CMA Fest Hits Attendance Milestone

06/11/2007

According to the Country Music Association its 2007 Music Festival set a new aggregate attendance record with 191,154 people attending the four-day Festival, June 7-10, in Downtown Nashville.

Single concert tickets for the Nightly Concerts at LP Field were up 14 percent from 2006. In fact, CMA opened the upper level of LP Field to meet the demand for four-day ticket packages and single night concert tickets. CMA also experienced a 20 percent increase in the sale of four-day ticket packages. Nearly 700 journalists were credentialed for 2007 CMA Music Festival representing more than 200 domestic and international media outlets.

“Increased single concert ticket sales are an indication of increased local support and participation in the Festival,” said CMA COO TammyGenovese. “It is a trend that started two years ago and we are seeing it grow from year to year. Local companies and individuals are embracing this event as never before—especially now that it benefits music education. In fact, we had 400 Metro Nashville students attend Saturday night thanks to the generosity of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.”

Tickets for CMA Music Festival 2008, June 5-8, went on sale Saturday and Gold Circle four-day ticket packages sold out in a record 90 minutes. By Sunday advance sales bested sales during the same period in 2006, by a robust 25 percent.

Aggregate Music Festival attendance has grown from 124,000 in 2003, to 132,000 in 2004, 145,000 in 2005, to 161,000 in 2006, and now surpassed 191,000.