🎸🌞 Summer Music Festival
Turn up the volume as we jam through our project! Like a festival lineup, let's celebrate our greatest hits, tune out what held us back, and plan the setlist for our next big performance.
Template Columns
🎶 Breezy Grooves
Highlight the smooth moments and successes that made our workflow sing.
Base column: Wind🎤 Stuck Notes
Share the moments and blockers that interrupted our rhythm or caused us to miss a beat.
Base column: Anchors📅 Next Encore
List actionable steps and improvements to ensure our next gig is even better.
Base column: ActionsAbout this template
The Summer Music Festival retrospective uses a fun, themed approach to help your team celebrate highlights, address blockers, and plan actionable improvements for the next cycle.
When to use this template
This format is perfect for creative teams looking to boost morale, bring energy to routine retros, or reflect after completing a major milestone or project phase.
How to facilitate
Set the stage by introducing the festival theme and each column, encouraging everyone to think like performers reviewing their latest gig.
Have team members add reflections in 'Breezy Grooves' to celebrate top moments, smooth collaborations, or process wins.
Move to 'Stuck Notes' and invite the team to share blockers, setbacks, or anything that disrupted the flow during the sprint or project.
As a group, review all contributions, spot patterns, and discuss the underlying causes with a focus on learning, not blaming.
Collaboratively brainstorm in 'Next Encore' to define clear, actionable steps, assigning owners where possible for accountability.
Finish with a quick group review of the planned encores and agree on how progress will be tracked in the next cycle.
Pro Tips
Encourage storytelling by asking team members to describe the 'soundtrack' of their week—this makes highlights and challenges more vivid.
Use a playlist or background music at low volume to set a relaxed, creative atmosphere while adding or reviewing cards.
Prompt quieter participants by asking open-ended questions connected to the theme, such as 'What was your favorite setlist moment?'
Keep the action items visible and revisit them at the start of the next retro for continuity and follow-through.
FAQ
How can we keep the themed retrospective from becoming a distraction?
Start by outlining clear goals for the retro and gently guide discussions back to actionable insights when needed. The music festival theme is there to spark engagement, not take over.
What if our team struggles to suggest action items in the 'Next Encore' column?
Break down blockers into small, solvable steps and use positive framing, focusing on what could help the team jam better together next time.
How do I involve quieter team members in the discussion?
Use the festival theme to invite everyone to 'share their solo' or favorite part of the project, making it feel more like a personal contribution than a critique.
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At a glance
- Duration
40–55 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Wind, Anchors, Actions
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