HAT301 - Attraction or Event Management

Running Head: EVENT MANAGEMENT 0
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Perth International Arts

EVENT 1
Contents
1. Type, dimension and attractions of Festival..........................................................................2
2. Form.......................................................................................................................................2
3. Location and Size...................................................................................................................2
4. Budget Consideration.............................................................................................................3
5. Number of participants...........................................................................................................3
6. Stakeholders...........................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

EVENT 2
1. Type, dimension and attractions of Festival
Every year from February to March, Perth International Arts Festival takes place which is
Australia longest running cultural festival (McHugh, 2012). In Western Australia, this festival
is also known to be as one of the oldest cultural events held in the country. The University of
Western Australia created this annual multi-art festival in 1953. For the communities, various
activities run across the states such as theatre, dance, film, music, literature and visual arts. In
this festival, various artists participate around the world (Coyd, 2017). Moreover, there are
various other programmes also included in the festival such as Contemporary culture
programme, and Perth Visual Arts Festival. This all makes this festival unique.
2. Form
In align with the main festival, there are various small events also delivers total thirty
Australian premieres. This event has the Western Australian Indigenous Arts Showcase
(WAIAS) as its part involving 90 native musical group, actors, singers, and comedians. These
all groups come from various big states of Australia (Hirini, 2018). This festival is structured
to rejoice the work art of present artists from all the countries and admire the culture of local
communities and their support towards the land, city and country.
3. Location and Size
Generally, such event is organized in the heritage site of a country. With the help of this
festival, 500000 individuals and people associated annually in Perth and Great Southern. The
University of Western Australia ropes the event by delivering various resources and services.
Since 1992, Lotterywest also gives monetary aid to the festival (David, 2017).
In addition, the venue of this festival is continuously changing from Somerville auditorium,
Regal theatre to ABC Perth studios, festival gardens, Cottesloe beach, Red hill auditorium
and so on (Nightingale, 2018).