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Planet Bluegrass Festival Survey

We hope you enjoyed your festival experience. We are always striving to improve every aspect of our festivals and we look closely at comments from festivarians like you. With every completely filled-out survey we will enter you into a drawing for tickets to next year's festival.

  • Required fields are in bold

Telluride Bluegrass
RockyGrass
Folks Festival
Festival of the Mabon

Gender?
Male
Female
Age?
18-25
26-35
36-50
Over 50
Annual income?
Less than $20,000
$20,000-$30,000
$30,000-$50,000
Over $50,000
To get to the Festival, I... Walked. I live here.
Drove my car <500 miles
Drove my car >500 miles
Flew (in an airplane)
If you drove, how many people were in your car?

Including this year, how many times have you been to the festival?
I was convinced to come to the festival this year because:
friend made me
the line-up
where else would I be?
the reputation of the festival
What will keep you coming to the Festival?
location
friends
line-up
tradition
What would make you stop coming to the festival?
price of tickets
price of lodging
other events
distance from my home
too many people
If you purchased beer at the Festival, what did you think?
I loved it!
It was ok
I hated it
How would you rate our Festival staff?
Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Very Poor
If you camped, what were your overall impressions (likes, dislikes, areas we can improve, etc.)?

How much did you spend?
Please let us know approximately how much you spent on yourself only - not your family.

On tickets to the Festival (including camping)?
$
On lodging (not including camping)?
$
On travel?
$
On vendors inside the Festival?
$
On stores outside the Festival?
$

When did you purchase your tickets?
EARLY!!!
a 4-day pass at the regular price
single-day tickets
at the event
If you waited to buy your tickets (after the early bird deadline) it was because:
money
waited for line-up announcement
pure laziness
other

How many hours per week do you spend online?
<5
5-10
10-25
25-40
40+
What do you primarily use the internet for?
Email
Music downloading / sharing
Travel
Shopping
Entertainment
Other
Are you on our email list?
Yes
No
No, but sign me up using email at the top!

Where do you receive information about the music scene / festivals?

Online?
Yes
No
Which sites / discussion groups?
Magazines?
Yes
No
If so, which ones?

Word-of-mouth / friends?
Yes
No
Posters / flyers around town?
Yes
No

What is your attendance pattern in relation to this festival?
come every year
break for other vacations - not music-related
break to attend other festivals
I've only come once
If you've taken breaks from this festival to attend other festivals - which ones?
Do you attend other festivals?

Yes
No

If yes, which festivals?

Approximately how many miles do you travel per year?
< 500 miles
500 - 1,000 miles
1,000 - 1,500 miles
1,500 - 2,000 miles
> 2,000 miles
What type of traveling do you do, primarily?
Work-related
Vacation / Recreation
Music festivals
International

Would you like to see Planet Bluegrass continue to work toward being a leader in "Sustainable Festivals?"
Yes
No
Did you recycle at the Festival?
Yes
No

Did you compost at the Festival?

Yes
No
Would you want to know how much carbon you used to get to the Festival?
Yes
No
Would you be willing to pay a surcharge or plant a tree to offset the festival's carbon emissions?
Yes
No

Do you play an instrument?
Yes
No
If yes, which ones?
How is our sound?
Bad
Good
Very good
Excellent
How is the parking situation?
Bad
Good
Very good
Excellent

Which act was your favorite this year?
Which acts would you like to see next year?
Other comments about your festival experience...

Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions and help us make next year's festival even better! Your name will be automatically entered into a drawing for passes to next year's festival.

  • Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 21-24, 2007
  • RockyGrass Academy, July 22-26, 2007
  • RockyGrass, July 27-29, 2007
  • Song School, August 12-16, 2007
  • Folks Fest, August, 17-19, 2007
  • Festival of the Mabon, September 22, 2007
  • Become a Festivarian. Join the community at our new Festivarian Forum
  • We are now accepting volunteer applications for 2007 Telluride Bluegrass
  • Holiday-priced tickets for Telluride Bluegrass are now sold-out, but advance price tickets are still available
  • Guster joins Alison Krauss, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, YMSB on Telluride Bluegrass Festival lineup
  • Planet Bluegrass jean jacket and hoodies added to our newly redesigned Festivarian Mercantile
  • Mandolin greats David Grisman and Jesse McReynolds added to RockyGrass lineup
  • A few spaces still remain in the bass classes for the RockyGrass Academy
  • Peliminary lineups for Folks Fest and Festival of the Mabon will be announced in mid-February
  • Join the Festivarian street team
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