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Around 1,800 music festivals take place regularly in Germany. The 'Festivalstudie' shows what artistic priorities they set, where they take place, how they are organised and financed – and what challenges they face. The focus is on economic, social and ecological conditions as well as programme diversity, artistic work and voluntary commitment.

The data are based on a nationwide survey of festival organisers, the results of which provide a well-founded overview of the sector. The 'Festivalstudie' is a joint project of Initiative Musik, the Bundesstiftung LiveKultur and the German Music Information Centre, carried out by the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach (IfD). The results were published in September 2025.