Hundreds of scouts search for possible sites and advocate their best finds with the infamous waggle-dance; reading about it, the whole pursuit begins to sound like a fifties dance-a-thon, with a wide array of performers, and where the best dancer attracts the most followers and the most applause, until the thing turns into a kind of honeybee dance party and housewarming.
Now in its 9th year, it attracts an incredible array of performers and creatives from high-profile names to local talent.
The heartbeat of the conference, however, remains the showcase performances, at which an array of performers large and small try to make connections with presenters large and small for the pure and simple purpose of trying to show their work to more people (and maybe make a buck or two, of course).
For the last ten years, London's Hackney Wick neighborhood has been a creative epicenter, drawing in array of performers, craftspeople, musicians, illustrators, and many other creatives and artisans who work and cross-pollinate in this area of light industrial units and messy yards.
This year's Glastonbury Festival, taking place between Wednesday 25 and Sunday 29 June, will see a diverse array of performers entertaining 120,000 punters – and you could be there with them.
Pachigam and its elders, and their dynamic and dauntless wives, and the rich array of supporting performers, and the sensations of a childhood spent in the high meadows and narrow valleys, among clear lakes and rivers of snowmelt, under the aspect of shining glaciers and timeless traditions, are evoked with an affection bestowed on few other of the novel's venues.
Though he has been gone for over three decades, Lennon remains a compelling figure; a man who has been admired, studied, written about, talked about and portrayed by a countless array of performers.
A vast array of performers are available for children's parties or adult gatherings, and many charge surprisingly reasonable rates.
Over the years I've seen an array of performers be fabulous at rehearsals, absolutely hysterical in the team room and positively own the make-up room before the show, only to lose all confidence in front of the cameras.
In his desire to emulate the eclectic kinds of music festivals found in Europe, the unlikely cutting-edge rock star, Moby, has put together the "Area: One" festival featuring a wide array of performers, including the hip-hop outfit The Roots, electronica acts like DJ Paul Oakenfold and Orb, the French dance pop act Rinocerose and the Canadian singer Nelly Furtado.
Graceland sees the songwriter on top form: finding fresh inspiration, collaborating with an array of talented performers and introducing South Africa's amazing music to the rest of the world.
