This paper explores the factors motivating people to attend the Dutch hardstyle festival, Defqon.1. This paper delivers new insights to festival attendance by including social and cultural factors in the motivational dimensions and considering a niche electronic music festival.,This research utilised qualitative methods to identify and gain detailed information about attendee's visitor motives. Eleven semi-structured in-depth interviews which focus on the influence of intangible features of visitor motivations were conducted.,The research result revealed an increased influence of social factors and decreased the effect of all other visitor motives. The subcultural ties amongst members of the hardstyle scene were identified as stronger than the ones of different electronic music scenes. The study concluded that social factors, such as friendships gain significant importance for stimulating return visits.,Contemporary music festivals, especially electronic events have not comprehensively been researched. Also, the effects of social and cultural factors on festival attendance have previously been neglected in research. Studies on popular electronic music genres, such as rave and hardcore, are from a sociological viewpoint. These studies revealed motivations of members of the subculture to be a part of the scene and to attend events.

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狂欢和硬派节日参加的动机：以Defqon.1周末节日为例

本文探讨了促使人们参加荷兰硬式音乐节Defqon.1的因素。本文通过在动机维度上纳入社会和文化因素，并考虑利基电子音乐节，为音乐节的出席活动提供了新的见解。本研究利用定性方法来识别和获取有关与会者访客动机的详细信息。进行了十一次针对访客动机无形特征影响的半结构化深度访谈。研究结果表明，社会因素的影响增加，而其他动机动机的影响却减小。硬风格场景成员之间的亚文化纽带被确定为比其他电子音乐场景中的亚文化纽带更牢固。研究得出的结论是，社会因素，诸如友谊之类的内容对于刺激回访非常重要。当代音乐节，尤其是电子活动尚未得到全面研究。而且，以前在研究中忽略了社会和文化因素对节日出席的影响。从社会学的角度研究流行的电子音乐流派，例如狂欢和硬派。这些研究揭示了亚文化成员参加现场活动和参加活动的动机。从社会学的角度来看，例如狂欢和顽固派。这些研究揭示了亚文化成员成为现场的一部分并参加活动的动机。从社会学的角度来看，例如狂欢和顽固派。这些研究揭示了亚文化成员成为现场的一部分并参加活动的动机。