Festival Production Crews and the Vibe Industry

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract In many electronic dance music cultures (EDMCs), “vibe” is an ephemeral and ubiquitous category for aesthetic discernment and communicating the relative intensity of ineffable experiences on and off the dancefloor. For the crews that imagine and deploy the lighting, sound, stage build, and a variety of production positions, vibe is also a design goal. This chapter explores the material conditions of vibe through an analysis of the practices and labor conditions of production crew members across five American EDM festivals that range in size and complexity from “underground” to “commercial.” This ethnographic work draws on three years of intensive fieldwork and nearly three decades of work in a variety of capacities at EDM events. It situates festival production labor within the festivalscape and vibe industry through close attention to the lives and experiences of the builders, visionaries, organizers, and volunteers who give form to vibe.
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Authors Cade Bourne
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190093723.013.39
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190093723.013.39
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