Extra folks went to live shows and festivals in 2022 than in 2019

In 2022, significantly extra festivals and live shows passed off than in 2019, the final 12 months earlier than the pandemic. Consequently, festivals and live shows attracted a complete of 32.5 million guests in 2022. That is 2.4 million extra visits than in 2019, the Affiliation of Occasion Retailers (VVEM) introduced on Friday. Attendance has by no means been so excessive for main live shows within the nation, the VVEM stated.

Based on the VVEM, the numbers for festivals and live shows are hanging. It’s the solely kind of occasion that achieved a optimistic lead to 2022, in keeping with the business affiliation. All different occasion varieties, reminiscent of sporting occasions, commerce exhibits, and markets, had been within the crimson final 12 months in comparison with 2019. And the general occasion market lagged 5 p.c prior to now 12 months versus 2019.

The postponement of live shows and the primary editions of latest festivals had a big affect on the optimistic numbers in 2022, with about 100 live shows going down final 12 months that had been beforehand scheduled for 2020 or 2021. A few of them had been postponed first to 2021 after which to 2022 due to the coronavirus. General, of the 85 new festivals in 2022, about 75 p.c ought to have already taken place in 2020 or 2021.

Consequently, greater than 3,000 main live shows passed off in 2022. Due partly to this excessive quantity, attendance elevated by 50 p.c in comparison with 2019.

Based on VVEM, by no means earlier than have so many individuals attended main live shows within the Netherlands. The acts that drew the most important crowds included De Toppers, André Rieu op het Vrijthof, Rammstein and Ed Sheeran.