This paper examines how festivals organize the abundance of their offerings. We argue that festivals organize this abundance differently depending on the interplay between organizers, artists, and festivalgoers as they negotiate their respective autonomy. The concept of ‘shuffling,’ inspired by digital music listening, serves as a framework to empirically explore this dynamic within the context of the Ferrara Buskers Festival (FBF). Drawing on archival material and interviews with the festival's organizers, the paper analyzes the FBF's evolution from a free-access street performance event to a ticketed, curated festival with reduced attendance. Over its 36-year history, the FBF has demonstrated shifting approaches to organizing abundance—from fostering serendipitous engagement to providing prearranged experiences—shaped by the varying roles of organizers, artists, and audience members. This study enhances festival literature by highlighting the importance of different approaches to organizing abundance in understanding the diversity of festivals across time and space. Besides, it enhances understanding of the shuffling dynamic at festivals, offering theoretical and methodological insights.

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在节日中组织丰富和洗牌：Ferrara Buskers Festival 案例

本文研究了节日如何组织其丰富的产品。我们认为，音乐节根据组织者、艺术家和音乐节观众在协商各自的自主权时的相互作用，以不同的方式组织这种丰富性。受数字音乐聆听的启发，“洗牌”的概念作为在费拉拉街头艺人节 （FBF） 的背景下实证探索这种动态的框架。该论文利用档案材料和对音乐节组织者的采访，分析了 FBF 从免费参加的街头表演活动演变为一个收费、精心策划的音乐节，但出席人数较少。在其 36 年的历史中，FBF 展示了组织丰富的转变方法——从促进偶然的参与到提供预先安排的体验——这些都由组织者、艺术家和观众的不同角色塑造。本研究通过强调组织丰富的不同方法在理解跨时空节日多样性方面的重要性来增强节日文学。此外，它增强了对音乐节洗牌动态的理解，提供了理论和方法论的见解。