This timely book addresses current gaps in the literature surrounding issues of accessibility, inclusion, and diversity in various event landscapes.Structured into four sections covering the main types of events, the chapters present original topics using innovative methodological approaches.

Introduction PART I Festivals and fairs 1 Addressing community diversity: the role of the festival encounter 2 Inclusion of people with reduced mobility in festivals: perceptions and challenges at the Guelaguetza Festival, Mexico 3 Do-it-yourself or going professionally?: on the different potentials of community inclusion through gendered festivals in the post-Yugoslav space 4 Appleby Fair for all 5 Agricultural shows: the challenge of accessibility PART II Cultural and political events 6 "House and techno broke them barriers down": exploring exclusion through diversity in Berlin's electronic dance music nightclubs 7 Occupying unapologetically: Friday Late: gal-dem - radical trust and co-production at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 8 In our own words: organising and experiencing exhibitions as Black women and women of colour in Scotland 9 Outside the comfort zone: intercultural events in suspicious times 10 Performing advocacy 11 Conceptualising events of dissent: understanding the Lava Jato rally in São Paulo, 5 December 2016 PART III Sporting events 12 Rio 2016 Paralympics and accessibility: breaking barriers in urban mobility? 13 Volunteering and wellbeing: case study of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteer programmes 14 Post-humanist investigation into human-equine relations in event landscapes: case of the Rodeo PART IV Conferences 15 Measuring accessibility in MICE venues: the case of the Euskalduna Conference Centre (Bilbao, Spain) 16 Academics in two places at once: (not) managing caring responsibilities at conferences 17 A tripartite approach to accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in academic conferences