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Data Drop: The United States of Music Festivals

Data Drop: The United States of Music Festivals

Summer festival season will soon be drawing to a close so we thought it would be a good time to fill the ten-dollar-bottle-of-water-sized hole in your hearts with some stone cold data!

For instance, did you know that Coachella started in 1999 and only cost $50 at the time? Or that the first South by Southwest only had about 700 attendees? Or that Imagine Dragons started their own extremely successful LGBTQ+ focused festival just last year?

Gather round, ye festival freaks and data nerds alike, as we lay upon you…the United States of Music Festivals infographic! 

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