Identity, place and values. On construction and internalization of festival normalities on the examples of music festivals in Poland

The aim of this paper is to compare how two different festivals stimulate specific norms and perceptions, therefore present the way in which visions festival cities are reproduced by audience based on axio-normative orders contained missions events. Based shared symbols life strategies promoted festivals, participants (re)build their identity they manifest chosen cultural practices. article attempt answer following question: what festival-goers? Are main motivations for participating vent due musical tastes or also values lifestyles, consequently a common identity? It has been shown that during declared organizers – visual identification, seminars, workshops, etc. Festivals create narratives such as logos, attitude smartphones, slogans contain condensed systems boundaries community. influencesthe behavior goers: city’s vision, ways spending free time, identity. places where fieldwork was conducted were: “Henryk Rasiewicz National Festival Unbreakable Independent Songs Kraków”, “Ostróda Reggae Festiva” Ostróda, “Song Our RootsFestival” Jarosław.