AAA White Paper The political economy of informal events, 2030 | Page 123

Date Name, Location Genre Remarks
1980-
1996 Monsters of
Rock, UK Heavy metal Held at Castle Donington
Park, Leicestershire;
re-launched in 2003 as
Download Festival
1997 Ibiza Uncovered Sky One
documentary
and Virgin CD Series that bought the party
island into notoriety
2001 Isle of Wight
Festival, UK Rock The festival, which hosted
Jimi Hendrix in 1970,
was relaunched in 2001,
attracting acts that included
Fleetwood Mac and REM
2004 Bestival, UK Various By 2010, DJ Rob da Bank’s
event had attracted 55,000
people, setting a Guinness
World Record for the
number of people in fancy
dress at an event
2009 Boomtown Fair,
UK Dance/
alternative Responsible for ground-
breaking advances in event
production. Now attended
by about 60,000
2018 Burning Man, US
Founded in 1986, this
avowedly radical art and
music event, held in a
temporary city in Nevada,
will try to return to its roots
after the cost of the most
elite accommodation
began to move into tens of
thousands of dollars
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