The table compares the reasons why adults attend art events in the UK for 20 years.
Overall, desiring to see specific performers or artists has been the most common reason for adults in the UK when attending the arts. In addition, the percentage of UK adults joining the art for special occasions or celebration, and meeting specific performers has decreased while that for the remaining reasons has increased sharply.
Looking first at the decreasing figure. People who join art events for meeting particular performers accounted for 58%, which was the highest figure 20 years ago, after which there is a slow decline to 56% today. The percentage of special occasion reasons has decreased by 3 times from 27% to 9%.
Adults attending the art event for work and business made up the lowest percentage, at 6% 20 years ago, after which the figure has approximately doubled over the period to approximately 11%. A similar change can be seen in the proportion for the reason of accompanying children, which has grown significantly from 9% to 24% for 20 years.
