A summer of events and the inevitable crash

Join Simon as this week we explore the concept of post festival slump, that crash you get after a great event. Fresh from only their second ever paying attendance at a festival, Simon explores some of the highs and lows of the festival and gives some tips of recovering afterwards. This is an expanded and deeper dive into these concepts, building on a subject we have spoken about before. 

Some of the sources used include:

• Festivals, Identities, and Belonging
• Disparate Emotions as Expressions of Well-Being: Impact of Festival Participation from the Participants’ Subjective View
• The Impact of Music Festival Attendance on Young People's Psychological and Social Well-being
• Putting the Boom, Boom, Boom into Physical Activity and Health: Music Festivals as a Positive Health Alternative to Couch Fandom
• A Sociologist Explains Why You Get Depressed After Festivals
• Emotional processes, collective behavior, and social movements: A meta-analytic review of collective effervescence outcomes during collective gatherings and demonstrations

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