2015 CMA Music Fest Facts: Did You Know?
The 2015 CMA Music Festival sold out seven months in advance, prompting large, enthusiastic crowds at the numerous free stages and interactive areas, resulting in record-setting daily attendance. With the festival behind us, here are the impressive stats showing the event’s impact on Music City last week:
2015 CMA Music Festival Facts:
87,680 fans per day, setting a new record
9.6 percent increase of fans over last year
500-plus artists participated
250 hours of concerts
11 stages, seven of which were free
25,000 fans attended Chevrolet Riverfront Stage on Saturday
40 corporate brands
$11 million-plus donated by CMA to music education since 2006
$150,000 raised by Celebrity Auction ($100,000 in 2014)
50 states and 20 countries represented by Festival attendees
38,748 total active users on CMA Music Festival app
43,412 clicks on the festival schedule pdf
5.5 million views on Snapchat featured story
284,855 unique visitors on cmafest.com during the Festival week (up 13 percent over last year)
48 percent of attendees were visiting CMA Music Festival for the first time
31 percent of attendees traveled by airplane
72,000-plus visitors passed through the turnstiles
63 percent increase in merchandise sales over 2014
700 journalists, photographers, producers, and videographers
The Festival was filmed for a three-hour television special CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock airing Tuesday, Aug. 4 on ABC. It was hosted for the third time by reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Little Big Town. The special debuted in 2004 and this is the 11th year it will air on ABC. Robert Deaton is the executive producer.
Tickets for 2016 CMA Music Festival, which will be held Thursday through Sunday, June 9-12, are selling fast with 62 percent of available tickets already sold to returning fans. The national on-sale date is Friday, June 19 and fans can order tickets by visiting CMAfest.com or calling the CMA Box Office at 1-800-CMA-FEST (262-3378).
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