Sage, 2013) and has published
book chapters and articles on music bootlegging, music blogs, progressive
rock, and music festivals. He established the in-house music organisation
Solent Music (solentmusic.com) in 2011 and is co-Executive Producer of
the annual Solent SMILE Festival (smilefest.co.uk). His research interests
include the cultural economy of music festivals and live events, the future of
the music industries, and the ‘hidden histories’ of popular, underground and
niche music genres.
