Multi-source funding of professional music festivals

This bachelor thesis deals with the current possibilities of multi-source funding of Czech music festivals in the field of alternative music. The first part of the thesis addresses the development of possibilities of funding of music festivals from public and private resources. In addition to that, it focuses on current trends in public funding and provides a comprehensive overview of the possibilities of financing a music festival in the Czech Republic. The second part of the thesis focuses on a concrete example of a professional music festival in the Czech Republic. The thesis analyzes the structure of costs and incomes of the chosen music festival over the last three years and evaluates the methodology of its funding, which helps conclude the extent to which festivals use multi-source funding and to what extent it is attainable for them.