Qian, XinyiSimmons, Patrick2014-11-122014-11-122014Qian, Xinyi; Simmons, Patrick. (2014) Minnesota Festivals and Events: Comparisons between 1989 and 2013. University of Minnesota Tourism Center. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy,https://hdl.handle.net/11299/167691pp. 42.In 2013, the University of Minnesota Tourism Center partnered with Explore Minnesota Tourism (EMT), the state’s tourism promotion office, to profile festivals and events in Minnesota. The study served two purposes: 1) to update an exploratory poll of festival and event managers conducted in 1989, and 2) to document the current “landscape” of festivals and events. Findings from this project will inform festival and event operations in the context of stakeholder management.enfestivaleventcomparisonReport